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Antonio Francisco Ferreira Neto is partner and director of Unigen Tecnologia do DNA Ltda., a firm devoted to providing services such as DNA human parenthood diagnosis and DNA sexing and molecular-based pathogen identification for fowls and birds, and producing kits for biological sample collection for veterinary exams. Engene, a spin-off of Unigen is devoted to developing vaccines based on recombinant DNA.

In 1991 while in college, Ferreira Neto founded with his colleagues the first undergraduate student-directed biology firm in Brazil. Nowadays these firms are fairly common in most large universities around the country. Before starting Unigen, Ferreira Neto worked for 3 years as a commercial representative for large multinational pharmaceutical companies. Unigen materializes the dreams of its owners of providing innovative market-oriented services and professional expertise in biology outside the traditional field of academic research and teaching Unigen's mission statement is anchored in providing high standards in regards to quality of services and products, sharing a corporate culture that values human character and professional ethics. Unigen is part of the Economy of Communion (EdC) movement (http://www.edc-online.org/)

Antonio Francisco Ferreira Neto holds a BS in Biology and Medical Biology from Unicamp and a specialization in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering from CBMEC-Unicamp, both in Brazil.