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…
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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 (…
Arboviruses are arthropod-born RNA viruses that can cause serious diseases in the human population. Mosquitoes from the genus Aedes and Culex are known for being vectors of arboviruses that have epidemic potential, such as Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, Yellow Fever and West Nile viruses. Blocking the transmission of arboviruses relies on the control of its mosquito vectors. Strategies to con…
Selfish interests put maternally transmitted endosymbionts and host-nuclear genome into conflict. Wolbachia is an example of very successful endosymbiont present in 50% of all arthropods. One process that explain its high prevalence is their ability to manipulate host reproduction for its own favor through cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI). However, even being prevalent in so many species …
Co-evolution is the evolutionary process that generates phenotypic changes in interacting species. Despite the extensive work on co-evolution in the last decades, we do not have empirical studies showing convincing evidences for co-evolution. Theoretical studies have argued that phenotypic correlation between interacting species is not enough to demonstrate co-evolution. These studies poi…
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