Concentration Area: Bioinformatics
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Bioinformatics – Comparative Genomics
Identification of molecular markers and comparative analysis of genomes.
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Bioinformatics – Assembly and annotation of genomes
Development of informatic supports that help in the analysis of microbial biodiversity, through the development of database and specific software for application in the biotechnological area.
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Molecular Modeling
Protein modeling.
Concentration area: Animal Genetics
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Cytogenetics of Vertebrates
Chromosomic and Cytogenomic diversity.
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Systematics and Biogeography of Piscatorial Resources
Study of species of fish, crustaceans and mollusks to evaluate the phylogenetic relations, reexam classifications and identify site-specific DNA markers, for studies of zooplankton and population dynamics of fish, crustaceans and mollusks.
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Systematics and Molecular Evolution of Vertebrates
Investigation of faunistic resources in Amazon, by molecular biology methods, to stablish systematics at specific and subspecific levels and the determination of genetic variation in certain monitored groups.
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Chromossomic Variation and Karyotypic Evolution
Study of Amazon biodiversity (primates, Chiropteran, fish and rodents) using karyotypes and molecular markers (microsattelites) in simultaneous and comparative analysis with chromosomic markers, to define the taxons and phylogenetic relations.
Concentration area: Human and Medical Genetics
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Bioinformatics
Development of informatic supports that help in the analysis of genetic variation of populations in general, through the development of populational database and specific software for application in the biotechnological area.
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Epidemiology and Identification of Mutations in Genetic Diseases
Investigation, through molecular biology methods, of the prevalence of mutations associated to common pathologies, like: G6PD Deficiency, Hemonoglobinopathy (structural and alpha and beta thalassemias); Cystic fibrosis, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and others.
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Human population Genetics
Investigation of genetic variation of human populations in Amazon (Mestizo, Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian), through analysis of polymorphisms of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.
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Forensics Genetics
Use of human population genetics principles and molecular biology techniques in order to solve forensic cases (criminal and civil).
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Oncological Genetics
Investigation of genetic factors associated to oncological pathologies (chromosomic instability, oncogenes, proto-oncogenes, etc.)
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Investigation of Hereditary Metabolic Diseases
Investigation and detection of genetic-metabolic diseases through integrated clinical, biochemical and molecular procedures.
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Paleogenetics
Genetic study of ancient populations, pre-columbian, through molecular investigation of DNA samples in remnants of biological tissues.
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Genetic and Pharmacogenomic Susceptibility
Enables a better understanding of the physiopathologies of these diseases, focused on the genetic mechanism of the host, as well as the pharmacogenomics in response to the human diversity of the Brazilian population.
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Normal and Pathological Variations of the Human Genome
Investigation of genetic factors of the human host associated to infectious diseases (Malaria, AIDS, and Hansen’s disease); genetic risk factors associated to metabolic (Type 2 diabetes, Coronary artery disease) and autoimmune (Pemphigus) diseases.
Concentration Area: Molecular and Microbial Genetics
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Microbial Diversity
Analysis of metagenomes and environmental genomes.
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Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular characterization of infectious agents (Viral and Bacterial).
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Structural and Functional Genomics
Concentration Area: Vegetal Genetics
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Plant Genetics
Prospecting of genes and regulatory elements in studies of interaction of plants with abiotic (temperature, salinity, drought) and biotic (fungi, bacteria) factors; Prospecting of endophytic microorganisms with agriculture-application potential.