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I am a senior postdoctoral researcher in the multi-PI group Integrative Biomedicine Laboratory at the Faculdade de Ciencias at the University of Lisbon, an integrated researcher of the Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Changes (cE3c), and collaborator researcher at the iNOVA4Health R&D Unit. As a senior researcher at the IBL since 2020, I organize and execute experiments, write and draft reports, papers, and grant applications, co-coordinate projects, mentor students, and assist laboratory classes. I obtained my PhD in Animal Biology (UFRGS, Brazil, 2015). I have eight years of postdoctoral experience. During my first postdoc, at UFRGS, I collaborated on projects with Drosophila (http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2017-0056, http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2017-0056, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-00983-y), Lepidoptera (DOI 10.1590/0001-3765202320210503), and Cetartidactyla (http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13761) in evolutionary biology, genetics, and epigenetics research fields. This first postdoctoral period was enriched by two further experiences: I was an assistant professor at UFRGS in the disciplines Genetic Aspects of Developmental Biology and Evolutionary Entomology, and I was also a research technician for more than a year, performing bureaucratic and technical functions, which provided me with a more comprehensive perspective on how to run a laboratory. I am part of the Worldwide Insect Peptide Collective. I have received competitive personal fellowships from the main Brazilian funding agencies CNPq (grad and postgrad fellowships) and CAPES (postgrad fellowship). I also received an FCT grant as co-principal investigator of the project Neuronal regulators of relaxin signaling pathway (EXPL/BIA-BID/1524/2021). So far, I have advised/co-advised/mentored more than 20 students from BSc, MSc, and PhD courses. I have 13 years of experience with the model Drosophila, encompassing different research areas, such as morphology, evolution, epigenetics, ecology, and population genetics. For the last four years, my main research areas have been neurogenetics and neurodevelopment in the Drosophila model, focusing on signaling pathways related to the control of developmental homeostasis and innate behaviors. I have extensive expertise in using genetic tools to manipulate specific neurons/pathways in Drosophila, behavioral assays, immunostaining, and high-resolution image acquiring and processing. During my career, I have established a solid research network and active international collaborations with multiple research groups (e.g., the Drosophila, Insect Ecology, and Animal Cytogenetics Labs at UFRGS; and the Ecology and Conservation of the Marine Megafauna Lab at FURG) in Brazil; IIBBB-UNS in Argentina. In the last five years, I have published seven articles as author and co-author in different fields, such as epigenetics (Vieira et al. 2019 [https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-887/v1], Tatsch et al. 2021 [http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13761]), ecology (Alexandre et al. 2023 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-00983-y]), population genetics (Atencio et al. 2023 [DOI 10.1590/0001-3765202320210503], Alexandre et al. 2024 DOI: 10.3390/ecologies5020011 *corresponding author), and neurodevelopment (Fernandez-Acosta# & Zanini# et al. 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.27.591209), Zanini# & Pereirinha# et al. 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.26.625404) #equal contribution.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rebeca Zanini

Citation names

  • Zanini, Rebeca
  • Zanini, R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
891B-A6CF-CBB5
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5474-1574
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=MibUdAIAAAAJ

Email addresses

  • rzanini@ciencias.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Genetics and Heredity
Education
Degree Classification
2021/01/11 - 2021/01/15
Concluded
 Drosophila genetics and Genomics (Outros)
EMBO Press, Germany
2018 - 2018
Concluded
 Python for Molecular Biology (Advanced Course) (Outros)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Instituto de Biociências, Brazil
2018 - 2018
Concluded
 CRISPR-Cas9 - An introduction to the tool and its application in genome edition (Outros)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc Pittsburgh, United States
2011/04/29 - 2015/12/17
Concluded
 Doctorate in Animal Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
