September 2026 - Master Thesis Defense - Mrs Andreza Mattoso da Cunha Mrs. Andreza successfully defended her master thesis, entitled “In silico comparative expression analyses of transposable elements in the PACMAD clade of grasses with a special focus in sugarcane”, on September 16th, 2026.

August 2026 - Master Thesis Defense - Mrs Gabriely Santos de Oliveira Mrs. Gabriely successfully defended her master thesis, entitled “Montagem em escala cromossômica e anotação do genoma poliplóide da cana-de-açúcar SP80-3280”, on August 5th, 2026.

May 2026 - Master Thesis Defense - Mrs Maria Camila Diaz Rodriguez Mrs. Maria Camila successfully defended her master thesis, entitled “Análise de elementos transponíveis em cana-de-açúcar, explorando genomas em escala cromossômica”, on May 29th, 2026.

A new study published in Genome Biology and Evolution presents the first chromosome-scale genome assembly for Epidendrum fulgens and, more broadly, for the megadiverse orchid genus Epidendrum. Using PacBio HiFi and Omni-C sequencing, we reconstructed the approximately 1.

In this study, conducted as a collaboration between my research group and the group of Prof. Marli Fátima Fiore at CENA/USP, we describe Oxynema mangrovii sp. nov., a new filamentous cyanobacterial species isolated from mangrove soil in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.