Internationalization Actions

Participação de banca examinadora na França Em junho de 2024, o professor  Alexandre Rodrigues Silva efetuou uma missão técnica à Universidade de Borgonha Franche-Comté, na cidade de Dijon, França, para atender ao convite de participar de uma banca de defesa de tese de doutorado intitulada “Reproductive biology and senescence impact on postcopulatory sexual selection in a wild polyandrous bird, the North African Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata undulata)”. A tese foi conduzida sob orientação dos Profs. Drs. Gabriele Sorci e Janaína Carreira, vinculados ao Programa Doctorat de Biologie des populations et ecologie daquela instituição. Segundo estes, o convite ao Prof. Alexandre se deveu à sua expertise internacionalmente conhecida a respeito da reprodução de animais selvagens, o que certamente o qualificaria para compor o júri da referida banca de tese.

Banca examinadora na Universidade de Borgonha Franche-Comté, na cidade de Dijon, França

Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior: o aluno Roosevelt de Araujo Sales Junior realizará parte da dissertação na Universidade de Lisboa – Portugal, sob orientação do professor Cristiano Queiroz. E a doutoranda Gabriela Colombini foi contemplada com bolsa doutorado sanduíche na Alemanha – Stiftung Tierarztliche Hochschule Hannover para o período de novembro de 2024 a fevereiro de 2025.

Projeto de Cooperação Internacional Polônia-Brasil: CARACTERIZAÇÃO MORFOLOGICA, MORFOMÉTRICA E ULTRAESTRUTURAL DO ESPERMA TIGRINA Leopardus tigrinus (Schreber, 1775). Plataforma ERASMUS 2023 Dois docentes, Professor Alexandre Rodrigues e Professora Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira, e dois estudantes realizarão intercâmbio em 2024/2025. Número do processo: 2023-1-PL01-KA171-HED-000116645.

Plataforma de mobilidade estudantil internacional –  O Programa de cooperação entre a Organização dos Estados Americanos (OEA), a Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde (OPAS/OMS) e o Grupo Coimbra de Universidades Brasileiras (GCUB) com o apoio da Divisão de Assuntos Educacionais do Ministério das Relações Exteriores do Brasil ( DCE/MRE), com o objetivo de contribuir para a integração regional e o fortalecimento das Américas, por meio da concessão de bolsas de estudos integrais para cursos de pós-graduação stricto sensu (Mestrado e Doutorado). O programa aderiu ao programa La move America, onde ofereceu 16 vagas de mestrado e 7 de doutorado para mobilidade de estudante realizarem experimentos e cursarem disciplinas.

Estágios para estudantes estrangeiros: Em 2023, a aluna Jenyfer Mairely Rosero Alpala foi orientada pelo professor Alexandre Rodrigues Silva. Vem da Colômbia. Este aluno realiza estágio na área de reprodução de animais silvestres.

Estágio pos-doctoral: O pós-doutorado Glauber Vilhena da Costa, sob orientação da professora Valéria Veras, realizou pós-doutorado com carga horária: 7 meses no Período: 01/01/2023 a 31/07/2023. O estudo foi realizado na Universidade Autônoma do Programa São Luis de Potosí no curso de pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacobiológicas da Universidade de San Luis de Potosí. Essa ação foi através do Projeto de Cooperação – Edital CNPq nº 14/2023 Apoio a Projetos Inovação Científica, Tecnológica e em Pesquisa Internacional. Apresentava como objetivo: avaliar in vivo os efeitos toxicológicos, farmacodinâmicos e farmacocinéticos das nanoestruturas transportadoras de óleo de tramadol e copaíba com o objetivo de proporcionar administração segura e controlada em cães para o controle da dor. A abordagem integrará a expertise em farmacocinética, nanotecnologia e medicina veterinária das equipes brasileira e mexicana, com o objetivo de otimizar a biodisponibilidade, ação prolongada e redução dos efeitos de terapias farmacológicas adversas, resultando em terapias inovadoras e de alto impacto. para o bem-estar animal. Além disso, espera-se consolidar e desenvolver alianças com grupos mexicanos e possibilitar o aperfeiçoamento dos alunos de doutorado. Associado ao Programa Universidade Autônoma de São Luis de Potosí

Coautores estrangeiros em artigos e resumos – O “Perfis farmacocinéticos dos dois principais metabólitos ativos do metamizol, 4-metilaminoantipirina (MAA) e 4-aminoantipirina (AA), após injeção intravenosa em gatos. Autores: De Paula, Valéria Veras; Araújo-Silva, Gabriel; Fernandes, Naftáli Silva; Mouta, Andressa Nunes; Nunes, Talyta Lins; De Paiva, Ariana Lopes Correia; De Macêdo, Luã Barbalho; Arcoverde, Kathryn Nóbrega; Urizar,  Essa pesquisa foi publicada em  associação com o professor josé trinidad pérez – México.