"Establishing phylogenetics relationships within Drosophila willistoni group through morphology and molecular markers" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 A (highest grade)
2014 - 2014
Concluded
 Morphology and DNA sequences combined for phylogenetic reconstruction (Outros)
Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, Brazil
2012 - 2012
Concluded
 Phylogeography (Outros)
Sociedade Brasileira de Genética, Brazil
2012 - 2012
Ongoing
 Phylogenetic analysis envolving thousands of taxa (Outros)
Sociedade Brasileira de Genética, Brazil
2011 - 2011
Concluded
 Introduction to confocal fluorescence microscopy (Outros)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2008/03 - 2010/07/29
Concluded
 Masters in Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil
"Caracterização da divergência genética intra e interespecífica de espécimes do gênero Akodon utilizando os marcadores moleculares Citocromo b e Citocromo Oxidase I" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 A (highest grade)
2009 - 2009
Concluded
 Forensics sciences (Outros)
Renova Cursos, Brazil
2008 - 2008
Concluded
 Stem cells culture (Outros)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Instituto de Biociências, Brazil
2002/06 - 2007/01/18
Concluded
 Biological sciences - molecular, cellular and functional emphasis (Bacharelato)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
"Ação de andrógenos na liberação de insulina em células beta pancreáticas de ratos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2002/03 - 2004/11
Concluded
 Biotecnology technician (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)
Escola Técnica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2003 - 2003
Concluded
 Molecular biology in the investigation of endocrine functions (Outros)
Sociedade Brasileira de Fisiologia, Brazil
2002 - 2002
Concluded
 Histology techniques (Outros)
Escola Técnica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/09 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/10/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
2016/01 - 2018/12 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/02 - 2020/09 Research technician Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - Current A fly model for the study of Neuromedin-U pathway and targeted drug testing in vivo
2023.15344.PEX
Researcher
Ongoing
2023/01 - Current Mechanism of action of ARHGEF10, a conserved gene linked to neurodevelopmental disorders
2022.03859.PTDC
Researcher
Ongoing
2023/01 - Current Enhancer activity profiling of dormant cancer cells to engineer biosensors for cancer recurrence diagnosis and prevention
2022.08735.PTDC
Researcher
Ongoing
2022/01 - 2023/12/31 Neurogenetics of confinement-induced behavioral alterations
EXPL/BIA-COM/1296/2021
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Concluded
2022/01 - 2023/12 Neuronal regulators of relaxin signalling pathway
EXPL/BIA-BID/1524/2021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Concluded
2011/05 - 2015/12 Morphological characterization of Drosophila cardini and Drosophila willistoni species groups
142645/2011-7
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/08/01 - 2022/07/30 Retrotransposition and aging-associated neuronal function decline
PTDC/MED-NEU/30753/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Concluded
2020/10/01 - 2021/05/31 Neuroendocrine control of tissue remodelling
PTDC/BIA-BID/31071/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
Concluded
2019/02 - 2020/05 Evolutionary biology in Drosophilidae: multiple approaches
426685/2018-0
Research Technician Fellow
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Ongoing
2016 - 2018 Taxonomic and molecular analyses in Drosophilidae (Diptera) in Mata Atlântica and Pampa biomes
142645/2011-7
10/0028-7
Post-doc
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Zanini, R.; de Oliveira Herédia, Fabiana; Volonté, Yanel; Lage, L.; Garelli, Andres; Gontijo, A. M. G.. "Crosstalk between the relaxin and insulin signaling pathways during neurodevelopment in Drosophila". Paper presented in DrosTuga 2024, Batalha, 2024.
  2. Lage, L.; Zanini, R.; Menezes, J. ; Ibarra, J.; Mascarenhas, E.; Jandi, W.; Carreira, O.; et al. "Environmentally-sensitive neuroregulation of wing expansion behavior by eclosion hormone". Paper presented in DrosTuga 2024, Batalha, 2024.
  3. Zanini, Rebeca; Herédia, Fabiana; Julieta Ibarra; Yanel Volonté; Alisson Marques de Miranda Cabral Gontijo; Garelli, Andres. "In vivo dissection of behaviorally-relevant neuronal relaxin signaling pathway". Paper presented in European Drosophila Research Conference, Lyon, 2023.
