Ivan L. Zenzen

40-hour week - Projects collaboration:
- Metabolic engineering for induced production of crocin in tobacco plants via riboswitch technology
- Protein degradation in chloroplasts through Clip-protease complex according to N-terminal protein portions

40-hour week - Teaching BSc. courses:
- Agronomy (3 classes)
- Biology (2 classes)

20-hour week - Consultancy:
- "Family Farming - PNAE" product development through organization of systems of commercialization for agroindustrial products within the scope of the National Program of School Nourishment (PNAE)
- Assistance to Executing Entities (municipalities) for compliance with National Law 11.947 / 2009 on institutional markets for family farming products

40-hour week - Audit & Consultancy:
- Inspection and certification audits (non-GMO Cert ID standard - compatible with current Brazilian and European Union legislation) on farms, industry and warehouse units involved in the non-GMO soybean production chain
- Inspection and certification audits (Cert ID ProTerra Environmental Sustainability and Social Responsibility standard) on farms, industry and warehouse units involved in agricultural commodity production chains
- Training for "RTRS - Round Table on Responsible Soy" for responsible soybean production and RTRS chain of custody
- Training for quantification and evaluation of the ecological footprint of greenhouse gases

6-hour week - Teaching BSc. course:
- Agricultural technology (1 class)

40-hour week - Teaching Technological courses:
- Agricultural Technician - modality concomitant to High School (5 classes)
- Agricultural Technician - modality subsequent to High School (2 classes)
- National Program of Access to Technical Education and Employment - PRONATEC (1 class)

40-hour week - Marketing:
- Pre-launching of INTACTA RR2Pro technology (crop season 2011/2012) in western region of the state of Paraná, Brazil
- Technology presentation & hiring process of 15 demonstrative fields with the main stakeholders on the region
- Implementation (sowing), conduction (cultural management practices), and performance evaluation (harvest and yield assessment) of demonstrative and experimental INTACTA RR2Pro fields
- Follow-up activities with other members of the INTACTA team in the states of Paraná and Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Demonstrations of INTACTA RR2Pro technology directly to stakeholders, as well as in agribusiness fairs and events
- Responsible product management of INTACTA RR2Pro technology
- Alignment meetings to develop marketing strategies

40-hour week - Projects collaboration:
- Prospection and genetic mapping of coffee rust (Hemileia vastatrix Berk. & Br) resistance associated genes in coffee plant genotypes

40-hour week - Projects collaboration:
- US-Brazilian Rice Ionomics Collaborative (USBRIC), US National Science Foundation, Developing Country Collaborations in Plant Genome Research (DCC-PGR) (PI David E Salt)