O professor Gustavo Gonzaga elaborou o artigo – A policultura do camarão branco do Pacífico Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) e da alga vermelha Gracilaria birdiae (Greville) sob diferentes densidades. Autores: Henry-Silva, Gustavo Gonzaga; Alves, J.P.; Flickinger, D.; Rebouças, R.B.G.; Bessa Junior, A. P. No período  Fishes IF: 2.3. Apresentavam como  pesquisadores e instituições internacionais envolvidas: Dallas Flickinger – Lincoln University of Missouri nos EUA.

Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior: O PPGCA contou com cota de bolsas do Programa de Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior (PDSE, CAPES). A aluna foi Maria Valéria de Oliveira Santos. Realizou estágio de doutorado alternado com bolsa do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CNPq (Edital CNPq nº 16/2020 – Bolsas no país e no exterior) sob orientação do Prof. Doutor em Ciências Biomédicas e Diretor da Unidade de Pesquisa em Grandes Animais da Universidade McGill. A carga horária foi de 1760 h. O período foi de 01/03/2022 a 31/01/2023. Durante o período de maio de 2022 a novembro de 2022, a discente Érika Almeida Praxedes, sob orientação da Profa. Dra. Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira, com bolsa CNPq (Chamada CNPq 16/2020 – Bolsas no país e no exterior), realizou estágio doutoral na Universidade de Montreal, Canadá.

Reconhecimento Internacional –  Durante o período de 2022-2023, a Profa. Dra. Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira atuou como co-editora do Special Issue do periódico Animals intitulado “Effective Option Regarding Wildlife Resources Protection: Assisted Repro-ductive Technology. E ainda foi Durante o período outubro a novembro de 2022, a Profa. Dra. Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira atuou como membro do comitê científico do IX International Symposium on Animal Biology of Reproduction

Participação em congressos internacionais – Durante o período de 22 a 25 de novembro de 2022, a Profa. Dra. Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira participou do IX International Symposium on Animal Biology of Reproduction, apresentando os trabalhos intitulados ‘Effect of epidermal growth factor concentrations on in vitro maturation of red-rumped agouti’s (Dasyprocta leporina Linnaeus, 1758) oocytes” e “Comparison of the antioxidant role of cysteamine and Citrus sinensis essential oil during in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes.

Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior:a pos-graduanda   Maria Valéria de Oliveira Santos com o intuito de realizar pesquisas de micromanipulação embrionária (Injeção intracitoplasmática de espermatozoides) no modelo suíno, espécie doméstica filogeneticamente próxima aos catetos, foco de seu projeto de tese. Projeto de Cooperação entre instituições – A bolsa  estava vinculada ao projeto  – Efeito do eugenol durante a maturação de oócitos e desenvolvimento de embriões suínos produzidos por fecundação in vitro e injeção intracitoplasmática de espermatozoides. A realização do projeto foi  contemplada pelo Edital: Chamada CNPq no. 16/2020 – Bolsas no país e no exterior.  Os Pesquisadores e instituições internacionais envolvidos: McGill University (Montreal, Canadá) sob a supervisão do Prof. Dr. Vilceu Bordignon. Doutor em Ciências Biomédicas pela Universidade de Montreal, e Diretor da Unidade de Pesquisa de Grandes Animais da Universidade McGill.

Publicaçãoes com pesquisadoes estrangeiros: O professor Alexandre Rodrigue Silva publicou o  artigo Influence of freezing techniques and glycerol-based cryoprotectant combinations on the survival of testicular tissues from adult collared peccaries. Tinha com pesquisadores nacionais os membros Andreia Maria da Silva, Ana Gloria Pereira, Andreza Vieira Brasil, Lua Barbalho Macedo, Joao Batista Freire Souza-Júniora, Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura, Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira, Moacir Franco de Oliveira. Foi publicado no periodocio Theriogenology.  Os pesquisadores e instituições envolvidos eram  Pierre Comizzoli, Smithsonian Institute, Estados Unidos.

