Laboratory of Genetic and Molecular Analysis

About us

LAGM (Laboratory of Genetic and Molecular Analysis) believes in the plural and multidisciplinary formation of its members. Students trained here gain experience in molecular biology techniques, programming, statistics, and are often in contact with the field (in the case of cultivated species) or in natural habitat (for studies of natural populations). We work with a diverse groups of collaborators - agronomists, biochemists, physiologists, computer scientists, statisticians, botanists - each member of the lab gains experience in communicating with academia (researchers) as well as outside sectors (businesspersons) . This plural training produces scientists prepared to understand and face the complex and multidisciplinary problems our society will face in the coming decades.
LAGM was founded by Prof. Anete in the late 1990s, with the aim of studying mitochondrial genes, heterosis and genetic diversity in maize. Also during this period, the laboratory contributed to the sequencing of the genome of Xyllela fasticiosa. Beginning in the 2000s, work began on genetic diversity, genetic mapping and development of sugarcane ESTs mascots, searching for QTLs in maize, and structure and expression of Xyllela fasticiosa genes. Subsequently, work began on common beans and forage plants, developing molecular markers and genetic maps. From the year 2008, studies related to the genetic diversity of Rubber tree, Mangrove and Giardia. Since 2010, transcriptomics and genomics have been used to continue these studies. Currently, multidisciplinary themes make up the main objectives of the laboratory.

Projects developed at LAGM

• Studies of genetic diversity, construction of genetic-molecular maps and mapping of genes of economic importance in plants through molecular markers (sugarcane, rubber and tropical forages), as well as population studies using species of ecological importance in tropical biodiversity (organisms present in Mangrove, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Amazon Forest).
• Development of genomic and transcriptomic tools such as RNAseq, GBS, ddRAD, Microsatellite Libraries and BACs (Bacterial Artificial Chromosome).
• Proteins of Biotechnological Interest: cloning, biochemical characterization and study of the structure and function of proteins of biotechnological interest, cloned from different microorganisms.

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JOIN OUR TEAM

LAGM continually recruits promising undergraduates who wish to gain experience in molecular or computational biology techniques, working as assistants in existing research projects, or who wish to develop and execute independent research projects in our research areas through the State University of Campinas. The projects we develop receive funding from CAPES, CNPq and FAPESP.

Apply by sending an email to anete@unicamp.br with your résumé and a brief text why you would like to work with us.

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Our work...

We have made available our publications of recent years in pdf.

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And also links to news on blogs, websites, magazines and newspapers about our work.

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Blog for direct communication with society. Every week we post texts about science and also about the works we develop [in portuguese].

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