Research - Past Projects
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 2017. A nice surprise in the phytoplankton sampling at Guanabara Bay | Photography: Rafael Bernardo Menezes
What the rays is on this cake?Advisor: Dr. Frederico Henning | Student: Graciane Rocha under my supervision
September 2020 – Feb 2022 Metabarcoding application for monitoring illegal batoids trade, such as mislabeling and prevalence of endangered species in samples of crab cake and other processed seafood, through the development of NGS technologies.
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GENOFISH: FISHERIES GENOMICSAdvisors: Dr. Frederico Henning and Dr. Antonio M. Solé-Cava
March 2019 – Sep 2021 Development and adjustment of NGS methodologies (e.g. target-enrichment sequencing) and bioinformatics pipelines (e.g. Python programming) for the management of economical relevant Brazilian fishes.
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Molecular identification of sharks and rays meat (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) distributed in Rio de JaneiroAdvisors: Dr. Frederico Henning and Dr. Antonio M. Solé-Cava
March 2018 – Fev 2020 Assessment of the prevalence of endangered species being sold as sharks, rays and guitarfish in Rio de Janeiro, one of the largest fishing hubs and markets in Brazil, through phylogenetic species identification. |
Project Production:
International Meeting on Amazonian Sharks and Batoids. 2019 (Oral).
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Genetic diversity of benthic cyanobacteria from Abrolhos reef system and its effects on symbionts expulsion of Mussismilia braziliensis coralAdvisors: Dr. Paulo Salomon and Dr. Felipe Ribeiro
September 2015 – Fev 2018 Characterization of the genetic and morphological diversity of cyanobacteria, found in tufts on the Abrolhos reef system, and evaluation of the effect of secondary metabolites, produced by cyanobacteria, on the interaction of coral reefs and its symbionts through experiments in situ and in the laboratory. |
Project Production:
Bachelor Degree in Biological Sciences (Genetics) at the Institute of Biology of UFRJ |
Use of a flow imaging cytometer (FlowCam) for monitoring algal blooms in Guanabara BayAdvisor: Dr. Paulo Salomon | Principal Investigator: Tatiana Villalba
April 2016 – Fev 2018 Project Production:
9ª Semana de Integração Acadêmica da UFRJ. RJ, Brazil. 2018. 8ª Semana de Integração Acadêmica da UFRJ. RJ, Brazil. 2017. (2) 7ª Semana de Integração Acadêmica da UFRJ. RJ, Brazil. 2016. |