Online Marathon of the Reproduction of Wild Animals – Online event promoted by the Laboratory of Conservation of Animal Germplasm of PPGCA / UFERSA, from 03 to 14 of August, where 19 lectures were presented, with international participation of the Researchers Dr. Budhan Pukazhenthi of the Smithsonian Institute of The United States, and Dr. Gabriela Mastromonaco of Toronto Zoo, Canada.

Sandwich Doctorate Abroad – From September 2019 to March 2020, the PDSE scholarship quota meets with student Viviane Morlanes, supervised by Professor Cecília Calabuig, from the Production and Conservation research line in the semiarid region. The student completed her doctoral internship at the University of Córdoba, in Córdoba, Spain, developing experiments under the supervision of Professor Carlos Rouco, developing part of her doctoral experiments.

Doctorate Sandwiches Abroad – In 2019, three students from the PPGCA undertook a doctoral sandwich internship abroad, namely:

– Andreia Maria da Silva, supervised by Prof. Dr. Alexandre Rodrigues, with a PDSE scholarship, CAPES, held at the Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.

– Viviane Morlanes, supervised by Prof. Cecília Calabuig, with a PDSE, CAPES scholarship, held at the University of Córdoba, in Córdoba, Spain.

– Luã Barbalho de Macêdo, supervised by Prof. Valéria Veras de Paula, with PGCI scholarship, CAPES, held at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luís do Potosí, in Mexico.

International Mobility of Graduate Students – Through specific official announcement promoted by UFERSA’s graduate programs, student missions could be carried out by both master’s and doctoral students from PPGCA. These specific student mobility Official announcement have been launched since 2018 and, in 2019, the PPGCA was once again one of the programs with the largest number of students contemplated. Thus, in 2019, the PPGCA received 3 (three) students on an international mission:

– Hélio Norberto de Araújo Júnior, supervised by Prof. Moacir Oliveira, with an internship at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

– Josiel Borges Ferreira, supervised by Prof. Débora Andréia Façanha Evangelista, with an internship at the Universidad Nacional del Cumahue (UNCo) and in association with the Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias (FACA) and the Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo em Ingeniería de Procesos Biotecnologia y Energías Alternativas, in Argentina.

– Viviane Morlanes, supervised by Prof. Cecília Calabuig, with an internship at the Biological Station of Doñana and Universidad Pablo Olavide, in Seville, Spain.

International Professor Mobility – In this item, the PPGCA acted in encouraging the optimization of students to carry out missions to consolidate international collaborations. Thus, the following experiences were achieved in 2019:

– Prof. Cecília Calabuig carried out a work mission in March 2019 for the Doñana Biological Station and Pablo Olavide University, in Seville, Spain.

– Profs. Alexandre Rodrigues and Alexsandra Pereira carried out, in April 2019, a work mission for the Smithsonian Institute, in the United States. PPGCA / UFERSA.

– Prof. Valéria Veras de Paula and Débora Evangelista carried out a work mission in April 2019 to the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, in Mexico.

International cooperation projects. In this item, the PPGCA has international cooperation projects that have allowed the consolidation of international collaborations, through the publication of scientific articles, student and professor exchanges. Thus, the following experiences were achieved in 2019:

– Prof. Alexandre Rodrigues developed the project Cryopreservation and cultivation of testicular tissue of collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu Linnaeus, 1758) created in the Caatinga biome, approved by the Universal Call 2016 (Call 01/2016), in cooperation with the Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institution, Washington, United States with Dr. Pierre Comizzoli as international coordinator.

– Prof. Valéria Veras de Paula developed the project Welfare and pharmacokinetics of analgesics in zoogenetic resources of the Brazilian semiarid, approved by the PGCI Official announcement – Notice 02/2015 – 2nd Call of 2016 – Projects (no. 88881.123160 / 2016-01, PGCI 395 2018) in partnership with researchers from UFERSA, UNIFAP, UFBA and the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis do Potosi (UASLP), in Mexico.

– Prof. Cecília Calabuig signed a technological support agreement with the State Agency Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas y Red Eléctrica de España, to carry out the project “Análisis del Efecto de la Nidificación de Cigüeñas en Tendidos Eléctricos de Transporte sobre la Biodiversidad del Entorno”.

