My name is Lucia Ivorra and I am doing a co-tutele PhD programme between ICBAS (University of Oporto) and ISE (Institute of Science and Environment, University of Saint Joseph (Macao)). I am enrolled in the Biomedical Science programme from ICBAS, and the title of my project is “Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in a mangrove system: from an environmental evaluation to a cellular-based approach.” This research includes environmental characterization of OCPs in Macao’s mangrove environment, in order to compare areas with and without vegetation; and laboratory experiments focused in dicofol (an OCPs related with DTT) bioaccumulation by clams, in order to evaluate possible cellular and physiological alterations produced by the pesticide.
