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University of Basel (UniBas) - Department of Zoology
Basel, Switzerland
Dissertation: Lake Tanganyika Cichlids genetic diversity origin determination
Supervisor: Walter Salzburger and Julia MI Barth
PhD
Researcher
2022 - ongoing
Master
Researcher
2018 - 2020
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) - Department of Genetics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dissertation: Flounder mislabelling analyses: factors that influence fish fraud occurrence on supply chain categories, label regulations and market price.
Supervisor: Antonio M. Sole-cava
BRes.
Genetics
2014 - 2018
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) - Department of Genetics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Project: Molecular identification and authenticity of seafood commercialized as flounder in Rio de janeiro
Modules - Statistics, Scientific Methodology, Evolution, population genetics, Genetics analysis, Conservation genetics, Marine genetics, Coastal and Oceanic Management.
Supervisor: Antonio M. Sole-cava
BRes.
Teaching
Biology
2018 - 2021
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) - Department of Education
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Modules - Educational sociology, Physics to biology teachers, Brazilian educational system, Educational Philosophy.
 Research skills and techniquesDNA extraction, amplification and sequencing (Sanger), Capillary electrophoresis on high-resolution system (Qiaxel), development and validation of quantitative PCR, PCR RFLP, Multiplex PCR, Real-time PCR and Nested PCR’s, DNA metabarcoding analysis, Phylogenetic reconstruction (Partitioned analysis) and mitochondrial whole genome assembly and analysis (next generation sequencing). |  PublicationsPublished - Souza, D. F.; Clemente, W. R. Henning F.; Solé-Cava A. M.,. From fish-markets to restaurants: substitution prevalence along the flatfish commercialization chain in Brazil. Fisheries Research, 2021. Vol - Salles, T.S.; SA Guimaraes, T. E.; Souza, D.F.; Lopez, S. B. G; Alvarenga, E.S.L; Franco, T.A. ; Melo, A.C.A. ; Soares, M.R. ; Ferreira, D.F. ; Moreira, M.F. Quantitative Dengue Serotyping: The Development of a Higher Performance Method Using SYBR Green Assay. Archives of clinica |  CollaborationsMaster's collaboration - “Expanding the molecular toolkits for the identification of elasmobranchs using target-enrichment” and “Mislabelling in the commerce of codfish, the leading imported fish in Brazil” |
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 Conferences participation2023 - Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution conference (SMBE). Ferrara, Italy 2023 - Evolutionary Biology in Guarda summer school. Unibasel, Switzerland 2023 - European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB). Scotland, UK 2022 - Cichlid Science. Cambridge, UK 2021- Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI) virtual Symposium, Fish, Fisheries and Ecosystems in the Anthropocene. KU Leuven 2021 - Virtual Evolution 2021 |  Honors / Awards2021 – selected dissertation on scientific innovation of Biodiversity and Evolutive Biology graduate course (PPGBBE) 2019-2020. Master Scholarship – FAPERJ Grade 10 - of outstanding academic performance. 2019. Honourable mention for exceptional progress of dissertation project, First and second semester PPGBBE, UFRJ. 2017. Honourable mention of best oral presentation. I Virology Symposium, UFRJ. |  Workshops and Courses2023 - Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics courses 2022 - Workshop population and speciation Genomics 2021 - Workshop ministration “Phylogenetic methods in the conservation of reef fishes"at EReBra 2020 – “Unravelling RAD sequencing”, São Paulo University. 2020 – Course ministration, “Molecular approaches of fisheries management”. Post-graduation summer short curses 2019 - Conservation genetics workshop, Latin-American network for conservation genetics |