Giselle Foureaux Heida
Professor
Morphology
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
Did PhD in Cell Biology and in Physiology and Pharmacology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), PhD in Cell Biology from UFMG (2013). Master in Human Anatomy, Federal University of São Paulo / UNIFESP (2008); Specialist in Physical Activities for Special Groups at the University Center of Belo Horizonte / UNI-BH (2005); Graduated in Physical Education from UNI-BH (2004). Effective member of the Brazilian Society of Anatomy (SBA) since 2008. She holds the Human Anatomy Proficiency degree awarded by the SBA in 2012. She taught Human Anatomy at UNI-BH and Pitágoras College. She is currently Assistant Professor A, level I, Department of Morphology of the Institute of Biological Sciences of UFMG, where she teaches Human Anatomy disciplines and researches the following topics: biotechnology applied to the treatment of glaucoma and the ocular renin-angiotensin system. Within this line of research he developed a bio-device for the treatment of glaucoma, whose patent has already been transferred to a company and is in clinical trials phase.
Research Interest
Effects of daily exposure of the eye to violet blue light from digital devices, Development of Ocular Biodiscovers for the Treatment of Glaucoma, Ocular Renin-angiotensin System.
Publications
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ALVARENGA, ERIKA COSTA DE; FONSECA, MATHEUS DE CASTRO; CARVALHO, CLARISSA COELHO; FLORENTINO, RODRIGO MACHADO; FRANCE, ANDRESSA; MATIAS, EVELINE; GUIMARÃES, PAOLA BIANCHI; BATISTA, CAROLINA; FREIRE, VALDER; CARMONA, ADRIANA KARAOGLANOVIC; FISHERMAN, JOÃO BOSCO; DE PAULA, ANA MARIA; FOUREAUX, GISELLE ; LEITE, MARIA DE FATIMA. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Regulates Cell Proliferation and Migration. Plos One , v. 11, p. e0165371, 2016.
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FOUREAUX, GISELLE ; MELO, CRISTINA CARVALHO DE; NOCE, FRANCO. Disciplinary measures in Physical Education at different levels of education in Belo Horizonte. SCHOOL PORTRAITS, v. 11, p. 249-263, 2017.
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VALADÃO, PRISCILA APARECIDA COSTA; OF ARAGÃO, BÃRBARA CAMPOS; ANDRADE, JÉSSICA NEVES; MAGALHÃES-GOMES, MATHEUS PROENÇA S.; FOUREAUX, GISELLE ; JOVIANO-SANTOS, JULLIANE VASCONCELOS; Acknowledgments RIBEIRO, FABÃOLA MARA; TAPIA, JUAN CARLOS; GUATIMOSIM, CRISTINA. Muscle atrophy is associated with cervical spinal motor loss in BACHD mouse model for Huntington's disease. European Journal of Neuroscience (Print) , v. 45, p. 785-796, 2017.