Guests 2021
The lectures and presentations can be in portuguese, english or spanish, depending on the guest’s choice.
Guests
He holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), a Master’s degree in Parasitology from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and a Doctorate in Parasitic Biology from the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. He is currently a professor at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and has experience in the field of Parasitology, with an emphasis on medical entomology and forensic entomology and environmental criminal expertise. He belongs to the Research Group: Biology and Vector Genetics.
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Graduated in Biological Sciences (Bachelor and Licentiate) from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Master’s degree in Plant Biology from UFSC and Doctorate in Cell and Developmental Biology from the same university. Since 2008 she has been working as a biologist at UFSC. She currently works at the Environmental Management Coordination at UFSC. She has experience in the area of Anatomy and Cellular Plant Biology, microscopy and histological techniques, environmental education, management of hazardous waste and in the Teaching of Science and Biology.
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Biologist from the Institute of Biosciences – Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Master, Doctorate and Post-doctorate in Biology / Genetics from Institute of Biosciences (USP), working with Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndrome. Post-Doctorate at the Institute of Psychiatry – Medical school (USP), working with genetics of psychiatric diseases. She is currently a professor at USP in the Department of Forensic Medicine and responsible for the Genetics and Molecular Biology laboratory.
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Doctoral student and Master in the Biological Chemistry program at the Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. She is a pharmacist who graduated from the same institution. She is currently part of the Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative coordinating team and develops projects focused on assessing the consistency and reliability of scientific literature by evaluating basic research statistical synthesis strategies and assessing the quality of preprints and peer review in the biomedical sciences.
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PhD at UCL, using various genome-wide and molecular biology approaches to study ageing cell populations. During the Post-Doctorate at Imperial College, he helped develop anti-malarial synthetic gene-drive systems in mosquitoes. Currently, he is working trying to understand the role of different neuroactive molecules on the mosquito auditory efferent system and the way this impacts swarming behaviour. This project allows him to study the fascinating sensory biology of an important disease vector, and potentially identify control tools along the way.
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Doctorate student in the postgraduate program of Chemistry at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Degree in Chemistry (UFRGS) and Master in Chemistry (UFRGS). She has experience in the following topics: synthesis of organo-inorganic hybrid materials and mixed nanostructured oxides, characterization of chemical and microstructural materials and development of functionalized electrochemical platforms. She has interest in the areas of Electroanalytical and Materials Chemistry.
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Agronomist and Master in Phytopathology by the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Doctorate degree in Phytopathology by the University of California. Professor at the Department of Phytopathology at UFV. He works in the field of phytopathology, with an emphasis on plant virology and genetics of pathogen-host interaction. The main lines of research are the analysis of the genetic diversity and molecular evolution of geminivirus and the study of geminivirus-host interaction. In addition, he provides diagnosis services for plant viruses through the Plant Disease Clinic at UFV.
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Degree in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Master’s degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz and Doctorate in Biotechnology and Biosciences from the UFSC, with sandwich Doctorate at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC / USA), in the field of microorganism proteomics. Currently he is a professor at UFSC and leader of the Bioinformatics Laboratory at the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology of the Center for Biological Sciences.
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Currently working with innovation management and best practices with a focus on systems complexity reduction to achieve agile results. He works with risk management in projects, using data science combined with Storytelling. In addition, he creates processes and contributes to problem solving; being part of the Analysis Network COVID-19 group coordination, as a volunteer, working on social networks, helping the population, media and public managers to make more assertive decisions based on the data.
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Undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Master in Philosophy with mention in Epistemology from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and Doctorate degree in Sciences with mention in Molecular, Cellular and Neuroscience Biology from the Pontifícia Católica de Chile. In addition, he has experience in History and Philosophy of Biology, Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Ornithology and Evolutionary Developmental Biology.
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Degree in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa. Master’s degree in Biological Sciences (Genetics) from the Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (UNESP). She is currently developing her doctoral project at the Integrative Genomics Laboratory, studying the silencing of transposable elements via PIWI-interactig RNAs (piRNAs) in the presence of B chromosome in the African cichlid Astatotilapia latifasciata. She is the creator of the scientific dissemination profile Voando Alto Ciência.
