• Evolution of Gene Expression
• Population Genetics
• Functional Genomics
• Bioinformatics

More details on the Research page.

Education
1998-2001 B.Sc in Biology, State University of Campinas, Brazil
2002-2006 PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Career
2010 Assistant Professor, IB, USP, São Paulo
2008-2010 Postdoc, State University of Campinas, SP
2006-2008 Postdoc, Institute of Population Genetics, Vienna, Austria
Distinctions
2011-2015 Research Productivity Scholarship, Brazilian National Council for Scientific
and Technological Development (CNPq)

Carvalho, R.A.; Azeredo-Espin, A.M.L.; Torres, T.T. 2010. Deep sequencing of New World screw-worm transcripts to discover genes involved in insecticide resistance. BMC Genomics, 11:695.

Torres, T.T.; Metta, M.; Ottenwälder, B.; Schlötterer, C. 2008. Gene expression profiling by massively parallel sequencing. Genome Research, 18, 172-177.

Torres, T.T.; Dolezal, M.; Schlötterer, C.; Ottenwälder, B. 2009. Expression profiling of Drosophila mitochondrial genes via deep mRNA sequencing. Nucleic Acids Research, 37:7509-7518.

See the full list on the Publications page.

Evolution of genital complexity: an evo-devo approach using pentatomids as models
 

• Evolution of reproductive and sexually dimorphic traits
• Evo-devo
• Phylogenetic comparative methods
• Gene expression
• True bugs
 
More details on his personal website (http://www.brunogenevcius.com/).

 

Education
2008-2011 Bsc in Biology, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
2012-2014 Msc in Ecology and Evolution, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
2014-2018 PhD in Systematics, Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, University of São Paulo, Brazil
 
Career
2019 (in progress) Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of São Paulo (Torres Lab), Brazil

Genevcius, B. C., Caetano, D. S., & Schwertner, C. F. (2017). Rapid differentiation and asynchronous coevolution of male and female genitalia in stink bugs. Journal of evolutionary biology, 30(3), 461-473.
Genevcius, B. C., & Schwertner, C. F. (2017). Strong functional integration among multiple parts of the complex male and female genitalia of stink bugs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 122(4), 774-786.
Bianchi, F. M., Genevcius, B. C., & Vicentini, B. D. S. (2017). Heterospecific mating between distantly related species of stink bugs and its evolutionary implications. Journal of Natural History, 51(45-46), 2701-2709.
Genevcius, B. C., & Schwertner, C. F. (2014). Review and phylogeny of the geniculata group, genus Chinavia (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), with notes on biogeography and morphological evolution. Zootaxa, 3847(1), 033-056.
 
See the full list on his personal website (http://www.brunogenevcius.com/).

Evolution and Development of spider spinnerets (Arachnida: Araneae)

• Arachnida
• Evo-Devo
• Biodiversity, biogeography
• Phylogeny, systematics
• Ecology

Education
1998-2002 BSc. in Biology, University of Guarulhos (UnG), Guarulhos, SP, Brazil. Undergraduate study: Maintenance procedure of juveniles of Phoneutria nigriventer Keyserling, 1891 & Acanthoscurria sp. in captivity (Arachnida: Araneae)
2011-2013 MSc. in Zoology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Dissertation: Cladistic analysis of the subfamilies of the comb-tailed spider (Araneae: Hahniidae)
2017 PhD. in Genetics, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil (in progress)

