CV Lattes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética (CBMEG) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
I am an enthusiastic scientist and researcher inspired by biology, broadly interested in the evolutionary origins and genetic basis of ecological adaptations and speciation in insects, particularly pest species. I obtained my master (2014) and doctorate (2019) degrees in genetics and molecular biology in the field of animal genetics and evolution at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Currently, I'm a junior researcher ("postdoc") at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a collaborator researcher at the U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (USDA-ARS, PBARC). My main research includes the analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data, and the development of molecular biology and genome-editing methods to support integrated pest management programs used to control natural populations of tephritid fruit flies. My experience and interests are: (1) Molecular phylogenetics; (2) Molecular identification and population genetics; (3) Functional genomics and transcriptomics; (4) Development, physiology and sexual determination of dipterans; (5) Molecular ecology, speciation and adaptation of insects; (6) Genome-editing and genetic engineering. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that act in the post transcriptional modulation of the genetic expression. In animals, the incomplete base complementarity between the miRNA and the target site of the messenger RNA inhibit their translation, thus making them key genes for expression control. The analysis of differentially expressed miRNAs can provide a better understanding of …
This project aims to identify and characterize microRNAs (miRNAs) in screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax, and blowfly Cochliomyia macellaria, generating the first data of miRNAs for dipteran species of the family Calliphoridae (Diptera: Brachycera). Among the species of this family, the screwworm fly C. hominivorax is the leading causing fly of traumatic myiasis in neotropical regions,…
Identifying genomic regions that underlie the adaptive radiation of insects is a major goal in modern evolutionary biology. The emergence of obligatory ectoparasitism in blowflies has been the subject for scientific debate for over a half-century, creating the need for studies regarding how genomic architecture is linked to adaptive ecological transitions. Previous studies suggested that …
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