I am a Brazilian biologist, PhD candidate in Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Biology at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos (Fish Cytogenetics Lab). My research focuses on classical and molecular cytogenetics, exploring karyotypes, repetitive DNAs, and sex chromosome evolution. I also have a particular interest in freshwater fish taxonomy and evolution, since it has been my main focus of research since the scientific initiation (2014).  Recently I started to explore SNPs and satellite DNAs for a deepen characterization of sex chromosomes. 

Contact: francisco.sassi@hotmail.com