Graduated in Applied Biology from the Universidade do Minho (Portugal), PhD in Ecology from the Université de Namur (Belgium). Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Marine Sciences (CSIC, Barcelona) and at the Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN, Natal - RN). Professor at the Department of Hydrobiology at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), member of the Postgraduate Program in Ecology and Natural Resources (PPGERN) at UFSCar and at the Postgraduate in Ecology of Continental Aquatic Environments (PEA) from the Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). Head of the Laboratory of Microbial Biodiversity and Processes (LBPM) develops research on the ecology, biotic interactions, structure and functions of the aquatic microbiome. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This proposal aims to promote collective work within the Latin-American region and to improve the development of aquatic microbial ecology in South America. This is expected to be achieved throughout a set of interchange activities led by Brazilian and Colombian researchers. We propose four types of interchange activities: i) Collaborative research, ii) Insight workshops, iii) Work placem…
We propose a collaboration between the Universidade Federal de São Carlos and Universidad de Antioquia, bringing together the expertise of researchers and students of the two Institutions to promote the generation and compilation of a large microbiome database from many aquatic ecosystems across South-America. This will allow to elucidate large-scale patterns of South American aquatic mic…
Aquatic microbiome research is increasing its relevance at the international level. Although there are some laboratories of excellence in Brazil dedicated to the study of microbiomes, they focus mostly on terrestrial ecosystems, especially soils. Few laboratories in Brazil are dedicated to the study of aquatic microbiomes, applying high throughput sequencing techniques (cutting edge techn…
This project represents a collaboration bringing together the complementary skills of three aquatic researchers working in distinct disciplines: Hugo Sarmento (FAPESP PI) microbial ecology; Dan Perkins (DP, prospective visitor) food web ecology and Victor Saito (FAPESP Co-I) community ecology. The application was initiated during a British Council - FAPESC funded workshop (RLWK8-10592) "C…
Mixotrophic algae have phagocytic capability to ingest bacteria and are a critica I component in microbial food webs. The aim of this project is to develop techniques for quantifying mixotrophic organisms and estimating bacterivory rates in situ using flow cytometry. (AU)
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The Paraná River is one of the mega-rivers of the world traveling 3,800 km through South America. It is considered a hotspot of biodiversity that emerges from the complex combination of spatial and temporal environmental heterogeneity, climate and hydrology. Microorganisms are sentinels that can be used to diagnose the state of the ecosystems they inhabit. Metagenomic shotgun …
Dissolved organic matter is one of the main carbon forms in aquatic environments, comprising a wide range of molecules from biological origin, with great relevance in aquatic ecology and climate regulation. Phytoplankton is a major DOM source, yet little is known about its composition and production shifts due to climate warming. Small changes in phytoplankton-derived DOM (DOMp), triggere…
Water quality is the most important factor that ensures public health. The purpose of water treatment plants is to provide a safe supply of drinking water to the population, ensuring the absence and limiting the growth of any organism that may be associated with pathogenicity. Regardless of the means of disinfection, it is common to find bacteria during the treatment and distribution of w…
Biogeographical patterns have been widely studied for over two centuries. However, investigating such patterns as well as testing ecological theories for microbial communities was methodologically impossible until very recently. These questions only became accountable when modern molecular and bioinformatic tools were developed, thereby allowing the characterization of microbiomes directl…
Heterotrophic bacteria are main decomposers of the organic matter in aquatic environments, through the assimilation of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), converting it into particulate organic carbon. Bacterial production (BP) and bacterial respiration (BR) are essential processes in the carbon cycle in aquatic ecosystems, the first being the process of recovery of energy released in the pla…
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Marine microbes stand for a great part of the global biodiversity and play key roles in the oceans. However, investigating their diversity and ecology has been extremely challenging due to sampling and methodological constraints. Current molecular and bioinformatic tools together with recent large-scale oceanographic cruises (e.g. Tara Oceans and Malaspina) have helped the scientific comm…
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