Full Professor
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
I am Mayra Elena Ortiz D'Avila Assumpção, full professor of the Animal Reproduction Department at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science at the University of São Paulo (USP). I graduated in Veterinary Medicine from USP (1994) and did my master's (1999) and PhD (2001) in Veterinary Medicine -USP. My research area is Animal Biotechnology, studying the molecular, cellular, structural, biochemical, and behavioral aspects of the sperm cell and its effect on the in vitro production of embryos mainly in bovine, sheep, and mice.