Daniel José Galafasse Lahr
Professor
Zoology
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Brazil
Biography
Daniel José Galafasse Lahr holds a bachelor's degree in biological sciences from the Institute of Biosciences of USP, a master's degree in zoology from the University of São Paulo, and a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Massachusetts. Taxonomy of eukaryotic microorganisms. Its main research line involves evolutionary studies in free-living amoeboid organisms. Graduated from the Ph.D. program in Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, with dissertation titled "Systematics and Molecular Evolution of the Amoebozoa". Currently, he is a PhD in the Department of Zoology, IB-USP.
Research Interest
Free-living amoeboid organisms, Genetics, Microbiology
Publications
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Lahr DJ, Lara E, Hofstatter PG, Ribeiro GM, PorfÃrioâ€Sousa AL, Junior SP. Meeting Report: 8th International Symposium on Testate Amoebae, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil, 12–14 September 2016. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 2017 Jul 1;64(4):555-7.
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Phylogenetic reconstruction based on reshuffles the taxonomy of hyalosphenid ​​shelled (testate) amoebae and reveals the convoluted evolution of shell plate shapes
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Kosakyan A, Gomaa F, Lara E, Lahr DJ. Current and future perspectives on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of testate amoebae. European journal of protistology. 2016 Sep 30;55:105-17.
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Moore KR, Bosak T, Macdonald FA, Lahr DJ, Newman S, Settens C, Pruss SB. Biologically agglutinated eukaryotic microfossil from Cryogenian cap carbonates. Geobiology. 2017 Jan 1.
