Ane Claudia Fernandes Nunes
Dr. Ane C.F. Nunes is a geneticist with a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences and Nephrology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. She has postdoctoral experience in renal physiology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil; clinical medicine and nephrology from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil; and nephrology and hypertension from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), USA. She is a Professor of Medical Genetics, Human Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Her research interests include human genetic diseases and cellular and molecular biology applied to nephrology, biochemistry, and microbiology with projects in the following subjects: inflammatory markers, molecular diagnosis, DNA polymorphisms, chronic kidney disease (CKD), polycystic kidney disease (PKD), Fabry disease, rare diseases, cellular and murine models for CKD, RNA processing, fluorescent image analysis, nanoparticles development, and nanomedicine.