  4. Herédia, Fabiana; Zanini, Rebeca; André Macedo; Varela, Ednilson Mascarenhas; Menezes, Juliane; Julieta Ibarra; Garelli, Andres; Alisson Marques de Miranda Cabral Gontijo. "Neurogenetics of confinement-induced behavioral alterations". Paper presented in European Drosophila Research Conference, Lyon, 2023.
  5. Herédia, Fabiana; Belém, Cláudia G.; Carolina Pinto; Menezes, Juliane; Zanini, Rebeca; Cancian, Mariana; André Macedo; et al. "LINE1-like activation in Drosophila brain leads to neuronal function decline". Paper presented in The mobile genome: genetic and physiological impacts of transposable elements, Heildelberg, 2023.
  6. Menezes, Juliane; Cancian, Mariana; Herédia, Fabiana; Zanini, Rebeca; Alisson Marques de Miranda Cabral Gontijo. "Bright fly: model system to study somatic mobilization of mariner transposable element". Paper presented in The mobile genome: genetic and physiological impacts of transposable elements, Heildelberg, 2023.
  7. Magdalena Fernandez-Acosta; Herédia, Fabiana; Juliane Menezes; Zanini, Rebeca; Katja Prüger; Agustina Dronseck; Maite Arana; et al. "MIP-SPR signaling controls a developmentally-programmed behavioral subprogram of Drosophila pupariation". Paper presented in 19th International Congress of Developmental Biology, Algarve, 2022.
  8. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "Scanning Electron Microscopy of immature stages of Drosophila willistoni group.". Paper presented in 44th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Chicago, 2015.
  9. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "Structural diversity in the eggshell of Drosophila willistoni species group". Paper presented in XXX Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, Porto Alegre, 2014.
  10. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá. Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "Phylogenetic analysis of the Drosophila willistoni group: Total evidence". Paper presented in XXX Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, Porto Alegre, 2014.
  11. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "Phylogenetic considerations on the Drosophila willistoni subgroup: Morphological versus molecular approaches". Paper presented in 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Washington D. C., 2013.
  12. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá. Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "Total evidence phylogenetic analysis of the Drosophila willistoni subgroup". Paper presented in VIII Simpósio de Ecologia, Genética e Evolução de Drosophila, Porto de Galinhas, 2013.
  13. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "Male genitalia of the Drosophila willistoni subgroup". Paper presented in VIII Simpósio de Ecologia, Genética e Evolução de Drosophila, Porto de Galinhas, 2013.
  14. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "Phylogenetic considerations on the Drosophila willistoni subgroup: Morphological and molecular approaches". Paper presented in 58º Congresso Brasileiro de Genética, Foz do Iguaçu, 2012.
  15. Zanini, Rebeca; Valiati, Victor Hugo. "Intra and interespecific divergence in species of the Akodon genus from Rio Grande do Sul". Paper presented in VII Encontro de Geneticistas do Rio Grande do Sul, 2012.
Journal article
  1. Fernandez-Acosta, Magdalena; Zanini, R.; Heredia, Fabiana; A. Volonté, Yanel; Menezes, Juliane; Prüger, Katja; Ibarra, Julieta; et al. "Triggering and modulation of a complex behavior by a single peptidergic command neuron in Drosophila". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 11 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2420452122.
    Published • 10.1073/pnas.2420452122
  2. Alexandre, Brenda Godoy; Cruz, Marcelo Merten; do Amaral, Karina Bohrer; Hoffmann, Lilian Sander; de Freitas, Thales Renato Ochotorena; Zanini, R.. Corresponding author: Zanini, R.. "Exploring mtDNA Databases to Evaluate the Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of Tursiops truncatus in the Atlantic Ocean: Implications for the Conservation of a Small, Offshore Population". Ecologies 5 2 (2024): 170-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ecologies5020011.
