{"id":253623,"date":"2018-03-02T15:06:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T18:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/?p=253623\/"},"modified":"2018-03-02T15:10:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T18:10:45","slug":"from-the-genome-to-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/from-the-genome-to-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"From the genome to the market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/066_perfil_ana-rasera_262.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-253624\" src=\"http:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/066_perfil_ana-rasera_262-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" \/><span class=\"media-credits-inline\">Personal archive<\/span><\/a>Biochemist Ana Claudia Rasera was 30 years old when in 1997, she was invited to participate in the first genome sequencing project in Brazil, studying <em>Xylella fastidiosa<\/em>, a bacteria that causes citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC), which at the time was significantly damaging orange groves in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n<p>She was a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP), a position she had held since 1996, and joined a team led by biochemist Fernando Reinach, then professor at the USP Institute of Chemistry (IQ-USP) and coordinator of one of the laboratories responsible for the sequencing and for training researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before the sequencing was completed, Rasera was invited to coordinate the <em>Xylella<\/em> Functional Genome project together with biologist Jesus Ferro, to investigate the functions of the genes identified in the sequencing, and to thus understand how the bacteria caused CVC.<\/p>\n<p>She accepted the challenge. In addition to her \u200b\u200bmolecular genetics and biotechnology qualifications, the experience she gained by participating in the <em>Xylella<\/em> genome project inspired her to engage in other ventures, focusing on \u200b\u200bcorporate research.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, two years after the bacteria sequencing was completed, Rasera left the laboratory where she worked and joined other members of the project to found Allelyx (<em>Xylella<\/em> written backwards), a biotechnology research and development (R&amp;D) company focused on generating patents and technology licenses in applied genomics.<\/p>\n<p>She was 35 years old and never returned to her academic career. &#8220;Our company allowed us to establish several partnerships with the industry, to understand their problems and try to find biotechnological solutions,&#8221; she explains. &#8220;It motivated me to study an MBA, to learn how to coordinate large teams and properly manage the resources available for research,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Alellyx was sold together with the company CanaVialis to US agrochemical multinational Monsanto for US$290 million. Rasera worked at the company for two more years before taking a position as biotechnology development manager at DuPont, an American company that produces chemicals, polymers, and agricultural products.<\/p>\n<p>She remained in the field of \u200b\u200bagricultural biotechnology, coordinating research projects involving sugarcane. In 2016, she was invited to lead the Grupo Fleury R&amp;D department. &#8220;Today I manage a team of more than 20 researchers working in applied genomics, in the field of personalized medicine,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Project inspired biochemist to move into corporate research","protected":false},"author":346,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1204],"tags":[211,209,237],"coauthors":[662],"class_list":["post-253623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-careers","tag-biochemistry","tag-biology","tag-genetics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253623"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=253623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}