Staff

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Mammal taxonomy; regional faunas – Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil; taxonomy and systematics of sigmodontine rodents; biogeography of sigmodontines; studies of mammal faunas; morphology of sigmodontine rodents; taxonomy and systematics of sigmodontine rodents.

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Botany, with an emphasis on Plant Anatomy, focusing primarily on the following topics: ecological anatomy, anatomy of vegetative and reproductive organs, and floral biology and pollination biology of monocotyledons, especially Poales.

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Plant morphology; anatomy and ultrastructure of vegetative organs and *in vitro* structures; histological characterization of *in vitro* plant regeneration pathways; morphoanatomy of underground systems; anatomy and ultrastructure of plant-insect and plant-pathogen interactions.

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Study and characterization of hormonal peptides in plants; study and characterization of genes involved in plant-insect interactions.

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Biotechnology, regulatory RNAs and their biological roles in plant development and stress response.

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Agroecology; ecological restoration; plant population ecology and genetics.

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Biochemistry; plant molecular biology; biotechnology and organelle molecular biology; molecular biology of plant-microorganism interactions; genomics and bioinformatics.

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Herpetology (biology of amphibians and reptiles); vertebrate zoology; herpetofauna from cerrado, rocky fields and Atlantic forest; ecology, behavior and conservation of freshwater chelonians; ecology, behavior and conservation of amphibians.

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Plant physiology; hormonal control of the development of plant organs; interaction between plant hormones and stress; competence for "in vitro" regeneration.

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Plant systematics; species identification; floristic survey; medicinal, toxic, and aromatic plants; botanical illustration.

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Plant biochemistry and physiology; yeast biochemistry and physiology; alcoholic fermentation.

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Toxic cyanobacteria: molecular ecology, ecophysiology, taxonomy, and molecular phylogeny. Molecular techniques for cyanotoxin detection. Action of toxins on organisms. Freshwater microalgae: taxonomy and cultivation. Phytoplankton structure and function in reservoirs of Northeastern Brazil.

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Regulatory mechanisms of plant development, and how these can be integrated to develop biotechnological tools aimed at increasing plant biomass.

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Studies the plant immune system and the strategies microorganisms use to manipulate it. Has experience in Genetics and Molecular Biology, working on the following topics: plant-pathogen interactions, microbiome, genomics, and transcriptomics.

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Plant physiology; growth regulation; plant productivity; crop ecophysiology; developmental physiology.

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Plant morphology and anatomy, floristic surveys, phylogenetic systematics, silviculture, classical taxonomy.

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Community Ecology; Plant Ecology; Theoretical and Quantitative Ecology; Species Conservation; Forest Succession, Dynamics, and Restoration; Biodiversity Data Management.

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Plant physiology; postharvest physiology of fruits and vegetables; physiology and biochemistry of minimally processed horticultural products.

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Plant physiology and productivity; mathematical models applied to the plant community; quantification of water in the soil-atmosphere system; photosynthesis.

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Plant systematics and ecology; identification of forest species; floristic, ecological, and phytosociological surveys of natural formations; forest succession; forest dynamics; reproductive biology of tree species; restoration and recovery of degraded areas; ecological restoration.

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Plant systematics; species identification; floristic survey.