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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
bachelor's at Ciências Biológicas Bacharelado e Lincenciatura from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2000), master's at Ecology from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (2003) and doctorate at Ecology and Evolution from Stony Brook University (2010). Has experience in Ecology, acting on the following subjects: interação formiga-planta, nectários extraflorais, comportamento de insetos, riqueza de formigas and impacto humano. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Recent developments in genomics opened unprecedented opportunities to study the interface among ecology, evolution, and genetics, and made possible to understand adaptations of organisms in detail. We use natural populations of the model organism Drosophila melanogaster and its relatives and combine modern next-generation sequencing technologies integrated with laboratory and field studie…
During this two weeks visit, Prof. Turelli will participate in three main activities. (i) Discussion and review of current projects on the host group. (ii) Finalization of a collaborative project on the evolution of mutualistic and parasitic traits on the Drosophila-Wolbachia interaction. In this project, we are testing parasitic and mutualistic effects on the interactions of 12 Drosophil…
The recent advances in molecular biology opened exciting new opportunities for studies of the interface of ecological, evolutionary and genetic mechanisms to understand the evolution of adaptations in organisms. I propose to study the ecological pressures in natural populations that influence the patterns of variation at the genomic level and result in adaptive changes. I will study adapt…
The postdoc will coordinate the studies planned for aim 5 of the main research project. The main goal is to test other factors, beyond climate adaptation, that affect the interaction between Neotropical drosophilid species and the endosymbiont Wolbachia, including virus protection, cytoplasmatic incompatibility, and phylogenetic origins. The postdoc will coordinate a team of associated re…
The postdoc will coordinate the studies planned for aim 4 and part or aim 5 of the main research project. The main goal is to use an integrative approach to study climate adaptation in Neotropical drosophilid species collected in the Atlantic Forest and the Cerrado, including studies of phenotypes related to climate adaptation, as well as the influence of phenotypic plasticity and the end…
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The association between animals and their microbiota plays a crucial role in shaping different host biology, including development, immunity, nutrition, and behavior. For instance, gut microbiota imbalance in humans are linked to metabolic diseases like obesity and diabetes. Drosophila melanogaster provides an ideal model to study microbiota-host interactions, as they have manageable micr…
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) cause enormous negative effects in humanity and are becoming more frequent. One of the main sources of EIDs is host shift events (the jump of a pathogen from one host species to another). The host phylogeny can play a big role in the host shift success. One key model in host shift studies is the Drosophilidae family of flies. In my PhD we cross infected…
Subfunctionalization is considered one of the most frequent models for maintaining gene duplications, remaining an important source of evolutionary novelties through the emergence of new genes. In this model, each copy specializes in part of the original gene's functions. Also, this process might be a resolution of sexual conflict (SC), when a gene has conflicting roles between isoforms a…
Latitudinal clines are often interpreted as evidence for climate adaptation, which gets stronger when they are linked to thermal tolerance phenotypes. Wolbachia is a maternally transmitted endosymbiont found in more than 65% insect species. Infection by Wolbachia is found in a latitudinal cline for natural populations of the fly Drosophila melanogaster, where temperate climates correlate…
A major open question in evolutionary biology is how species will adapt to climate change. Drosophila melanogaster has proven to be a useful model in understanding evolutionary responses to climate change because of its short generation time and ease of manipulation. However, the majority of studies use pool-seq approaches, which cannot be phased easily. With phased data, we can get haplo…
Recent advances in next-generation sequencing technologies have opened unprecedent opportunities in studies on evolution of ecological interactions. This proposal for a short research abroad internship aims to write a review and perspectives paper on the use of next-generation sequencing technologies on studies of evolution of ecological interactions in collaboration with Prof. Whiteman (…
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