    10.3390/ecologies5020011
  3. Alexandre, B. G.; Poppe, J. L.; Zanini, R.; Valente, V. L. S.; Deprá, M.. "The potential of using Drosophila as bioindicator in a restinga environment". International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 43 2 (2023): 677-687. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-00983-y.
  4. Atencio, Guilherme; Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; Romanowski, Helena Piccoli. "Preliminary population studies in the grassland swallowtail butterfly Euryades corethrus (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (2023): doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202320210503.
    Open access • Published
  5. Tatsch, ACC; Proietti, MC; Zanini, R; Fruet, PF; Secchi, ER. "Beyond genetic differences: epigenetic variation in common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus from contrasting marine ecosystems". Marine Ecology Progress Series 671 (2021): 219-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13761.
    10.3354/meps13761
  6. Vieira, Gilberto Cavalheiro; D’Ávila, Marícia Fantinel; Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; da Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia. "Evolution of DNMT2 in drosophilids: Evidence for positive and purifying selection and insights into new protein (pathways) interactions". Genetics and Molecular Biology 41 1 suppl 1 (2018): 215-234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2017-0056.
    10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2017-0056
  7. Zanini, Rebeca; Müller, Mário Josias; Vieira, Gilberto Cavalheiro; Valiati, Victor Hugo; Deprá, Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "Combining morphology and molecular data to improve Drosophila paulistorum (Diptera, Drosophilidae) taxonomic status". Fly 12 2 (2018): 81-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19336934.2018.1429859.
    Published • 10.1080/19336934.2018.1429859
  8. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "Revisiting male terminalia of Drosophila bocainensis subgroup (Diptera, Drosophilidae) under Scanning Electron Microscopy". Drosophila Information Service 101 (2018): 2-6.
  9. Zanini, Rebeca. "Ultrastructural characterization of the pre-adult stages of Drosophila willistoni species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae).". Trends in Entomology 12 (2016): 43-50.
    Published
  10. Oliveira, Berenice Tristão; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva; Zanini, Rebeca. "Drosophila species associated with fresh chilli peppers.". Drosophila Information Service 99 (2016): 24-25.
  11. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; da Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia. "Can sibling species of the Drosophila willistoni subgroup be recognized through combined microscopy techniques?". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 59 4 (2015): 323-331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2015.09.006.
    10.1016/j.rbe.2015.09.006
  12. Zanini, Rebeca. "On the geographic distribution of On the Drosophila willistoni group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) - updated distribution of alagitans and bocainensis subgroups.". Drosophila Information Service 98 (2015): 25-27.
  13. Zanini, Rebeca; Deprá, Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. "On the geographic distribution of the Drosophila willistoni group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) ? updated geographic distribution of the Neotropical willistoni subgroup.". Drosophila Information Service 98 (2015): 39-43.
  14. Borges, Adriana; Scotti, Luciana V.; Siqueira, Daniele R.; Zanini, Rebeca; Amaral, Fernanda do; Jurinitz, Daiane F.; Wassermann, Guillermo F.. "Changes in hematological and serum biochemical values in jundiá Rhamdia quelen due to sub-lethal toxicity of cypermethrin". Chemosphere 69 6 (2007): 920-926. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.05.068.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.05.068
  15. Borges, Adriana; Siqueira, Daniele Rodrigues; Jurinitz, Daiane Follmann; Zanini, Rebeca; do Amaral, Fernanda; Grillo, Marcelo Lacerda; Oberst, Eneder Rosana; Wassermann, Guillermo Federico. "Biochemical Composition of Seminal Plasma and Annual Variations in Semen Characteristics of Jundiá Rhamdia quelen (Quoy and Gaimard, Pimelodidae)". Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 31 1 (2005): 45-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10695-005-4742-8.
