Research lines

ADHERENCE

In order to favor the broad and in-depth study of the demands identified in the middle-north of Brazil and, consequently, the application of scientific production to increase the quality of life of humans and animals, the Program has a single field of study, "Advanced Diagnostics in Animal Health”, to which three lines of research are linked.

The ongoing projects are well aligned with the program's lines of research, with their dissertations and theses included within these macroprojects. By 2020, 55 research projects were in progress, 27 of which were funded by funding agencies, which totals 54% of the projects in progress, developed by our faculty and students of the Program.

CELLULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLICABILITIES

Its objective is to develop studies on the biotechnology of animal cells - totipotent germ cells, pluripotent embryonic, oligo- and multipotent somatic cells; as well as parasitic and microbial cells, within the scope of both basic sciences and sciences applied to innovative therapies in conventional and unconventional models and to hygiene and quality of human and animal food, important for public health.

ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND GENETICS

Its objective is to promote investigations on embryonic development, the morphological and molecular bases of organogenesis, as well as broad genomic studies with animal cells and their interactions and applicability in the improvement of reproductive biotechniques and genetic improvement of herds in production chains of regional interest, as well as to evaluate genetic modifications in vectors and agents that cause diseases in animals and humans.

DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPEUTICS IN VETERINARY MEDICINE

Its objective is to establish and improve innovative diagnostic approaches in the clinical sphere and in the technological spheres of production chains and, in its various specialties, as well as to promote pre-clinical and clinical studies in therapies with new drugs and natural products, which may involve computational models, in vitro, experiments, and animals of regional interest.