Ph.D. Student
Supervision: Dra Patrícia Simone Leite Vilamaior and Sebastião Roberto Taboga
Stella Bicalho has a degree in Biological Sciences and a Marter’s degree in Animal Biology from the Federal University of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She is currently a PhD student in Biodiversity Post-Graduate program at São Paulo State University, Brazil, under the supervision of Dra Patrícia Simone Leite Vilamaior and Sebastião Roberto Taboga. Stella develops research in scientific partnership with the University of Aveiro, under the supervision of Professor Marco G. Alves, investigating metabolic and reproductive disorders caused by exposure to environmental contaminants and endocrine disruptors.
9. SILVA, STELLA BICALHO; GRIGIO, V.; RUIZ, T. F. R.; CALMON, M. F.; RAHAL, P.; DOS SANTOS, F. C. A.; TABOGA, S. R.; VILAMAIOR, P. S. L. Individual and combined effects of commercial glyphosate, atrazine and 2,4-D herbicides on the gerbil ventral prostate. Chemosphere, 367, 143626, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143626
8. GRIGIO, V.; SILVA, STELLA BICALHO; RUIZ, T. F. R.; CASTRO, N. F. C.; CALMON, M. F.; RAHAL, P.; TABOGA, S. R.; VILAMAIOR, P. S. L. Effects of androgenic modulation on the morphophysiology of the adrenal cortex of male gerbils. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 592, 112332, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2024.112332
7. GRIGIO, V.; GUERRA, L. H. A.; SILVA, STELLA BICALHO; FREITAS, M. B.; TABOGA, S. R.; VILAMAIOR, P. S. L. Coconut oil affects aging-related changes in Mongolian gerbil liver morphophysiology. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 134, 109749, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2024.109749
6. MARTINS, KARINA VENTURA BOECHAT; SILVA, STELLA BICALHO; DA SILVA CARDOSO, ALEX JÚNIO; SALARO, ANA LÚCIA; DE MORAES FRANÇA FERREIRA, POLLYANNA; FREITAS, MARIELLA BONTEMPO; ZUANON, JENER ALEXANDRE SAMPAIO. Effectiveness and safety of clove oil and common salt in the long-term transport of Cyprinus carpio. Aquaculture, 583, 740532, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.740532
5. SILVA, S. B.; GREGORIO, K. P.; FREITAS, R. M. P.; DESTRO, A. L. F. SALARO, A. L.; ZUANON, J. A. S.; GONCALVES, R. V.; FREITAS, M. B. Exposure to the herbicide atrazine induces oxidative imbalance, morphological damage and decreased survival in juvenile fish. Bioscience Journal, v. 39, p. 1-17, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14393/BJ-v39n0a2023-65784
4. SALARO, ANA LÚCIA; SILVA, STELLA B.; FERRAZ, RENATO B.; SALINAS JIMÉNEZ, LUIS G.; CARNEIRO, CRISTIANA L.S.; QUADROS, ALESSANDRO S.G.; MACHADO, JOÃO PAULO; FREITAS, MARIELLA B.; OLIVEIRA, EUGÊNIO E.. Acute sublethal exposure to ethiprole impairs physiological and oxidative status in the Neotropical fish Astyanax altiparanae. Environmental Pollution, v. 1, p. 122152, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122152
3. SILVA, STELLA BICALHO; RUIZ, THALLES FERNANDO ROCHA; DOS SANTOS, FERNANDA CRISTINA ALCANTARA; TABOGA, SEBASTIÃO ROBERTO; VILAMAIOR, PATRICIA SIMONE LEITE. Impacts of heavy metal exposure on the prostate of murine models: mechanisms of toxicity. Reproductive Toxicology, v. 120, p. 108448, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reprotox.2023.108448
2. CASTRO, DAVID LEONARDO JUSTINICO; FREITAS, RENATA MARIA P.; SILVA, STELLA BICALHO; DE MELO, FABIANA CRISTINA SILVEIRA ALVES; SARANDY, MARIAUREA M.; OSPINA, ESTEBAN GIRALDO; SARTORI, SIRLENE RODRIGUES; GONÇALVES, REGGIANI VILELA; FREITAS, MARIELLA BONTEMPO. Insulin and glucose regulation at rest and during flight in a Neotropical nectar-feeding bat. Mammalian Biology, v. 1, p. 1, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00146-x
1. DESTRO, A. L. F.; SILVA, S. B.; GREGORIO, K. P.; OLIVEIRA, J. M.; LOZI, A. A.; ZUANON, J. A. S.; SALARO, A. L.; MATTA, S. L. P.; GONCALVES, R. V.; FREITAS, M. B. Effects of subchronic exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of the herbicide atrazine in the Neotropical fish Astyanax altiparanae. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, v. 208, p. 111601, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111601