Luis Murgas group
GROUP LEADER NAME (as it appears in publications):
Luis David Solis Murgas (Murgas, L. D. S; Solis-Murgas, L. D.)
AFFILIATION AND CURRENT POSITION:
Universidade Federal de Lavras-MG Brasil, Full Professor
TEL:* +55 35 997411182
EMAIL:* LSMURGAS@UFLA.BR
WEB1: http://www.prp.ufla.br/labs/bioterio/
WEB2: https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Luis-Murgas-Lab
GROUP NAME / RESEARCH INTEREST IN FEW WORDS: Fish Physiology
SHORT SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTEREST (MAX. 200 WORDS):
Our Zebrafish laboratory is located at the Bioterio Central of the Federal University of Lavras in Brazil. We currently work on studies with ecotoxicology, potential drug targets, alcoholism genetics and obesity using zebrafish as a research model. In the laboratory we have two automated shelves, capacity of 60 aquariums of 2.5 liters, for fish maintenance. In addition, we have a room for the maintenance of embryos and zebrafish larvae. Our study group was formed 5 years ago and we are advancing in research using the zebrafish model. We have partnerships with other national institutions (Federal University of Minas Gerais-Dr. Ana Lúcia Brunialti Godard) and international institutions (University of Murcia in Spain-Dr. Victoriano Mulero) with which we carry out joint researches currently.
LIST OF UP TO FIVE RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:
1-Castro TFD, Paiva IM, Carvalho AFS, Assis IL, Palmieri MJ, Andrade-Vieira LF, Marcussi S, Solis-Murgas LD. Genotoxicity of spent pot liner as determined with the zebrafish (Danio rerio) experimentalmodel. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Apr;25(12):11527-11535
2- Aline F.S.de Carvalho, Isadora de L.Assis, Isadora M.Paiva, Victor F.R.Mansur, Tássia F.D.Castro, Viviane de O. Felizardo, Fábio R.P.Bruhn, Luis D.S.Murgas Identification of sex in Astronotus ocellatus through the evaluation of aggressive behavior and sexual steroid plasma level.
Aquaculture. Volume 481, 1 December 2017, Pages 239-244
3-CARVALHO, A. F. S. ; Murgas, L.D.S. ; M. R. F. ; ANDRADE, E. S. ; Felizardo, V. O. ; ALLAMAN, I. B. ; PAULA, F. G. . CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY THE SEMEN CHARACTERISTICS USED TO FORECAST THE FREEZE SURVIVAL OF CURIMBA (PROCHILODUS LINEATUS) SPERMATOZOA. CRYOLETTERS
, v. 38, p. 263-268, 2017.
4- PAIVA, I. M. ; SARTORI, B. M. ; VIROTE, B. C. R. ; ASSIS, ISADORA DE L. ; CHIACCHIO, I. M. ; SOUZA, J. G. S. ; GODARD, A. L. B. ; SOLIS MURGAS, L. D. . ETHANOL PREFERENCE PHENOTYPES AND THE MODULATION OF REWARD SYSTEM GENES IN ADULT ZEBRAFISH POPULATION. In: IV Simpósio Zebrafish como modelo animal de pesquisa, 2017, Botucatú-SP. Anais IV Simpósio Zebrafish como modelo animal de pesquisa. Botucatú-SP: UNESP, 2017.
5. VASCONCELOS, A. C. N. ; MURGAS, LUIS ; STREIT-JR, D. P. The use of Glyphosate and teratogenicity in Danio rerio. In: 9th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2015, Oslo-Noruega. Anais do 9th European Zebrafish Meeting, 2015.
GROUP MEMBERS (NAME, POSITION, EMAIL):*
1- Luis David Solis Murgas, Veterinary Full Professor, LSMURGAS@DMV.UFLA.BR
2- Marcos Ferrante, Veterinary Assistant Professor, MARCOS.FERRANTE@UFLA.BR
3- Cristina Delarete Drummond, Health Sciences Associate Professor, DELARETE@UFLA.BR
4- Andre Vianna, Veterinary professor, ANDRE.VIANNA@UFLA.BR
5- Isabela Martins Di Chiacchio, PhD Student, ISABELA.MARTINSD@UM.ES
6- Isadora Marques Paiva, PhD student, ISADORAMP6691@GMAIL.COM
7- Tassia Flávia Dias Castro, PhD student, TASSIA_FD@YAHOO.COM.BR
8- Renata Catão Egger, Master student, CATAOEGGER@GMAIL.COM
9- Bárbara Rodrigues Virote, Master student, BARBARA-CRV@HOTMAIL.COM
10- Lais Teodoro Libeck, Master student, LAISTEODOROLIBECK@YAHOO.COM.BR
FISH FACILITIES (TYPE OF FISH SYSTEM/TANKS, CAPACITY, ETC.)*
The Zebrafish facility in our building is equipped with 2 systems for the ever increasing needs of research and teaching using zebrafish. There are 4 rooms with controlled water recirculation, temperature and photoperiod. Please see http://www.ufla.br/dcom/2016/07/04/pesquisa-na-ufla-estudos-cientificos-contam-com-peixe-zebra-como-modelo-animal/
FISH LINES KEPT IN STOCK (list according to the following categories: wild type, mutant, transgenic reporter, transgenic knock-in, knock-outs, other. Provide a short description or reference)
Zebrafish Wild type
OTHER EQUIPMENT RELATED TO ZEBRAFISH RESEARCH*
4-Microscopes
10-Breeding equipment
20-Incubators
1-Cryopreservation and in vitro fertilization equipments
1-Culture of live food organisms System
1-Ultra-low temperature freezer
LAB EXPERTISE AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES (RELATED TO ZEBRAFISH RESEARCH)*
We work with cryopreservation techniques of gametes, nutrition of larvae and adults of zebrafish, inflammation techniques and potential drug targets
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:*
Our laboratory is affiliated to the Mineira Research Network with laboratory animals and the National Council for the Control of Animal Experimentation (Concea) in Brazil.
Luis David Solis Murgas, Veterinary Full Professor CV links:
http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4796970J8
https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=nF7n_MYAAAAJ&hl=pt-BR