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General Information
Name | Geizecler Tomazetto |
Ph.D. | Microbial Genetics |
Interests | Microbiome, holobiont (host + microbiome), enzymes, computational biology, biotechnology. |
Skills
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Microbiology and Molecular Biology
- Expert on experience conducting aerobic and anaerobic microbial cultivation.
- Expert on molecular techniques (e.g., DNA/RNA extraction, PCR, SDS-PAGE, Western blot).
- Expert on cloning (e.g., Gibson assembly), expression and purification of enzymes.
- Expert on applying molecular biology approaches for biotechnology application.
- Hands-on developing and conducting enzymatic assays.
- Hands-on library preparation for next generation sequencing (Illumina and ONT).
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Computational Biology
- Solid understanding and experience analyzing and integrating omics data (genomics, metagenomics, and proteomics).
- Expert on 16S processing data (e.g., QIIME2 and R package).
- Hands-on assembly of genome and metagenome, prediction, and annotation.
- Hands-on data processing using a high-performance cluster (Python and Shell).
- Solid knowledge in discovering enzymes and reconstructing metabolic pathways for biotechnology application.
Experience
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Scientist
Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, DK.
- Holo-omics approaches for investigating the adaptation of animals in the restricted diets to explore their holistic microbial community dynamics for complex polymer degradation.
- Fungal metabolism revealed by multi-omics approaches.
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Scientist
Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester, UK.
- Development of robust hosts for the conversion of biomass to biochemical products – synthetic biology.
- Development a bioinformatics workflow for genetic arrangements analysis across Bacteria domain.
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Scientist
Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory, Campinas, BR.
- Multi-omic directed discovery of enzymes and enzymatic complexes from an enriched anaerobic consortium.
- Biochemically characterization of lignocellulases from anaerobic fungi.
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Scientist
Center for Biotechnology, University of Bielefeld, GE.
- Monitoring of the microbial composition and structure in biogas reactors.
- Genomic and phylogenomic analyses of anaerobic isolates from biogas reactors.
Honors and Awards
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- Rutherford Fund Strategic Partner Award - Postdoctoral Fellowship (one of six awarded Internationally) in Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Manchester, UK..
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Education
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Ph.D.
University of Campinas, BR.
- Ph.D. in Microbial Genetics
- with intership in Center for Biotechnology, University of Bielefeld, GE.
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M.Sc. Molecular and Cell Biology
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, BR.