Professor Marco Antonio Tonus Marinho, researcher at the Department of Ecology, Zoology and Genetics of the Institute of Biology at UFPel, published in the journal Plos One the description of a fly in amber that dates back to 15-20 million years. The publication had the collaboration of international researchers, among them David Grimaldi from the…

Three doctoral dissertations written by UFPel students received a CAPES award in 2017. The winning works were: “Adiponectin: Relation with the distribution of body fat and influence on the risk of cardiovascular diseases”, written by Maria Carolina Borges and advised by Professor Aluisio Barros (Public Health); “Restoration of endodontically treated teeth: recommendations for clinical practice…