Agenda IB

Renato Vicentini dos Santos
Several molecular mechanisms responsible for the cross talk between different regulatory elements and signaling pathways, and their diversification in plants, still need to be elucidated to better understand plant growth patterns and biomass production. Our laboratory applies genetic and computational approaches to integrate molecular and systems biology to improve the knowledge about several biological mechanisms in plants. Recently we are elaborating ways to analyze regulatory network and dynamic metabolic models in sugarcane related with sucrose biosynthesis, and define the diversification of different signals programs among angiosperms.

Silmara Marques Allegretti
We work with 3 main research topics in the Field of parasitic diseases caused by helmintic parasites (emphasis on Schistosoma mansoni, Strongyloides stercoralis e Angiostrongylus cantonensis and their vectors):
-Research of new drugs for treatment of helminthiasis;
-Study of wild and domestic animals parasitic diseases;
-Proteomic studies of helminthes and/or their vectors.

Paulo Sérgio Moreira Carvalho de Oliveira
Ecology and Social Behavior of Ants
Ant-Plant Interactions,
Multitrophic Interactions Involving Ants,
Ant-Plant Mutualisms,
Molecular Ecology of Ants,
Ant-Associated Microbial Communities,
Antipredator Defense in Insects