Study of the visual pigments of New World primates and analysis of genetic markers for diabetic retinopathy

• Grant number: 11/17423-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: January 01, 2012
• End date: September 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Experimental Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Dora Selma Fix Ventura
• Grantee: Daniela Maria Oliveira Bonci
• Host Institution: Instituto de Psicologia (IP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 08/58731-2 - Vision as a sensitive indicator of conditions threatening retinal and central nervous system function, AP.TEM

Abstract

This project is about two main topics: 1. the comparative study of visual pigments in different genera of New World priamtes using the opsin sequences to stimate the absortion peak of each visual pigment; 2. study of the relationship between genetic markers for diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetes type 1 and 2, with or without diabetic retinopathy. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

HAUZMAN, E.; BONCI, D. M. O.; SUAREZ-VILLOTA, E. Y.; NEITZ, M.; VENTURA, D. F.. Daily activity patterns influence retinal morphology, signatures of selection, and spectral tuning of opsin genes in colubrid snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology, v. 17, DEC 11 2017. (08/58731-2, 14/25743-9, 14/26818-2, 11/17423-6, 09/06026-6)

ALTAVINI, TIAGO SIEBERT; HENRIQUES, LEONARDO DUTRA; OLIVEIRA BONCI, DANIELA MARIA; NAGY, BALAZS VINCE; VENTURA, DORA FIX; PESSOA, VALDIR FILGUEIRAS. Using the Hard, Randy, and Rittler Test to Evaluate Color Vision in Capuchins (Cebus libidinosus). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, v. 33, n. 6, p. 1467-1476, DEC 2012. (09/06026-6, 08/58731-2, 11/17423-6)

GALANTE ROCHA DE VASCONCELOS, FELIPE TADEU; HAUZMAN, EINAT; HENRIQUES, LEONARDO DUTRA; KILPP GOULART, PAULO RONEY; GALVAO, OLAVO DE FARIA; SANO, RONALDO YUITI; SOUZA, GIVAGO DA SILVA; ALFARO, JESSICA LYNCH; DE LIMA SILVEIRA, LUIS CARLOS; VENTURA, DORA FIX; et al. A novel nonsense mutation in the tyrosinase gene is related to the albinism in a capuchin monkey (Sapajus apella). BMC GENETICS, v. 18, MAY 5 2017. (08/58731-2, 14/25743-9, 11/17423-6, 09/06026-6)

GALANTE ROCHA DE VASCONCELOS, FELIPE TADEU; VILANI NAMAN, MARIA JULIA; HAUZMAN, EINAT; BARON, JEROME; VENTURA, DORA FIX; OLIVEIRA BONCI, DANIELA MARIA. LWS visual pigment in owls: Spectral tuning inferred by genetics. VISION RESEARCH, v. 165, p. 90-97, DEC 2019. (11/17423-6, 09/06026-6, 14/25743-9, 08/58731-2)

HAUZMAN, EINAT; BONCI, DANIELA M. O.; GROTZNER, SONIA R.; MELA, MARITANA; LIBER, ANDRE M. P.; MARTINS, SONIA L.; VENTURA, DORA F.. Comparative Study of Photoreceptor and Retinal Ganglion Cell Topography and Spatial Resolving Power in Dipsadidae Snakes. BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION, v. 84, n. 3, p. 197-213, 2014. (08/58731-2, 11/17423-6, 09/06026-6)

DANIELA MARIA OLIVEIRA BONCI; MAUREEN NEITZ; JAY NEITZ; LUIZ CARLOS DE LIMA SILVEIRA; DORA FIX VENTURA. The genetics of New World monkey visual pigments. Psychology & Neuroscience, v. 6, n. 2, p. 133-144, 2013-00-00. (11/17423-6, 09/06026-6, 08/58731-2)