5TH SYMPOSIUM ON COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY (PPGBC/USP)
Program – 5th Symposium on Comparative Biology (PPGBC/USP)
December 11th and 12th 2025.
11/12/2025
09:00 – 09:20 Reception
09:20 – 09:30 Opening Ceremony
09:30 – 10:10 Talk: Prof. Dr. Tomas Ferreira Domingues
Plant Functional Traits and Ecosystem functioning
10:20 – 11:00 Supervisor Talk 1: Evolutionary Biology (Prof. Dr. Mirian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco)
The shape of life
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:10 Supervisor Talk 2: History, Philosophy & Education (Prof. Dr. Nelio Bizzo)
Darwin, natural theology and pangenesis: can history offer new clues into the discovery of epigenetic phenomena?
12:10 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Poster Session – Anfiteatro André Jacquemin
14:00 – 15:00 Poster Session I
15:00 – 16:00 Poster Session II
12/12/2025
08:30 – 9:50 International Internship Talks I
08:30-08:50 Ana Laura da Silva Paiva
Science, challenges, and the city: what London taught me about research and resilience.
University College London (UK)
08:50-09:10 Gabriel Mestriner da Silva
Evolutionary history of tooth attachment systems in Archosauromorpha: understanding the origin and ontogeny of archosaurian thecodonty.
University of Toronto, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department; and Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).
09:10-09:30 Rafael F. Barduzzi
Toward a radiation space of the sensitive plants.
University of California, Riverside (UCR), EUA.
09:30-09:50 Luene Pessoa Vicente
Social participation and environmental protection: Insights from Citizen Science.
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle e Sorbonne Université
09:50 – 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 – 11:20 International Internship Talks II
10:20 – 10:40 Joana Morais
Mind the gap: Mapping the girdles of Neotropical Lizards in London.
Natural History Museum of London (Goswami Lab).
10:40 – 11:00 Ray Brasil Bueno de Souza
Cardiorespiratory physiology of the Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus, during periods of higher metabolic demand
Linköping University, Suécia
11:00 – 11:20 Yago Barros de Souza
Looking to the mountains from below sea level: journeying to the Netherlands to investigate the hyperdiverse Campos Rupestres
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Países Baixos.
11:20 – 12:00 Supervisor Talk 3: Ecology and Conservation (Prof. Dr. Adriano Chiarello)
Forest disturbance and sloth abundance: a study with thermal drones
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:10 International Internship Talks III
13:30 – 13:50 Monique Maianne da Silva
Integrating Knowledge Abroad to Investigate Flowers in One of Brazil 's Most Diverse Plant Genera.
Oklahoma State University (OSU), Oklahoma, Estados Unidos
13:50 – 14:10 Ricardo Jose Sacamoto de Oliveira
Unravelling the ornithischian diversity at the Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Natural History Museum, London, UK
14:10 – 14:40 Distinction and Closing Ceremony
Prof. Dr. Tomas Ferreira Domingues
