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This week, at the LICM weekly meeting, we had a presentation by postdoc Allan P.B. Pozzobon, with the project on the diversity of species found in ichthyoplankton (fish eggs and…

Alessandra's Thesis defense for PhD degree, addressing the topic of studying the roles of juvenile hormones and ecdysone in the development of the Tribolium castaneum beetle.

Ruann's Master's thesis defense, addressing the theme larval rearing and effects of glyphosate-based herbicide (roundup) on oxidative stress in Simulium spp.

Prof. Cintia Pinheiro presented her seminar in our seminar series. She showed her scientific trajectory from mouse to her current zebrafish reasearch on microplastics.

Jonathan Mucherino described his scientific trajectory from Venezuela to his PhD in Brazil.

Larissa Areal presented his plans for plant genetics research of Amazon species.

Renata presented her latest results about the genetic regulation of mosquito embryonic development, particularly the role of cactus, zelda and mlpt during embryogenesis.

Bernardo Lannes Presents his project proposal regarding microplastics effects in zebrafish.Supervised by Marinaldo Neto and Cintia Pinheiro, Bernardo is a Master student of the PPG-MCF (Multicentric in Physiology) of NUPEM-UFRJ.

Lupis presented a summary of Oxford Nanopore Technology and his latest results with DNA sequencing of a lycophyte plant.

On 21st February Ruann presented his latest research regarding Simulium, the black flies. Ruann was able to raise Simulium and test changes in ROS upon ROUNDUP treatment during larval stages.