Veterinary Medicine Student
Federal University of Uberlandia
I’m Lucas, a student of Veterinary Medicine at the Federal University of Uberlandia, MG, Brazil.
I am part of the Laboratory of Biology of Reproduction, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Marcelo Emílio Beletti, where I developed research projects related to sperm microRNAs and early embryonic development in cattle, sperm chromatin in bulls and strategies to improve the efficiency of in vitro Embryo Production in cattle.
I also participated in the Animal Reproduction Biotechnology group at the Federal University of Uberlândia. In addition, I assisted in research projects of Professor José Luiz Moraes Vasconcelos, from the State University of São Paulo, Brazil, involving strategies to improve the fertility of Zebu females.
I currently do an internship at the Department of Animal and Dairy Science at the University of Georgia, GA, USA, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Pedro Fontes. There, I'm collaborating on some research projects involving hormonal protocols to improve the fertility of bovine females, the effect of nutrition on fertility, including males and females, and Doppler ultrasound technology for diagnosing early pregnancy in Bos taurus females.