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Master in the Neuroscience and Behavior Program (NEC) with an emphasis on research in Neuroimmunomodulation by the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) (2009). Graduated in Biomedicine by the Centro Universitário Feevale (2005). Currently, she is a Product Specialist/Manager at Biolab Brasil Laboratory Materials.
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Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Universidade Federal de Goiás (2009) and Masters in Biological Sciences (Entomology) from the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (2012). He is currently pursuing his doctorate at the University of Minnesota, with a CAPES scholarship – Science Without Borders. He is co-creator of the science dissemination podcast Dragões de Garagem. He has experience in the field of Trichoptera taxonomy and biology and scientific communication.
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PhD from the City University of New York and The New York Botanical Garden, Master’s degree in Biotechnology from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), and degree in Biological Sciences from the UFSC. She has experience in the field of Mycology, with an emphasis on taxonomy, working mainly with systematic molecular biology and phylogeny of tropical macrofungi and ectomycorrhizae. She is a professor at the UFSC in the Graduate Program in Biology of Fungi, Algae, and Plants.
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Professor at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from UFSC, a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), a Doctorate in Production Engineering (UFSC), and Post-doctorate from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He teaches Software Engineering II and Informatics and Society in the graduation course of Computer Science and Algorithms and Programming and Systems Analysis in the Professional Master in Informatics and Health at UFSC.
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Degree in Social Communication – Journalism from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Master’s degree in Linguistic and Literary Studies in English at the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences at USP and a Doctorate at the same institution. He is a reporter, columnist, and blogger for the Folha de São Paulo newspaper. He is the author of nine books for scientific dissemination. In addition, he has collaborated with the main magazines in the area in the country, such as Pesquisa Fapesp, Superinteressante, Scientific American Brasil, and Ciência Hoje.
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Degree (Bachelor and Licentiate) in Biological Sciences, Master’s and Doctorate in Biological Sciences (Zoology), Postdoctoral research on elasmobranch conservation using molecular markers. He works in research in the areas of ecology, conservation, physiology, welfare, and animal behavior of fish and sharks, mainly, but he also guides students with other animal groups on these topics. Currently he is a professor and researcher at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).
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Undergraduate degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidade Federal Fluminense. Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidade Estadual de Campinas and PhD in Applied Plasma Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Currently, he is a professor at the Institute of Physics at the Universidade de São Paulo. In addition, he is a member of the Sciences Academy of the São Paulo State and of the Brazilian Sciences Academy.
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Round-table mediators
Doctorate degree in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, post-doctorate in Bioinformatics Program at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and post-doctorate in Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Currently develops research in the area of Evolutionary and Forensic Genetics of humans and other animals. She is a Professor at UFSC, linked to the Graduate Program in Cell and Developmental Biology (PPGBCD) and to the Professional Master’s Degree in Biology Teaching in the National Network (PROFBIO).
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She holds a Doctorate in Biotechnology and Biosciences from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), a Master’s degree in Health Sciences from the Universidade Estadual de Maringá and a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the same university and a degree in Biological Sciences from the Faculdades Integradas de Ourinhos. She has experience in Molecular Parasitology. In addition, she has experience in Molecular Biology of prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems, synthetic biology, gene editing, and immunology of host-parasite interaction.
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Biologist from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Master’s degree in Neuroscience – Neurophysiology – UFSC and Doctorate degree in Neuroscience – Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology from UFSC and Center National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) – France. Postdoctoral internship at CNRS, working with molecular signaling in craniofacial development. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology Embryology and Genetics at UFSC.
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Lecture mediators
André Nóbrega Pitaluga
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Bernardo Perin Cima
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Franceli Rodrigues Kulcheski
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Geison de Souza Izídio
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Guilherme de Toledo e Silva
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Gustavo Caponi
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Juliana Dal-Ri Lindenau
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Kamila Voges
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Maico Roberto Luckmann Rodrigues da Silva
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)