The Marine Molecular Ecology Laboratory of IO/FURG was created in 2015 by its coordinator Prof. Maíra Proietti to use genetic tools to elucidate biological and ecological aspects of marine organisms. The main lines of research are phylogeny and molecular taxonomy, genetic identification of species, population genetics, and evaluation of biological characteristics of organisms.

Additionally, this laboratory hosts the Marine Debris Project (@projeto.lixomarinho), dedicated to research activities about the distribution, characteristics, and impacts of litter at sea, as well as outreach activities on the subject.

 

 Undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students work in the lab, and the teaching activities are focused on Oceanology undergraduate and graduate students in Biological Oceanography (Masters and Ph.D. levels).