New book: Rules and Exceptions in Biology Recently, LABRE researchers Alfredo Peretti, Lucía Calbacho-Rosa, Paola Olivero, Mariela Oviedo-Diego and David Vrech have published a book entitled “Rules and Exceptions in Biology: from Fundamental Concepts to Applications” with Springer Editorial. This is the first book to cover and explore rules and exceptions in biology, presenting past Read more about New book: Rules and Exceptions in Biology[…]
Dr. Alejandra Ceballos with the Vice-Dean and the Assistant Secretary of Social Outreach of the Faculty of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences (National University of Córdoba) visited last April 18th two rural primary schools in the area of Ambul in the Traslasierras Valley to lay the foundations for future outreach projects with the local community, Read more about Visit to rural schools in Traslasierras[…]
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)[…]
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 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[…]
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[…]
Publicaciones científicas últimos años Peretti, A. V., Calbacho-Rosa, L., Olivero, P., Oviedo-Diego, M. & Vrech, D.E. 2024. Rules and Exceptions in Biology: from Fundamental Concepts to Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp 550. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-55382-0 Hénaut, Y., Lucio-Palacio, C. R., & Cargnelutti, F. 2024. Arachnids at the Edge: View and Perspectives, with Emphasis on Spiders and Scorpions Read more about Publications[…]
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 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 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[…]