– Prof. Sidney Sakamoto developed the project in partnership with The Donkey Sanctuary (https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk) entitled “Research on equine infectious anemia, glanders, equine viral arteritis and equine herpesvirus in northeastern Brazilian donkeys”.

Alliance platforms for international education and training.

1. Alliance for Education and Training Program (Scholarships Brazil – PAEC OEA-GCUB). Cooperation program between the Organization of American States (OAS), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO) and the Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB). Also with support from the Division of Educational Themes of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (DCE / MRE), with the objective of contributing to the regional integration and strengthening of the Americas, through the granting of full scholarships for stricto sensu graduate courses (Master and Doctorate). The PPGCA was awarded to a student from Honduras.
2. Doctorate and Research Program Brazil – Europe (Edital BE_a_DOC). The program is part of the Coimbra Group (GC), an association of European universities that encompass multidisciplinarities, aiming to promote internationalization, academic collaboration, excellence in learning and research, in addition to service to society. The term of commitment that consists of the formal entry of the PPGCA to this program was signed in October 2019 and, we hope for 2020 the selection of students from this program.

Institutional event on internationalization debate. The PPGCA together with the other graduate programs and the International Relations Advisory (ARI) of PROPPG / UFERSA implemented the event “UFERSA Global”, which had as main objective to discuss the internationalization actions along with all graduate programs -University graduate.

Mechanisms to attract PPGCA students and professors abroad.

1. Official announcement of support for foreign language proficiency of professors of UFERSA’s Stricto Sensu graduate programs. In which professors José Luiz Costa Novais and Cecília Calabuig were approved, who were approved to improve the English language in the United States and Scotland, respectively.
2. The Semiarid Language Center (CELIS) ​​together with PROPPG / UFERSA’s ARI implemented the offer of regular and specific additional language courses (in particular, English, Spanish and Portuguese L2), at different levels, in addition to proficiency exams in these languages ​​in order to prepare our students for their internships and / or international missions.

Publications with international collaborators. Professors Alex Augusto Gonçalves, Michel Hrnicer, Débora Andreia Façanha, Alexandre Rodrigues Silva, Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira and Moacir Franco de Oliveira, produced publications in journals of international impact with collaborators from Canada, Austria, Spain, and the United States.

International recognition. Professors. The professors Alexandre Rodrigues Silva and Moacir Franco de Oliveira had their work recognized, as they provided scientific advice for the BBC series (As can be seen in this Link ). In addition, professors Alexandre Rodrigue Silva and Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira had an international recognition by the Research Under Literal Access “RULA” Awards, having their work nominated for the international “Innovative Research” award for research on Seminal plasma composition of collectors, published in the journal Animal Reproduction Science.

Insertion of internationalization in undergraduate students during the teaching internship. In 2019, professor Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira promoted seminars on scientific articles in English by undergraduate students as a tool for the student’s evaluation process in the discipline.

Conducting a course with international professors: The course “Special Topics in Biotechnological Tools for Biodiversity Conservation” was attended by the following international professors: Pascal Mermillod (French National Institute for Agricultural Research, INRA, France), Yann Locatelli (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France), and Daniel Felipe Salamone (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Development of projects with international collaborators:

1. Professor Alexandre Rodrigues Silva developed the project Cryopreservation and cultivation of testicular tissue from collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu Linnaeus, 1758) created in the Caatinga biome, approved by the Universal Notice 2016 (Call 01/2016), in cooperation with Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institution, Washington, United States.
2. Professor Valéria Veras de Paula developed the project Welfare and pharmacokinetics of analgesics in zoogenetic resources of the Brazilian semiarid, approved by the Official announcement PGCI – Official announcement nº 02/2015 – 2nd Call of 2016 – Projects (no. 88881.123160 / 2016-01, PGCI 395 2018), in cooperation with the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis do Potosi (UASLP), Mexico.

Study missions carried out by professors:

1. Professor Jean Berg Alves da Silva undertook a 40-hour work mission to Universities Católica de Córdoba (UCC) and University of Buenos Aires (UBA), both in Argentina, aiming to establish academic exchanges between PPGCA and UFERSA with Argentine universities.
2. Professor José Luís Costa Novaes carried out a 40-hour work mission to the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, aiming to participate in the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

iii. Professors Raimundo Alves Barrêto Júnior and Valéria Veras de Paula carried out a 40-hour work mission at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis do Potosi (UASLP), with the objective of expanding the internationalization policy of this program, and consolidating the partnership of the research group in Well-being, anesthesia and analgesia of UFERSA farm animals.

