The paper “Communication via female resistance: sexual behavioral modulation and mutual mate choice determinants in a scorpion” published in the journal Animal Behavior received the Elsevier award for the best paper of 2024 in the “Geographic” category. This paper, carried out by Mariela Oviedo-Diego and collaborators, explores sexual behaviors of the Cordoba endemic scorpion species Read more about Elsevier Best Paper Award in Animal Behavior[…]
Mariela Oviedo-Diego and Matías Izquierdo, members of Labre, together with Sofía Londero from the Applied Biogeography Laboratory, provided workshops on Biodiversity and native fauna in the interior of Córdoba. The first workshop was held at IPET No. 106 Remedios Escalada de San Martín in Serrezuela, aimed at high school students. The second was conducted at Read more about Educational activities on Biodiversity in the interior of Córdoba[…]
On 10/17, the collective art exhibition “Miradas de un mundo pequeño” was inaugurated at the National Academy of Sciences. More than 130 people attended the event, shared artistic moments and visited the exhibition. This exhibition, organized by Mariela Oviedo-Diego, Alejandra Ceballos and Manuel Sosa, was held with the aim of valuing arthropods and celebrating the Read more about Colelctive Arte exhibition “Views of a small world”.[…]
The Labre was once again part of Museum Night with “Spider World” and “Colors of a Small World”mat the National Academy of Sciences. Labre joined with an exhibition on arachnids and insects, sharing insights into their biology, curiosities, and importance. Plus, we played games and held activities for the whole family. This year, more than 25,000 people Read more about Participation in the Night of the Museums 2024[…]
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[…]
Public communication of science in the framework of the Arthropodata seminar series is aimed at students and arthropod enthusiasts and combines the presentation of two researchers, one from Canada and the other from Argentina. It is coordinated by Dr. Prager’s laboratory (Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan) and Dr. Read more about Public science communication[…]
Dr. David Vrech. Member of the examining board of the undergraduate thesis of the student Ian Walker School of Biology FCEFyN, UNC, entitled: “Effects of management type and plant complexity on spider communities in spontaneous vegetation edges of crops in the Green Belt of Córdoba”, directed by Dr. Martin Videla and Dr. Ezequiel González. March Read more about Member of the examining board[…]