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Delva Pereira Leao, MSc

Postgraduate Associate

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Delva Pereira Leao, MSc

Biography

Delva works in genomics and bioinformatics. She's a BA in Biotechnology and MSc in Genetics and Molecular Biology. Delva is advised by Dr. Marcelo Dietrich, Professor of Comparative Medicine. In the Dietrich lab, Delva is dissecting how genetic mosaicism in the brain of monozygotic quadruplets (nine-banded armadillos) contributes to phenotypic variability and individuality.

Education & Training

  • MSc
    Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2017)
  • BA
    Federal University of Pelotas, Biotechnology (2014)