Visit of international researchers to the PPGCA:

1. Professor Michel Hrncir received a visit from professor at Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan, Kenichi Harano, for a research internship during his sabbatical period, at the UFERSA Behavioral Ecology Laboratory.
2. UFERSA signed with Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, a Term of Intent to Formalize an Academic Cooperation Agreement to develop research activities focused on the development of semiarid lands.

iii. Professor Michel Hrncir received at the Behavioral Ecology Laboratory, Sebastian Koethe (postdoctoral student at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany), Sarah Banysch (doctoral student at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany), Lara Reinartz (master student at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany) and Vivian Fischbach (graduate student at Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany).

Study missions carried out by students:

1. Student Janine Karla França da Silva Braz, under the guidance of professor Moacir Franco de Oliveira, developed a study mission at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Physiology with financial support from UFERSA (Mobility Support Notice) student – Official announcement n°. 17/2018).
2. The student Paulo Mateus Alves Lopes, under the guidance of professor Moacir Franco de Oliveira, developed a study mission with a 320-hour workload at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina, with financial support from UFERSA (Official announcement for Supporting Student Mobility) – Official announcement n°. 17/2018).

iii. The student Kalyne Danielly Silva de Oliveira, under the guidance of professor João Marcelo Antunes, developed a study mission with a 320-hour workload at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina, with financial support from UFERSA (Official announcement for Supporting Student Mobility) – OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT no. 17/2018).

1. Student Viviane Morlanes, under the guidance of professor Cecília Calabuig, developed a study mission with a 320-hour workload at Universidad Pablo De Olavide, Spain with financial support from UFERSA (Official announcement for Supporting Student Mobility – Official announcement n° 17/2018).

Sandwich doctorate abroad: student Andreia Maria Silva, under the guidance of Professor Alexandre Rodrigues Silva, with a PDSE / CAPES scholarship, did a doctoral internship at the Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.

International Pecaris Reproduction Workshop – The PPGCA coordination (Alexandre Rodrigues Silva and Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira) promoted this workshop on the UFERSA campus, in the city of Mossoró, RN, in October 2017, with the participation of researcher Pierre Comizzoli from Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Institute, United States.

Discipline of Principles of Science and Scientific Writing – The coordination of the PPGCA (Alexandre Rodrigues Silva and Alexsandra Fernandes Pereira) organized the arrival of the researcher John Kastelic, a professor linked to the University of Calgary in Canada. He was supposed to teach the discipline of Principles of Science and Scientific Writing for PPGCA students and other graduate programs at UFERSA and nearby institutions, such as UECE.

Professor participation in international events

– Prof. José Luiz Costa Novaes participated in the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Austin, East, United States.

– Prof. Alexandre Rodrigues attended the annual meeting of the Society for The Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, United States with an oral and poster presentation of scientific papers. In addition, the professor visited the Center for Species Survival of the Smithsonian Institute, United States, in July 2017 to establish a partnership with Dr. Pierre Comizzoli.

– Prof. Valéria Veras de Paula attended the International Meeting of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetist) in Berlin, Germany.

– Prof. Michael Hncir lectured on the theme Weder Honigbiene noch Hummel: stachellose Bienen (Meliponini) als wichtigste Bestäuber in den Tropen during the Kerner von Marilaun Symposium Insekten und Blumen event organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), in Vienna, Austria.

– Prof. Michael Hcnier spoke on the topic Small brains resolving complex tasks: On the cognitive capacities of social bees during the IV International Conference, organized by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, in Natal, Brazil.

– Prof. Jean Berg Alves da Silva spoke at the Brazil-Cuba Workshop: Sustainable development in semi-arid regions, in Natal, Brazil.

Technical Visit of a Foreign Researcher – Professor Alexandre Rodrigues Silva received at the UFERSA Germplasm Conservation Laboratory in October 2017 the researcher Pierre Comizzoli, from the Center for Species Survival, Smithsonian Institute, based in Washington DC, United States, having been signed an international cooperation agreement between institutions.