Career
2003 Research trainee at Instituto Butantan (IBSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2004-2008 Research scholarship at Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Belém, PA, Brazil.
Assignments: collaborator at projects: 1) Advances in taxonomy of Neotropical spiders and qualification of the MPEG’s Arachnida Collections with the work plan: Geographical distribution of the Amazonian Species of superfamily Lycosoidea and its representativeness in MPEG’s Araneae Collection; 2) Biogeographic patterns on Amazonian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) within GEOMA network, component Biodiversity; 3) Land Use Change and Amazonian Biodiversity (LUCABA), with collaboration of scientists from United Kingdom, Brazil and Canada; 4) Diagnosis of the knowledge about the fauna or Serra of Carajás region.
2009-2010 Biologist at Fundação Djalma Batista, Manaus, AM, Brazil, cooperation with INPA, MPEG and Petrobras. Assignments: fieldwork, identification and curatorial procedures of Arachnida (Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones and small orders) under Project DICLA-CTPetro.
2010-2011 Research scholarship at Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Belém, PA, Brazil.
Assignments: collaborator at projects: 1) AMAZ – Ecosystem services and sustainability of agroforestry landscapes of Eastern Amazon – Biodiversity group, partnership of institutions of France, Brazil and Colombia; 2) Biodiversity and qualification of the biological collections of the regional nucleus of Eastern of Pará – program of research of biodiversity in Amazonian Oriental within PPBio program.
2016 Biologist at ARCADIS LOGOS S.A.
Assignments: Fieldwork research, arachnid sampled under the Project “Wildlife conservation program of the UHE Jirau” Subprogram Arthropods, in 25th expedition.
2013-2017 Biologist at Carste Ciência e Meio Ambiente.
Assignments: curatorial procedures, laboratory coordination of biologist team, cave fieldwork and cave-related consulting work.

Distinctions and honors
2017 honored by Candiani, D.F. and Bonaldo, A.B. with the specific name Myrmecium lomanhungae (Araneae: Corinnidae), Zootaxa, 4230:1-95.
2012 honored by Pinto-da-Rocha, R. and Tourinho, A.L. with the specific name Imeri lomanhungae (Opiliones: Stygnidae), Zootaxa, 3340:1-28
2011 honored by Nogueira, A.A., Pena-Barbosa, J.P., Venticinque, E. and Brescovit, A.D. with the specific name Chrysometa lomanhungae (Araneae: Tetragnathidae), Zootaxa, 2772:33-51
2011 conference participation grant from III Congreso Latinoamericano de Aracnologia
2008 honored by Candiani, D.F., Bonaldo, A.B. and Brescovit, A.D. with the specific name Tenedos nancyae (Araneae: Zodariidae), Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 25:128-138.
2018 honored by Bonaldo, A.B. & Saturnino, R. with the specific name Eutichurus nancyae (Araneae, Eutichuridae), Zootaxa 4382(2): 231-346.

Other activities
• Editorial Boards: Section editor of Chelicerata at Check List
• Reviewer: Zootaxa
• Organizer: I Seminário Científico do PPBio; Fauna Amazônica do séc. XXI: Descobertas da última década; III Congresso Brasileiro de Herpetologia; Seminário de Acompanhamento do PPG-Zoologia PUCRS

Tourinho, A.L.; Dias, S.C.; Lo-Man-Hung, N.F..; Pinto-da-Rocha, R.; Bonaldo, A.B.; Baccaro, F.B. 2018. Optimizing survey methods for spiders and harvestmen assemblages in an Amazonian upland forest. Pedobiologia, 67: 35-44

Tourinho, A.L.; Lo-Man-Hung, N.F.; Salvatierra, L. 2014. A new Amazonian species of Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei), with descriptions of its integumental structures and all free-living life stages . Zootaxa, 3814: 81-95.

Rubio, G.D.; Lo-Man-Hung, N.F.; Iuri, H.A. 2014. A revision of the Neotropical genus Austrohahnia Mello-Leitao (Araneae, Hahnidae). Zootaxa, 3894: 106-116.

Caravalho, L.S.; Gomes, J.O.; Neckel-Oliveira, S.; Lo-Man-Hung, N.F. 2012. Microhabitat use and intraspecific associations in the whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) in forest fragments formed by the Tucuruí Dam lake, Pará, Brazil. Journal of Natural History, 46: 1263-1272.

Lo-Man-Hung, N.F.; Marichal, R.; Candiani, D.F.; Carvalho, L.S.; Indicatti, R.P.; Bonaldo, A.B.; Cobo, D.H.R. ; Feijo, A.M.; Tselouiko, S.; Praxedes, C.; Brown, G.; Velasquez, E.; DECAENS, T.; Oszwald, J.; Martins, M.B.; Lavelle, P. 2011. Impact of different land management on soil spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in two Amazonian areas in Brazil and Colombia. The Journal of Arachnology, 39: 296-302.