    10.1007/s10695-005-4742-8
Preprint
  1. Volonte, Yanel; Heredia, Fabiana; Zanini, Rebeca; Menezes, Juliane; Perez, Maria Sol; Gualdino, Mafalda; Lage, Lara; et al. "Relaxin signaling is critical for virgin female reproductive physiology inDrosophila". 2025. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.03.647069.
    10.1101/2025.04.03.647069
  2. Zanini, Rebeca; Pereirinha, Joana; Fernandez-Acosta, Magdalena; Casimiro, Andreia P.; Pinho, Mariana; Garelli, Andres; Heredia, Fabiana; Gontijo, Alisson M.. "Neurogenetic evidence that Dilp8 promotes developmental-stability via Lgr3-neuron oscillation". 2024.
    10.1101/2024.11.26.625404
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Zanini, Rebeca. "Estabelecimento de relações evolutivas do grupo willistoni de Drosophila (Diptera, Drosophilidae) por meio de morfologia e marcadores moleculares combinados". PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 2015.
Working paper
  1. Vieira, Gilberto Cavalheiro; D'Ávila, Marícia Fantinel; Zanini, Rebeca; Oliveira, Pâmela; Garcia, Carolina Flores; Deprá, Maríndia; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva. 2019. "Characterizing the transcriptional expression and in situ localization of the Dnmt2 gene in Drosophila willistoni". https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-887/v1.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019 Systematics and evolution of Drosophila willistoni species subgroup XI Simpósio de Ecologia, Genética e Evolução de Drosophila.
(Pelotas, Brazil)
2014 Structural diversity in the eggshell of Drosophila willistoni species group XXX Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia
(Porto Alegre, Brazil)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/07 - Current The function of environmentally-sensitive genes on Drosophila wing expansion behavior
Supervisor
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 - 2024/06 Análises de contaminantes e investigações sobre estrutura e impacto genômico temporal na população de Tursiops truncatus no Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo
Co-supervisor of Brenda Godoy Alexandre
 Genetics and Molecular Biology (PhD)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2017 - 2020 Conservation status and population structure of Euryades corethrus (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) niche modeling and molecular markers
Co-supervisor of Guilherme Wagner Gutierrez Atencio
 Animal Biology (PhD)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2018 - 2019 Evolution of the HoxD genes in the Cetartiodactyla order
Co-supervisor of Brenda Godoy Alexandre
 Genetics and Molecular Biology (Master)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2008 - 2009 Diversidade Genética de Akodon montensis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) no Rio Grande do Sul
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Degree)
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/04/01 - 2022/12/16 Annual Portuguese Drosophila meeting - DrosTuga 2022 (2022/12/15 - 2022/12/16)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/20 - 2023/10/23 Poster presentation
Conference
 European Drosophila Research Conference
2021/11/29 - 2021/11/30 Annual Portuguese Drosophila meeting - DrosTuga 2021
Symposium
 Drostuga
2020/12/15 - 2020/12/16 Annual Portuguese Drosophila meeting - DrosTuga 2020
Symposium
 Drostuga
2015 - 2015 Drosophila Research Conference
Conference
 56th Drosophila Research Conference
2014 - 2014 IV Simpósio de Diptera.
Symposium
 IV Simpósio de Diptera
2013 - 2013 4th Biological Evolution Workshop
Conference
 4th Biological Evolution Workshop
2013 - 2013 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Conference
 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
2013 - 2013 Encontro de geneticistas do Rio Grande do Sul. Encontro de geneticistas do Rio Grande do Sul.
2013 - 2013 VIII Simpósio de Ecologia, Genética e Evolução de Drosophila
Symposium
 VIII Simósio de Ecologia, Genética e Evolução de Drosophila
2012 - 2012 58º Congresso Brasileiro de Genética.
Congress
 58º Congresso Brasileiro de Genética.
2011 - 2011 Third Porto Alegre Biological Evolution Workshop
Workshop
 Third Porto Alegre Biological Evolution Workshop
2010 - 2010 VII Encontro de Geneticistas do Rio Grande do Sul
Meeting
 VII Encontro de Geneticistas do Rio Grande do Sul.
