Ariosto S. Silva, PhD

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Ariosto S. Silva, PhD

Assistant Member

Office  (813) 745-8205

Education And Training
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Moffitt Cancer Center, 2010
  • PhD, Universidade Estadual Campinas- Unicamp, Brazil, 2008 - Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • BS, Tecnologico de Aeronautica - ITA, Brazil, 2000 - Computer Engineering


  • Silva AS, Kam Y, Khin ZP, Minton SE, Gillies RJ, Gatenby RA. Evolutionary approaches to prolong progression-free survival in breast cancer. Cancer Res. 2012 Dec;72(24):6362-6370. Pubmedid: 23066036. Pmcid: PMC3525750.
  • Ribeiro MdLC, Silva AS, Bailey KM, Kumar NB, Sellers TA, Gatenby RA, Arig IH, Gillies RJ. Buffer therapy for cancer. J Nutr Food Sci. 2012 Jan;1-7.
  • Silva AS, Gatenby RA. Adaptation to survival in germinal center is the initial step in onset of indolent stage of multiple myeloma. Mol Pharm. 2011 Dec;8(6):2012-2020. Pubmedid: 21958215. Pmcid: PMC3437606.
  • Lee HO, Silva AS, Concilio S, Li YS, Slifker M, Gatenby RA, Cheng JD. Evolution of tumor invasiveness: the adaptive tumor microenvironment landscape model. Cancer Res. 2011 Oct;71(20):6327-6337. Pubmedid: 21859828. Pmcid: PMC3197231.
  • Silva A, Anderson AR, Gatenby R. A multiscale model of the bone marrow and hematopoiesis. Math Biosci Eng. 2011 Apr;8(2):643-658. Pubmedid: 21631151.
  • Assumpção JG, Ganazza MA, de Araújo M, Silva AS, Scrideli CA, Brandalise SR, Yunes JA. Detection of clonal immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene rearrangements in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia using a low-cost PCR strategy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Dec;55(7):1278-1286. Pubmedid: 20730889.
  • Silva AS, Gatenby RA. A theoretical quantitative model for evolution of cancer chemotherapy resistance. Biol Direct. 2010 Apr;5:25. Pubmedid: 20406443. Pmcid: PMC2868834.
  • Silva AS, Gatenby RA, Gillies RJ, Yunes JA. A quantitative theoretical model for the development of malignancy in ductal carcinoma in situ. J Theor Biol. 2010 Feb;262(4):601-613. Pubmedid: 19887072.
  • Gatenby RA, Silva AS, Gillies RJ, Frieden BR. Adaptive therapy. Cancer Res. 2009 Jun;69(11):4894-4903. Pubmedid: 19487300.
  • Silva AS, Yunes JA, Gillies RJ, Gatenby RA. The potential role of systemic buffers in reducing intratumoral extracellular pH and acid-mediated invasion. Cancer Res. 2009 Mar;69(6):2677-2684. Pubmedid: 19276380.
  • Rodrigues AS, Matos CB, Silva F, Fonseca I, Nogueira C, Santos J, Silva AS, Cabrita A. Long-term peritoneal dialysis experience in Portugal. Int J Artif Organs. 2006 Dec;29(12):1109-1116. Pubmedid: 17219350.
  • Silva AS, Yunes JA. Conservation of glycolytic oscillations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human pancreatic beta-cells: a study of metabolic robustness. Genet Mol Res. 2006;5(3):525-535. Pubmedid: 17117368.
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