Fernanda Ribeiro’s doctoral research focuses on leg regeneration in the beetle Tribolium castaneum, investigating how the transcription factor Zelda influences morphospace exploration during tissue regeneration. Her work aims to understand…
Lupis Ribeiro Teaches 16S Full-Length Nanopore Sequencing Course for Bacterial Community Identification The NUPEM/UFRJ, through its Functional Genomics Unit, promoted a scientific training activity aimed at the Rio de Janeiro…
Frank Lyko visits NUPEM/UFRJ in partnership with the Nunes-da-Fonseca Lab and IBqM/UFRJNUPEM/UFRJ welcomed researcher Frank Lyko, an international reference in the field of epigenetics, for a lecture aimed at the…
Bruno da Costa Rodrigues, a member of the Nunes-da-Fonseca Lab, received the 29th Young Scientist Award in Life Sciences from the Brazilian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq), held…
Allan presents an overview of the challenges faced in securing funding, managing budgets, and building a client base throughout his professional journey. As a PhD entrepreneur supported by the FAPERJ,…
Tiago Inacio presents his research on pereopod regeneration in Parhyale hawaiensis. Tiago Inacio, a Biology student, presents a study focused on the regenerative capacity of pereopods in Parhyale hawaiensis, aiming…
NUPEM/UFRJ at the II Ipomoea cavalcantei WorkshopNUPEM/UFRJ participated in the II Ipomoea cavalcantei Workshop, held on May 12–13, 2026, at the Hotel Royal Golden Savassi, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.The…
Mariana is an undergraduate research student in Biology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. This project investigates how locomotory appendages in the beetle Tribolium castaneum are formed through…
Lara Beatriz is an undergraduate Biology student at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her research focuses on molecular genetics and biodiversity conservation, with special interest in the genetic…
I presented a high molecular weight DNA extraction protocol for sequencing using Oxford Nanopore technology. The protocol features extraction of intact DNA, long fragments (N50=25Kb), a large amount of material,…