The research group led by Prof. Adalto Bianchini at the Federal University of Rio Grande - FURG, in Rio Grande, RS, Brazil, works in the lines of Physiological Effects of Pollutants, Osmoregulation and Excretion, and Biomarkers and pollution monitoring in aquatic environments.

This group works mainly in the multi-user laboratories of the "Physiological Sciences" building in the Institute of Biological Sciences (ICB) at FURG. Our work is concentrated in the Toxicology, Determinations, Functional Biochemistry, Flowmetry and Animal Facility laboratories.

 

Studies focus on the effect of stressors (natural or man-made) such as salinity variation, global warming, or the presence of contaminants on the physiology of aquatic organisms. In addition, there are also "applied" issues, such as the identification of biomarkers of stress for use as an environmental assessment tool. Various approaches are used, such as laboratory experiments, mesocosm experiments, and field work!

It is active in the Graduate programs (M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels) in Physiological Sciences and Biological Oceanography.