Rios de Ciência
"Rios de Ciência" (Rivers of Science in english) is a project of science education and divulgation that I conduct on the social media YouTube and Instagram (link in the images on the right). I publish videos of interviews, lectures, cultural tips, livestreams, and courses on YouTube, mostly in Portuguese. On Instagram, I announce the events online and disseminate current news of scientific discoveries that normally take time to be reported in Portuguese. I also disseminate the findings of new scientific articles published by NEPEE Team using simple and accessible language.
Science talks
In this conversation, I talked to the physicist Gui Araújo (PhD student at University of São Paulo) about the role of uncertainty in understanding the world. Yes, my friends, the awareness of uncertainty about something is our greatest ally, especially in the times of post-truth. Science education seeks to teach methods on how to reduce uncertainty, and this has several important applications for our lives.
In the live streaming "Women in Science: Challenges in the Career of an Arachnologist", I interviewed Dr. Aline Leles (UFU), Dr. Camila Vieira (UNICAMP) and the biologist Isabella Dias (UFU). It was an inspiring conversation with our team of arachnologists about the challenges in the career of a female scientist, from scientific initiation to graduate course and the motivation to do scientific researches using spiders.
In this amazing conversation about "Academic Experiences Abroad: Challenges and Learning", I interviewed master and doctoral student Monize Altomore (UFU) and Dr. Waldir Berbel-Filho (Swansea University). We talked about the experience of living abroad, the cultural challenges and the learning that these experiences can provide for a career during undergraduate and graduate courses.
I interviewed Profa. Dra. Ana Paula Perez (Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul) about "A Biologist's Journey in the Study of Cancer". We talked about cancer research, with an emphasis on the female prostate, the diagnoses, preventive care, treatments and other projects of Ana Paula dedicated to advise the local community.
I interviewed Profa. Dra. Ana Luiza Bossolani Martins (Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul) at Rios de Ciência. In honor of World Autism Awareness Day (April 2), we organized the live "Autism: from Scientific Research to the Practice of Everyday Life". We talked about Ana Luiza's career, who is a geneticist, her scientific research and social projects on autism.
Leandro (my student at NEPEE) and I interviewed a celebrity from Brazilian science communication and a conservation biologist, Prof. Dr. Hugo Fernandes (State University of Ceará). We talked about “Conservation of biodiversity and scientific communication”. It was an amazing class of scientific communication.
Eu e o Leandro (meu aluno no NEPEE) entrevistamos uma celebridade da divulgação científica brasileira e um biólogo da conservação, o Prof. Dr. Hugo Fernandes. Conversamos sobre “Conservação da biodiversidade e comunicação científica”. Foi uma aula de comunicação científica.
Eu e a Luana (minha aluna no NEPEE) entrevistamos os biólogos e fotógrafos Msc. Romilson Silva e o Dr. Yuri Messas. O tema da nossa live foi “Macrofotografia: A Beleza que Escapa ao Olhar” e conversamos sobre a carreira do Romilson e do Yuri, e suas experiências em macrofotografia, que é a fotografia de pequenos organismos ou detalhes que passam despercebidos no nosso dia a dia.
Entrevistei o paleontólogo e meu amigo Prof. Dr. Felipe Pinheiro (UNIPAMPA) na live “Paleontologia e Evolução da Vida”. Conversamos sobre a carreira do Felipe, e suas experiências na paleontologia e como esses estudos nos ajudam a aprender mais sobre a evolução da vida.
Eco é Pop!
Na série Eco é Pop!, convidei pesquisadoras e pesquisadores para dar palestras sobre diferentes aplicações da ecologia na conservação do meio ambiente envolvendo diversos temas, como os impactos de agrotóxicos na biodiversidade, a extinção das abelhas, os efeitos do fogo no Cerrado, alterações positivas do meio ambiente promovidas por organismos (os engenheiros de ecossistemas), direito ambiental e conservação de mamíferos do Cerrado.
Social Projects
Cultural tips for quarantine
NEPEE researchers shared cultural tips during quarantine on the Rios de Ciência channel
A walk through the spider web
Environmental education actions on the ecological importance of arachnids for high school students
Community Orchards Project
Social project dedicated to cultivating fruit plants in the squares and neighborhoods of Ituiutaba, MG