Lo-Man-Hung, N.F.; Gardner, T.A.; Ribeiro-Junior, M.A.; Barlow, J.; Bonaldo, A.B. 2008. The value of primary, secondary, and plantation forests for Neotropical epigeic arachnids. Journal of Arachnology, 36: 394-401.

Barlow, J.; Gardner, T.A.; Araujo, I.S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Bonaldo, A.B.; Costa, J.E.; Ferreira, L.V.; Hawes, J.; Hernandez, M.I.M.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Leite, R.N.; Lo-Man-Hung, N.F.; Malcon, J.R.; et al. 2007. Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests. Proceedings of the National America, 104: 18555-18560.

Calliphorid-trypanosomatid association and its phenotypic effects

• Phenotypic plasticity
• Evolution
• Ecology
• Development
• Molecular Biology
• Gene Expression

Education
2007-2011 B.Sc. in Biology, University of São Paulo, Brazil
2012-2014 MSc. in Comparative Biology, Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biociências, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil
2014 PhD in Genetics, Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto
de Biociências, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil (in progress)

Bases Moleculares da Especialização Trófica de Moscas Varejeiras (Caliphoridae)

• Comparative Genomics
• Invertebrate Gene Expression
• Gene Editing
• Developmental Biology

Education
2005-2010 B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho”, São Paulo, Brazil.
2016-2019 MSc. in Cell, Tissue and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil

**Master dissertation** Morte celular programada em corpo gorduroso de Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) no desenvolvimento pós-embrionário.

2014 PhD in Genetics, Graduate Programme in Biological Sciences (Biology Genetics), Instituto de Biociências, São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil (in progress)

Plasticidade fenotípica genital em machos de um percevejo neotropical (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) em resposta à competição intrasexual

• Evolution of reproductive and sexually dimorphic traits
• Evo-devo
• Gene expression
• True bugs

Education
2013-2018 Bsc in Biology, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
2019 (in progress) MSc in Genetics, Graduate Program in Biological Sciences, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Genomic signature of trophic specialization

• Evolution
• Molecular Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Gene expression

Education

2013-2018 B.Sc. in Biology, University of São Paulo, Brazil

2019-2021 MSc. in Zoology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo

2021 Ph.D. in Genetics, Department of Genetics and Evolutive Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo (in progress)

 

 

Weber, I. D.; Lopes, W.R.; De Paula L. C. B.; Albernaz-Godinho, K. C.; Czepak, C. (2021) Tachinids associated with lepidopteran pests in agricultural crops in south-central region of Goiás, Brazil. Biocontrol.

Evolve and Resequencing to Understand Blowfly Trophic Specialization

• Population Genetics
• Experimental Evolution
• Genomics
• Molecular Phylogenetics of Calyptratae Flies

Education
2015 – 2020 B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
2021 PhD. in Genetics, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil (in progress)

Career

2016 – 2016
Research scholarship – PIBITI-CNPq – Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil

2017 – 2017
Research scholarship – PIBITI-CNPq – Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil

2017 – 2018
Research scholarship – PIBIC/CNPq – Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil

2018 – 2019
Volunteer Research Assistant – Illinois State University, USA

2020 – 2020
Teaching Assistant – Medical Genetics (Faculdade de Medicina) – Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil

2021 – 2021
Teaching Assistant – Genetics and Evolution (Instituto de Biologia) – Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil

Padrões de duplicação do genoma de Rhipicephalus microplus
 

• Gene evolution
• Gene expression
 

Education
2014 B.Sc. in Biology, University of São Paulo, Brazil (in progress)

Gene families involved in pesticide resistance of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus
 

• evolutionary genetics
• gene expression
• bioinformatics
• evo-devo
 

Education
2006-2020 B.Sc. in Biology, University of São Paulo, Brazil
2018 ISIP – International Student Internship Program, Princeton University, USA

Regeneration of Spider’s Spinnerets

• Development
• Gene expression

Education
2016 B.Sc. in Biology, University of São Paulo, Brazil (in progress)