2005 - 2005 XVII Salão de Iniciação Científica e XIV Feira de Iniciação Científica. XVII Salão de Iniciação Científica e XIV Feira de Iniciação Científica.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2004 - 2004 XVI Salão de Iniciação Científica e XIII Feira de Iniciação Científica
Other
 XVI Salão de Iniciação Científica e XIII Feira de Iniciação Científica
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2003 - 2003 3ª Mostra de Trabalhos de Iniciação Técnico-Científica
Other
 3ª Mostra de Trabalhos de Iniciação Técnico-Científica.
Escola Técnica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2003 - 2003 4th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Human Populations
Conference
 4th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Human Populations
2003 - 2003 XV Salão e XII Feira de Iniciação Científica XV Salão e XII Feira de Iniciação Científica
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2003 - 2003 XXXVIII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Fisiologia SBFis e XXI Congresso da Associação latino Americana de Ciências Fisiológicas ALACF
Congress
 XXXVIII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Fisiologia SBFis e XXI Congresso da Associação latino Americana de Ciências Fisiológicas ALACF

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/03/06 Determining the effect of olfactory receptors on the survival to Pseudomonas entomophila infection in Drosophila melanogaster
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Margarida Botelho Antunes (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 História evolutiva de espécies do grupo flavopilosa de Drosophila (Diptera, Drosophilidae): uma abordagem filogenética, filogeográfica e taxonômica
(Thesis) Arguer
 Henrique da Rocha Moreira (Master)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2014 Estruturas cuticulares externas do sistema odorífero abdominal em Pentatomoidea (Hemitera: Heteroptera)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Cristiane Bottega (Other)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2022 - Current International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
2018 - Current American Journal of Entomology

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016 - 2018 Genetic aspects of developmental biology Ciências Biológicas / Biomedicina Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2013 - 2014 Evolutionary entomology Animal Biology (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018 - 2020 American Journal of Entomology

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/02 - 2024/07 Characterization of Drosophila MFAP1 Gene's Function in Neuronal Regulation of the Relaxin Signaling Pathway Ana Sofia Costa
2024/02 - 2024/07 Atg17 Gene as a Possible Neuronal Regulator of the Relaxin Signaling Pathway in Drosophila Lara Lage
2024/02 - 2024/06 Neuronal regulators of relaxin signaling pathway Carolina Granchinho
2024/02 - 2024/06 Neuronal regulators of relaxin signaling pathway Raquel Romão
2023/04 - 2024/06 Neurogenetics of confinement-induced behavioral alterations William Jandi
2023/08 - 2024/02 Neuronal regulators of relaxin signaling pathway Isabel Corado Ramis
2023 - 2023 Neuronal regulators of relaxin signaling pathway Vítor Silva
2023 - 2023 Neuronal regulators of relaxin signaling pathway Joana Mateus
2022 - 2022 Neurogenetics of confinement-induced behavioral alterations Olga Carreira
2022 - 2022 Neurogenetics of confinement-induced behavioral alterations Sara Santos
2021 - 2022 Retrotransposition and aging-associated neuronal function decline Carolina Carvalho e Pinto
2020 - 2022 Plasticidade genômica de Drosophila willistoni, abordagem in situ e in silico Natasha Ávila Bertocchi
2021 - 2021 Neuroendocrine control of tissue remodeling Diana Lourenço
2019 - 2021 Ecologia populacional de Pontoporia blainvillei e Tursiops truncatus através de marcadores moleculares Ana Carolina Tatsch
2017 - 2020 Estudos Epigenéticos em Drosophila: Uma Análise Evolutiva Multinível da Enigmática Enzima DNMT2 Gilberto Cavalheiro Vieira
2012 - 2016 Bachelor student Brenda Godoy Alexandre

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2015 - 2015 Avaliação das apresentações dos alunos no XI Salão de Ensino da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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2024 Best poster
2021 FCT grant
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal