National and Regional Activities

The Department of Geology of the Institute of Geosciences of UFRJ created the Museum of Geodiversity, by Prof. Ismar Carvalho. The museum has a collection of 20,000 copies of minerals and fossils, petroleum types, maps and objects from the geological and biological history of our country. The exhibition connects the past and the future, and it occupies a 400m2 space since 2008.

This network aims to control, though genetic identification, fish (and other marine animals) commercialized in Brazil for domestic use and foreign trade. This will guarantee the international price of the product marketed abroad, avoiding trading fraud: Micropogonias furnieri (corvina), Ocyurus chrysurus (Guaiuba), Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (seven-bearded shrimp), Panulirus spp. (lobsters), Crassostrea spp. (oysters) and Mytella spp. (sururus).

Development of diagnostic kits for PCR identification of mussels and oysters marketed in our country. The objective is to assist fishery professionals to developing small local areas to cultivate these species: Crassostrea spp. (oysters) and Mytella spp. (sururus).

Geological knowledge has captured great public interest, through the observation of geological exhibits, visits to museums and centers of science, scientific discoveries, such as new fossils and minerals. Therefore, Prof. Ismar has a project to implement the Geopark in the triângulo mineiro, in the State of Minas Gerais, a geologicalpark that will integrate societywith minerals and fossils.

Tijuca National Park is one of the largest urban forests in the world. With this project, they hope to transform tourists and visitors regular into amateur naturalists. The “Science in the Forest” is an annual event, which takes place in the Tijuca Forest with exhibitions, workshops and lectures and it is open to all.

Prof. Ricardo Moratelli coordinates the Citizen Science Program of the Campus Fiocruz Mata Atlântica. This program includes projects that involve local community and high school students in the biotic and abiotic monitoringand in the management of biodiversity. It takes place in the Fiocruz Mata Atlântica Biological Station and surrounding areas. Some of these projects may generate social technologies developed locally.

• Doctorate student Roberto Leonan Morim Novaes coordinates the project Telling Stories as a tool for the teaching-learning process of parasitology (2018).
• Prof. Carlos Guerra collaborates in the Brazilian Program of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology. Project in progress at SIGPROJ base. (2018-2023).
• Prof. Claudia Russo coordinates of the Brazilian Program of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology. Project in progress at SIGPROJ base. (2018-2023).
• Prof. Daniela Takiya collaborates in the project Guides of Conservation – from tourists to naturalists. Project approved by CNPQ Universal Announcement. (2014-2019).
• Prof. Michelle Klautau collaborates in the Brazilian Program of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology. Project in progress at SIGPROJ base. (2018-2023).
• Prof. José Ricardo Mermudes coordinates the Conservation Guides project – from tourists to naturalists. Project approved by CNPQ Universal Announcement. (2014-2019).
• Prof. Paulo Paiva coordinates the Science Teaching project, a possible interdisciplinarity – integrating concepts and defragmenting the knowledge by the practice in the classroom. Project in progress at SIGPROJ base. (2015-2019).
• Prof. Paulo Salomon: Collaborates in the project Popularization of Marine Microbiology in Elementary and Middle Schools of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2018).
• Prof. Paulo Salomon: Collaborates in the water quality project of the State of Rio de Janeiro. (2018).

• Doctorate student Fernando Salgado. Interview for UOL Science and Health. Specialist explains what it is:Animals with human faces (2017).
• Doctorate student Leonardo Cotts. Paleontologist invited from the Youtube / Telecine channel Give a play on the day of the Paleontologist (2018).
• Doctorate student Leonardo Cotts. Organizer of the Facebook Natural Sciences and Society page (2018).
• Prof. Claudia Russo in the debate in the television network Boas Novas, program Cabeça para Cima, theme: Reproduction (January 2017).
• Prof. Claudia Russo: Participation in debate in the television network Boas Novas, program Cabeça para Cima, theme: Transexuality (July 2017).
• Prof. Michelle Klautau: Interview on the state of science in Brazil for the France Press Agency (2018).
• Prof. Ricardo Moratelli: Interview for the Health Channel, in 2017, on the Law of Biodiversity.
• Prof. Ricardo Moratelli: Interview for the Jornal da Record (Rede Record), in 2017, about the first Biological Station of Rio de Janeiro;
• Prof. Ricardo Moratelli: Interview for Bom Dia Rio (Rede Globo), Radio Sputnik and Radio EBC Agência Brasil in 2017 about the first record of the golden lion tamarin for Rio de Janeiro after more than a century considered locally extinct.
• Prof. Ricardo Moratelli: comments in Nature (2017) about his research.

• Doctorate student Antonio João Malafaia Peixoto: participated in the workshop Science, History and Culture Has Worm on the Beach? And the bottom of the sea? commemorating the 200 years of the National Museum / UFRJ. (2018)
• Prof. Claudia Russo: collaborator for the commemorative event of 50 years of the Institute of Biology of UFRJ presenting the lecture Program of Postgraduate in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology. Development of exhibition panels. (2018)
• Prof. Michelle Klautau: collaborator for the commemorative event of the 50th anniversary of the UFRJ Biology Institute, participating in the round table The biologist at the university. (2018)