About us
We are an enthusiastic group of researchers, teachers, fellows and students who are focused on the reproductive biology of arthropods, with emphasis on evolution of sexual traits among arachnids.
We started this way since 10 years ago in order to offer a place of research and teaching in our country on this exciting subject. Together with studies on biodiversity and phylogeny we want to show an integrative perspective of arachnids.
We have explored a part of the amazing reproductive life of scorpions, spiders, pseudoscorpions, and solpugids, among other groups.
Latest News
Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)
Small Grants Program for Local and Regional Outreach Promoting the Understanding of Evolutionary Biology Drs. Mariela Oviedo-Diego and Franco Cargnelutti from LABRE have obtained an international grant from the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE). Her project involves collaboration with students and teachers from rural and urban schools in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. Read more about Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)[…]
Maria Elena Galeano Scholarship
We congratulate Lisandro Beveraggi for having obtained the prestigious María Elena Galeano scholarship to attend the VII Latin American Congress of Arachnology in Bogotá, Colombia. Presenting the preliminary data of your final degree project “Tangled webs: Exploring the ecological and sexual interactions between fanged, riverine and sympatric spiders” before the Latin arachnological community is an Read more about Maria Elena Galeano Scholarship[…]
Research career CIC 2022
Research career CIC 2022 Let us congratulate Drs. Fedra Bollatti and Franco Cargnelutti for their well-deserved entry into the CONICET Scientific Researcher career. His dedication and perseverance have paid off, and this achievement is a testament to his commitment to excellence in scientific research. LABRE is proud to have witnessed the hard work, curiosity and Read more about Research career CIC 2022[…]
Collection, Germany trip
As usual, last year Dr. Mariela Oviedo-Diego collected scorpions with winter habits in the Sierras de Córdoba. However, winter would be longer for these scorpions that year. To explore their internal morphology she embarked to the Zoologisches Institut und Museum of the University of Greifswald in germany, to work with Dr. Peter Michalik, a specialist Read more about Collection, Germany trip[…]
Publications
Publicaciones científicas últimos años Oviedo-Diego M., Olivero P.A., Palen-Pietri R., Mattoni C.I. & Peretti A.V. 2024. Female resistance as a form of communication during courtship: behavioral modulation and determinants of mutual mate choice in a scorpion species. Animal Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.12.005 Oviedo-Diego M., Mattoni C.I., Soto E.M., Bollatti F. & Peretti A.V. 2024. Mosaic evolution of grasping and Read more about Publications[…]
Congress Arachnology Funds
Two members of the Labre: Mariela Oviedo-Diego and Rocío Palen Pietri are raising funds to be able to go for the first time to the International Congress of Arachnology that will take place in Uruguay in March 2023. https://arachnology.org/22nd-ica-2023.html If you would like to help them by donating an amount you can do it here Read more about Congress Arachnology Funds[…]
Museum Night 2022
Museum Night 2022 El Labre was present at the night of museums 2022 with the exhibition “Arachnid World”. On this occasion we try to convey our passion for these animals in a fun and didactic way through games and anecdotes. We are very proud of our team that, on a night full of people, did Read more about Museum Night 2022[…]
Page of photographs of spiders from Argentina
Page of photographs of spiders from Argentina Dr. Matías Izquierdo is carrying out a photography project on Argentine spiders that you can visit at the following link: https://flickr.com/photos/195931149@N07/ You can also learn more about the project and the latest updates on the twitter account @Aranias_Arg. We invite you to visit the page and follow him on Read more about Page of photographs of spiders from Argentina[…]
Plow Travelers at the Cedar Point Times
Travelers of the tillage in the Cedar Point Times. Two Labre postdoctoral fellows (Mariela Oviedo-Diego and Franco Cargnelutti) appeared on the cover of this month’s “Cedar Point Times,” the magazine of the Cedar Point Biological Station, Nebraska, USA. The reason was his visit to the station in August as part of the internship at the Read more about Plow Travelers at the Cedar Point Times[…]
Interview Dr Matias Izquierdo
Do you want to know more about the corner spider? Find out how to recognize it and how to act in the house of bites from the hand of Dr. Matías Izquierdo in this note from “Morning Chronicle”. Link del video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMehi0lHVgA