Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. 
Wernher von Braun

​System

A small spider mite female on a tomato leaf

Some spider mites (Tetranychus genus) can reduce plant defences of tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum), leading to high crop loss.

​Genetics

Tubes with purified RNA

Gene expression of plants after herbivore attack can be measured through RNA purification and Real-time PCR.

​Question

Experimental set-up with tomato leaves

In my project, I study genetic variation and ​trait plasticity in Tetranychus evansi spider mites for plant defence suppression.

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Host Institutions

At Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon.
I am part of the group Evolutionary Genetics and I am supervised by Dr. Carlos Fernandes.
ce3c.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/team/EG

At Faculty of Sciences, University of Amsterdam.
I am a guest researcher in Kant Lab and I am supervised by Dr. Merijn Kant.
www.kantlab.org/

At Faculty of Sciences, University of Montpellier.
I am part of the group Experimental Evolution of Communities and I am supervised by Dr. Alison Duncan .
eec.edu.umontpellier.fr/