Meet Our Collaborators
This project engages a large and diverse group of individuals. Discover the many students and professionals collaborating on the analysis of some aspect of the of the Anteaters & Highways Project.
M.V. Gislaine DalazenVeterinary PathologistGislaine Dalazen is a veterinarian, Master student at University of São Paulo (Experimental and Comparative Pathology Program). Her main research focus is leptospirosis and brucellosis in Xenarthrans. She is also using samples of the Anteaters and Highways Project to understand the relation between these pathogens and anteaters through histophatology and molecular analyses.
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Heidi Bissell, PhDAnimal NutritionistHeidi Bissell is the nutritionist for the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens parks in the USA. She is one of the Pangolin, Aardvark, and Xenarthran nutrition advisors for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). She is working with Anteaters & Highways project to collect samples of gut contents and diet items to understand the nutritional ecology of this group including what nutrients and foods they consume, and how they make foraging decisions.
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Thiago F. Martins, PhD.Veterinary ParasitologistThiago F. Martins is a Postdoc at the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Martins is a young Brazilian researcher on ticks and tick-borne diseases with a great expertise in systematic, biology and control of ticks, a field mastered for few persons worldwide. He is collaborating with both the Anteaters & Highways project and Giant Armadillo Conservation Program identifying all ticks collected by both projects.
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Selene Dall' Acqua Coutinho, PhDMicrobiologist
Veterinarian, specialized in Public Health, Obtained hers Master’s and PhD in microbiology and pos-doctorate in pathology of wild animals. Professor of the Post-graduate Program in Environmental and Experimental Pathology, at the Paulista University. Selene is conducting research on pathogeny of the Fungi Malassezia spp and dermatophytes in collaboration with both the Anteaters and Highways Project and Giant Armadillo Conservation Program.
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Juliana Arena Galhardo, PhD, MV, MSc.Public HealthDr. Juliana A. Galhardo is a Professor at Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul in Campo Grande, Brazil, and works on one health epidemiology. She is collaborating with Anteaters & Highways project in rabies research using molecular tools.
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Marcelo Magioli,
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Jessica Ferreira,
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Raphael Coimbra
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Eduardo Bagagli
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Arlei Marcili
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Fabiano Montiani-
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Pedro Enrique
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Katia Ferraz,
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Fernanda D. Abra,
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Gabriel O.
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Mariana Silva
PharmacistMariana Silva is a pharmacist and master's student in the post-graduation program in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the State University of Campinas. Mariana will analyze the Anteaters & Highways project samples to understand the exposure of the anteaters to pesticides of different classes, especially formicides and termicides, through toxicological analyses carried out on samples of blood and liver collected post mortem from roadkill animals.
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José Luiz da CostaPharmacist-BiochemistJosé Luiz da Costa is a Pharmacist-Biochemist, Professor of Toxicology in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the State University of Campinas (FCF-UNICAMP). He has experience in the areas of toxicology and instrumental analytical chemistry, with emphasis in toxicological analysis, acting in our main subjects: emergency toxicology and examination, analysis of abuse, drugs and pesticides, separation techniques in gas phase (gas chromatography) and in liquid phase (high performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis), mass spectrometry applied to analyses of clinical and forensic interest.
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Lucas Enes Santo
BiologistBiologist and Master's degree student by the Graduate Program in Zoology of the Federal University of Paraná. The research is based on the identification of species of mammals through the morphology of hairs. The aim of the research is to analyze and describe the hair morphology of the xenarthra species, based on hair samples from scientific collections and projects, such as of the anteaters & highways project. Through the analysis of the hairs it is possible to identify different species, also to understand ecological relations and kinship relations among the species, besides applications in the forensic area, conservation and others.
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Ana Cláudia Cachi
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VeterinarianAna Cláudia Calchi is a veterinarian and Master’s student in the Graduate Program in Medicine Veterinarian of the São Paulo State University – Faculty of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences. Her research is based on molecular detection and genetic diversity of arthropod-borne diseases in wild animals with focus in Anaplasmataceae (Ehrlichiaspp. e Anaplasma spp.), Bartonellaceae (Bartonellaspp.), Mycoplasmataceae (hemoplasmas), piroplasmas (Babesiaspp. e Theileriaspp.), and e Hepatozoonspp. in Xenarthra.
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VeterinarianMarcos holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from Universidade Estadual Paulista - Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2004), a Master's degree in Veterinary Medicine from Universidade Estadual Paulista (2008), and PhD in Veterinary Medicine in 2012 (concentration area of Preventive Veterinary Medicine) in the same institution, with sandwich period at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Post-Doctorate at the State University of São Paulo (2012-2013). Currently, he work as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences (UNESP Jaboticabal), teaching classes of Veterinary Parasitology I and II, Zootechnical Parasitology and Human Parasitology. He is a Professor and Advisor at the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Courses in Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural Microbiology at FCAV/UNESP Jaboticabal and Lato Sensu "Residency in Professional Health Area - Veterinary Medicine and Health." Professor of the Post-Graduation Program of Universidad Austral de Chile. Member of the Internal Commission of Biosafety of FCAV / UNESP. Member of the Council of the Veterinary Medicine Undergraduate Program at FCAV. He has experience in Veterinary Medicine, with emphasis in Veterinary Parasitology, working mainly on the molecular characterization and serological diagnosis of arthropod-borne agents in domestic and wild animals. Treasurer of the Brazilian College of Veterinary Parasitology (Management 2017-2018). Assistant Scientific Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Parasitology. Deputy Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Veterinary Medicine of the FCAV (Management 2018/2021). Head of the Department of Veterinary Pathology of FCAV / UNESP Jaboticabal (Management 2015/2020). CNPq Productivity Fellowship Level 1C. Its scientific collaboration with the Bandeiras Project aims to study the occurrence and genetic diversity of arthropod-borne agents in Xenarthra, focusing on agents of the family Anaplasmataceae (Ehrlichiaspp. And Anaplasmaspp.), Bartonellaceae (Bartonellaspp.), Mycoplasmataceae (hemoplasmas), piroplasmids (Babesiaspp. and Theileriaspp.), and Hepatozoon spp.
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Veterinary StudentAmanda Carolina is a veterinary student at University Anhembi Morumbi. Her research focus is endoparasites morphology, richness and abundance in Xenarthras and peccaries. She is working with Anteaters & Highways project to collect feces samples and adult parasites to understand its ecology and morphology at Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo states.
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