Fernanda Salce presents her research in the field of molecular biology and animal regeneration, focusing on epigenetic regulation during tissue regeneration. Using the beetle Tribolium castaneum as a model, she…
Luana Osório Dias is an undergraduate research intern in the field of genomics and molecular biotechnology. In her seminar, Luana presented a genomic analysis of the amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis,…
Professor Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca Recognized as an “Established Researcher” in the Journal of Experimental Zoology Part BProfessor Rodrigo Nunes-da-Fonseca, from the Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability at UFRJ (NUPEM/UFRJ),…
On May 8th and 9th, 2025, the "Getting to Know UFRJ" event took place, where students from public schools got to know the facilities of NUPEM - Macaé Ecological Research…
Postdoctoral fellow Jonathan Mucherino presented the status of the administrative requirements for the partnership project with Vale, and additionally presented results from ongoing collaborations, such as the expression profile of…
Jennyfer Castro, a biology student, presented the steps of the plant DNA extraction protocol using the CTAB method (Doyle & Doyle, 1990), from maceration of leaf material to DNA quantification.…
Researcher Renata Coutinho presented updates on the submission of the article to the Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Moleculqr and Developmental Evolution, I discussed the approval of the CEUA…
The Functional Genomics Unit was represented by Rodrigo Nunes-da-Fonseca and Jonathan Mucherino in the Nanoseq Day (link). Both researchers showed the development of the Nanopore expertise in the NUPEM UFRJ…
On April 9, 2025, master's student Ian Gomes defended his project entitled "Regeneration of limbs in Tribolium castaneum larvae: roles of the pioneer transcription factors Zelda and Clamp", obtaining the…