July 7

Equity in STEM Symposium, Part 1 
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  • 9h - Gemma Puixeu Sala, B.Sc. (Institute of Science and Technology Austria—ISTA) 
    • ​Reevaluation of biological evidence for gender (in)equality (English)
 
  • 10h - Paris Stefanoudis, Ph.D. (University of Oxford and Nekton Foundation )
    • Winners and losers of networking and science dissemination during a global pandemic: where do we go from here? (English)
 
  • 11h - Juliana José, Ph.D. (Universidade de Campinas)
    • Enough with Indiana Jones expectations on researchers (Português)
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  • 12h - Gabrielle Weber, Ph.D. (Escola de Engenharia de Lorena da Universidade de São Paulo)
    • The LGBTQIA+ guide to academia and how not to panic (English)

Zoonosis Symposium
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  • 14h10 - Carrie McNeil, M.Sc. (Ending Pandemics) 
    • ​Participatory Strategies for Strengthening One Health Surveillance & Preparedness (English)
 
  • 15h10 - Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Ph.D (University of Kansas)
    • Zoonosis everywhere! (English)
 
  • 16h10 -  Carlos Eduardo Anunciação, Ph.D (Universidade Federal de Goiás)
  • Demandas, barreiras, e mecanismos de intervenção da pesquisa em zoonoses na América do Sul (Português)
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  • 17h10 - Nídia Trovão, Ph.D. (Fogarty International Center and Multinational Influenza Seasonal Mortality Study)
    • Evolution of influenza A virus hemagglutinin H1 and H3 across host species (English)

July 14


Equity in STEM Symposium, Part 2 
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  • 9h - Ada Hagan, Ph.D. (Alliance SciComm & Consulting) 
    • ​Equal Opportunities in Microbiology Journals Don't Start at Submission (English)
 
  • 9h50 - Bruno Eleres Soares, Ph.D. (University of Toronto, Scarborough )
    • Diversinect: a database connecting diverse people in Brazil (Português)
 
  • 10h40 - Fernanda Quaglio, Ph.D. ( Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema)
    • Maternity and carreer in Brazil: facing the gender bias from the Geosciences perspective (Portuguese)
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  • ​11h30 - Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas, Ph.D. (Universidade Federal da Bahia​)
    • ​Promoting diversity in STEM fields: What's the role of an intersectional mentorship program? (Português)
 
  • 12h20 - Annelise Frazão, Ph.D. (Universidade de São Paulo)
    • Social diversity of the Brazilian botany (Português)



The Future of Phylogenetics, Sistematics, and Taxonomy Symposium
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  • 14h - Juliana Stropp, Ph.D.  
    • ​Taxonomic uncertainty and the challenge of estimating global species richness (English)
 
  • 15h - Arthur de Lima, Ph.D student. 
    • Investigating phylogenetic relationships of sharks from the family Carcharhinidae: challenges and barriers of anatomical and morphological studies with large-bodied specimens.  (English)
 
  • 16h - Prof. Marcelo José Sturaro, Ph.D. (Universidade Federal de São Paulo,  Diadema)
    • ​Integrative taxonomy of amphibians and reptiles in the Neotropical region (Português)
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  • 17h - Jake Berv, Ph.D. (Yale College)
    • Molecular early burst associated with the diversification of birds at the K–Pg boundary (English)

July 21

Paleontology: Impressions of Ancient Life on a Modern World Symposium

  • 9h - Prof. Mirian Pacheco, Ph.D. (Universidade Federal de São Carlos) 
    • ​A História da Diversidade na Terra e as Implicações para a busca de vida fora do planeta (Português)
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  • 10h - Brunno Bueno Rosa, Ph.D. (Universidade de São Paulo) 
    • ​Paleoentomologia: avanços na sistemática, biogeografia e evolução (Português)

  • 11h - Hermínio Ismael de Araújo Júnior, Ph.D. ( Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
    • Tendenciamentos inerentes ao registro paleontológico: Como identificar e quantificar (Português)​

Biogeography and Phylogeography Symposium

  • 14h - Prof. Alexandre Antonelli, Ph.D. (Royal Botanic Gardens)  
    • ​The Rise and Fall of Neotropical Biodiversity (English)
 
  • 15h - Prof. Verônica Thode, Ph.D. (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
    • The role of Biogeography and key abiotic factors in the diversification of Neotropical plant lineages.  (English)
 
  • 16h - Prof. Michael Landis, Ph.D. (Washington University in St. Louis)
    • Modeling how geography shapes speciation, extinction, and dispersal in Anolis lizards (English)
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  • 17h - Thais Vasconcelos, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas)
    • Discovering the rules of plant biogeography using a trait-based approach (Português)

July 28

Molecular Ecology Symposium
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  • 9h - Prof. Danilo Trabuco Amaral, Ph.D. (Universidade Federal do ABC) 
    • ​Evolutionary diversity metrics to evaluate the conservation priority in Cactaceae (English)
 
  • 10h - Prof. Liliana Davalos, Ph.D. (Stony Brook University )
    • How different are bats from non-bats? Insights from the age of genomes (English)
 
  • 11h - Prof. Mónica Páez-Vacas, Ph.D. (Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica)
    • Harnessing genomics to test the mechanisms causing adaptive phenotypic divergence along elevational gradients in a poison frog (English)
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Evolution Symposium
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  • 14h - Hayley Hassler, Ph.D. (Yale University)  
    • ​The durability of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-mediated immunity and the optimal timing of booster vaccination: a comparative evolutionary study (English)
 
  • 15h -  Rittika Mallik, Ph.D Student (University of North Carolina at Charllote)
    • Reinterpreting the molecular evolution of the ray finned fish innate immune system.  (English)
 
  • 16h -  Katerina Zapfe, Ph.D Student (University of North Carolina at Charllote)
    • Considering Decoupled Phenotypic Diversification Between Ontogenetic Stages in Macroevolution - An Example Using Triggerfishes (Balistidae) (English)
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  • 17h - Kathy Darragh, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis)
    • Chemodiversity in insects: using convergent evolution of pheromone biosynthesis to ask how enzymes and biosynthetic pathways evolve new functions (English)

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