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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Associate Professor at the Federal University of São Paulo-UNIFESP, where he is responsible for the subjects of Parasitology and Pathogens of Aquatic Organisms. He was head of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology-UNIFESP from February 2017 to February 2020. He is an accredited professor in the Postgraduate Program in ANIMAL BIOLOGY at the Institute of Biology at the State University of Campinas-UNICAMP and in the Postgraduate Program in ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION from the Federal University of São Paulo-UNIFESP and Collaborating Researcher at the Natural History Museum- NHM in London. He completed post-doctoral studies at the Natural History Museum-NHM (2016-2017) and at the Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering-FZEA/USP (2007-2009). PhD in Parasitology from the State University of Campinas-UNICAMP (2004), master's degree in Biological Sciences from the State University of Campinas-UNICAMP (1999), bachelor's degree in biology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1995). He was a consultant for the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) working at the National Center for Continental Fish Research-CEPTA/ICMBio (2004-2005), when he participated in the Pantanal Program, carrying out research with fish from the Upper Paraguay basin. In the area of fish pathogen research, he coordinated the FAPESP Young Researcher Project from 2007 to 2012, and several regular FAPESP and CNPq projects between 2012 and 2022. He is currently coordinator of the FAPESP Thematic Project. He has experience in research on cnidarians adapted to parasitism (Myxozoa), with an emphasis on diversity, systematic, development, and parasite-host interaction. He carries out research on the taxonomy, diversity, and evolution of Monogenea and other groups of metazoan parasites of aquatic animals. He is a member of the board of directors of the Brazilian Association of Aquatic Organism Pathologists-ABRAPOA and a member of the European Association of Fish Pathologists-EAFP. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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It is now known that a lineage of cnidarians diverged to become endoparasites, which compose the subphylum Myxozoa. This subphylum contains about 2,500 species, which are distributed in the classes Myxosporea and Malacosporea. Myxosporeans contain the vast majority of myxozoan species currently known, and their members infect various tissues and organs of vertebrates, mainly fish, but als…
By bringing together people at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), King's College London (KCL) and the Natural History Museum, London this project would unite expertise in the application of cutting edge molecular approaches, bioinformatics, molecular diagnostics, fish parasitology, myxozoan biology and fieldwork to expand understanding of myxozoan biodiversity in tropical en…
Dr. Beth Okamura is researcher at the Department of Life Sciences at the Natural History Museum in London.The researcher focuses on ecology, biology and development of Cnidarians parasite of the Subphylum Myxozoa, mainly those of the Class Malacosporea, which present a complex biological cycle, with bryozoans and freshwater fish acting as invertebrate and vertebrate hosts, respectively. D…
Dr. Timothy Wood is Professor Emeritus of Wright State University, Ohio, USA and Associate Researcher of the Department of Life Sciences of the Natural History Museum in London. The researcher is expert in the taxonomy area of Bryozoa, which are invertebrate hosts of Myxozoans of the class Malacosporea. During his visit, Dr. Wood will participate of field work, together with researchers a…
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Myxozoa is a class of the phylum Cnidaria has diverged into the obligate endoparasitic life system, having adopted mainly fish as vertebrate hosts. Cnidaria are considered the oldest lineage of venomous animals, and their toxic compounds are used to immobilize, subdue, and digest prey, as well as deter and repel predators and competitors. Their toxins are produced by the Golgi apparatus o…
Currently, much molecular data available for evolutionary analysis within Myxozoa is based on the sequencing of the small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU-rDNA). This restriction of molecular markers available for the study of this group has made comparisons and corroborations of phylogenetic inferences difficult and is still an important challenge for this area of research. Thus, with the aim …
Fish, in natural or farmed systems, are hosts to a wide diversity of parasites belonging to several taxa. Among the fish parasites, the species belonging to the Phylum Cnidaria, subphylum Endocnidozoa, Class Myxozoa (myxozoans) stand out. Myxozoans are organisms that, as an adaptation to parasitism, have undergone intense simplification and reduction in body size in relation to free-livin…
Recent estimates suggest that about 250 species of invertebrate metazoan parasitize marine catfish from the Ariidae family worldwide. Although this number suggests a great diversity of organisms parasitizing these hosts, it is necessary to reflect that so far only a restricted number of ariids have been examined for parasites. An example of that are the parasitic flatworms of the Monogeno…
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Myxozoa is a diverse group of fish parasites, related to jellyfish and corals (Phylum Cnidaria). Compared with their free-living cousins, myxozoans are miniaturized, morphologically simplified, and have evolved a complex parasitic life cycle involving vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Transmission between invertebrate and vertebrate hosts is via resistant spore stages composed of rigid o…
Coevolutionary studies aim at testing specific hypotheses to understand the patterns of historical associations between parasites and their hosts. Fish-monogenoidean systems provide an interesting model for historical associations due to their high specificity. Therefore, the aim of the present project is to verify whether the relationship between Chauhanellus spp. and Hamatopeduncularia …
This research project aims to we will increment and develop studies of genetic components involved in variations in infection and diseases by myxosporeans of invasive and introduced warm freshwater fish species, increasing knowledge and competences regarding the PhD project in execution. Studies performed until now have shown a large number of new myxosporeans species, as well as differen…
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