Development and Evolutionary Morphogenesis - DEM

Diogo Santos-Roque

PhD Student

Diogo Santos-Roque is conducting a Ph.D. in development biology by the University of Lisbon starting in 2022 within the DEM. He is conducting the project "Mechanisms of maintenance and evolution of blood cell proportions in D. melanogaster", under the supervision of Professor Élio Sucena. Diogo's Ph.D. project aims are: 1. Study the developmental dynamics and functional relevance of haemocyte proportions in populations with diverging haemocytes compositions; 2. Identify the genetic basis for variation in haemocyte proportions.