MBL Microscopy Course, Woods Hole, MA, 1991.

MBL Microscopy Course. My friend and colleague Federico Kalinec (former NIDCD, NIH fellow, currently at House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA).

MBL Microscopy Course, 1991.

Marine Biological Laboratory.

Visiting the NIDCD, NIH, at Bechara Kachar's Lab (May 2001). Operating the Ultra View spinning confocal.

NIDCD, NIH, May 2001.

Vanessa Freitas visiting the NIDCR, NIH, 2001.

Matt Hoffman (NIDCR-NIH) visiting my lab in Brazil, November 2001.

Brazilian Society for Cell Biology (SBCC) Meeting. Dinner with Matt Hoffman, Bechara Kachar, James Sellers, NIH-USA. Brazilian colleagues are Eliana Parisi, Patricia Gama, Mara Hoshida and Vanessa.

SBCC 2001. Bechara Kachar and Patricia Gama.

Poster presentation in the 2003 American Society for Cell Biology Meeting.

ASCB Meeting, 2003.

Former students of our Lab. From the left: Gabriel, Ruy, Vanessa Elaine and Ana.

From the left: Gabriel, Elaine, Edielle and Ruy.

Nilton Azambuja Jr, former undergraduate student.

From the left: Vanessa, Fernanda, Moacir and Normando.

From the left: Elaine, Edielle and Vanessa.

From the left: João Pinheiro (former PhD student) and Edielle.

Foreground, from the left: Vanessa, Ana e Edielle. Background: Joao

Edielle, Normando, Victor Murakami (former undergraduate student), Vanessa and Ruy.

Opening of the new Laboratory on the Biology of Oral Tumors, may 2004.

Opening of the new Laboratory on the Biology of Oral Tumors: From the left: Luciane Capelo (Dra. Telma Zorn student), Elaine, Ana, Edielle and Vanessa.

Opening of the new Laboratory on the Biology of Oral Tumors. Foreground, Ruy and Dr Telma Zorn . Background: Dr Patrícia Gama and Dr. Irene Yan.

Opening of the new Laboratory on the Biology of Oral Tumors.

From the left: Brooke Scheremeta (student from Penn State and NIDCR-NIH, who spent three months in our lab in 2002) Ruy, Vanessa, Ana Moretti (former Master of Science student), and Gabriel Pécora (former undergraduate student).

Edielle Melo, celebrating her Master of Science Degree.

Elaine Oliveira, former Master of Science student (CNPq Fellowship).

Vanessa Freitas, former PhD student (FAPESP fellowship).

Luís Pedrosa, working researcher.

From the left: Fernanda and Moacir (former Master of Science students) and Ruy.

Normando Scarabotto Neto, former undergraduate student (FAPESP fellowship).

From the left: Normando, Fernanda, Vanessa, Ruy, Edielle, Elaine and Moacir.

Elaine while presenting her Master of Science thesis, November 2004.

Elaine while discussing her Master thesis with the Members of Committe, November 2004.

Members of the Committee of Elaine's thesis. From the left Dr. Mari Santos (ICB-USP), Ruy, Dr Décio Santos Pinto Jr (FOUSP).

NIDCD, NIH, 2005. Getting help from Dr Kachar to pack a microscope donated by NIDCD to our Laboratory.

Vanessa Freitas PhD thesis. From the left: Roger Chammas, Sérgio Line, Ruy Jaeger, Patrícia Gama. Mizue Egami and Vanessa.

Visit to NIH, 2007. Bldg 50, where B. Kachar's Lab is located.

Christmas at the NIH, 2007.

Vanessa Freitas working in B. Kachar's Lab, 2007.

ASCB 2008, Dr. Francis Collins.

ASCB 2008, Motoyoshi Nomizu and Ruy Jaeger.

ASCB 2008, Vanessa Freitas.

Brazilian Society for Cell Biology Meeting (SBBC) 2008. From the left: Letícia, Camila, Elaine, Ruy, Vanessa, Karen, Adriane.

SBBC 2008. From the left: Karen, Camila, Elaine, Vanessa Letícia, Adriane.

Elaine Oliveira PhD thesis. From the left: Ruy Jaeger, Suzana Souza, Gláucia Santelli, Elaine, Sérgio Line, Paulo T. Oliveira.

Adriane Siqueira MS thesis. From the left: Olga Correa, Ruy Jaeger, Alison Colquhoun and Adriane.

International Symposium on Extracellular Matrix (SIMEC) 2009. Enjoying Rua das Pedras, Búzios, RJ. From the left: Graça Pinheiro, João Pinheiro, Maíra Almeida, Adriane Siqueira, Ruy Jaeger, Matt Hoffman, Milza Assis, Camila Nascimento, Emerson Santos.

Working with the Axiomat.