Analysis of the genome of Scaptotrigona bipunctata

• Grant number: 22/14866-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: December 01, 2022
• End date: November 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Animal Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Klaus Hartmann Hartfelder
• Grantee: Paulo Gonzalez Hofstatter
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/13296-9 - Molecular basis of behavioral plasticity and reproductive strategies in life histories evolution of Neotropical stingless bees, AP.TEM

Abstract

Among the three species that we chose for our comparative transcriptomics analyses, Scaptotrigona bipunctata is the only one for which genomic information is still lacking so far. Hence, the aim of this project is to sequence, assemble, and analyze the characteristics of the genome of this species. This postdoctoral project is strongly associated with Work Package 3 (WP3) of our Thematic Project.