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MCC receives an exhibition from the Mangabeira & Sherlock Entomological Collection: popularization of science
The event received three other special shows.
17/10/2016
Eight out of ten animals on the planet are insects. The number expresses the importance of studying and cataloging these animals, carried out by physician and researcher Octávio Mangabeira Filho and biologist Ítalo Sherlock, from the 1940s to the 1950s, which led to the Mangabeira & Sherlock Entomological Collection with more than 34 specimens of different species of arthropods, mostly insects of medical interest. The cut chosen by the curator of the collection, the professor at Bahiana Artur Gomes Dias Lima, presented at the Bahiana, 12 of the 224 drawers of the collection in the exhibition “Mangabeira & Sherlock Entomological Collection: popularization of science”, which took place on October 7th, at the Cabula Academic Unit, as part of the programming of the XVI Scientific and Cultural Exhibition of Bahiana.
The curator explains that the collection has great relevance to science as it serves as a database that allows the development of strategic research in ecology, biogeography, conservation, taxonomy and systematics. The mission of this collation is to conduct research and promote the training of human resources related to insects and other arthropods of medical interest.
The curator of the collection was headed by Dr. Italo Sherlock, who was its curator at the invitation of Dr. Octávio Mangabeira. After his death, the group lost its visibility and, in 2014, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation signed an agreement with the UNEB that appointed Professor Artur Gomes Dias Lima to be its new curator. “I immediately accepted this invitation, because it would not be a job, but a gift and today it is under my responsibility at the University of the State of Bahia”.
For UNEB Nursing student Igor das Virgens Santana, who acted as monitor of the exhibition, “the great importance of this collection is to be able to study and learn about the transmission of many arboviruses, in addition to getting to know more about those insects with which we live a lot. and others that we don't know so much”.
In addition to the exhibition Mangabeira & Sherlock Entomological Collection: popularization of science, MCC visitors were able to visit the photography exhibits “Microscopic Panoramas”, by exhibitors Caique Costa and Luís Sergio Santos Nunes and “Body, city and mental health”, by professor Mônica Daltro and students of the 7th and 8th semesters of the Psychology course.
Undergraduate course activities
Visitors to the XVI MCC were also able to learn more deeply about the extension activities carried out by the undergraduate courses of the Bahiana who presented their achievements in stands and spaces in the green area of the Cabula Academic Unit.
“Integrative and complementary practices of traditional Chinese medicine and aesthetic biomedicine: comprehensive care for the individual” was the theme of the stand of the Biomedicine course, which had professors Sidney Carlos de Jesus Santana and Renata Roseghini as coordinators.
The Physiotherapy course stand had the theme “Assessing, treating and taking care of Physiotherapy”, under the coordination of professors Giovana Bergheme, Francisco de Oliveira, João Amaro, Mayra Castro de Matos Sousa and Moema Soares.
The stand “Health promotion with PETGraduaSUS Bahiana” brought together professors and students from the Nursing, Medicine and Dentistry courses and was coordinated by professors Marta Menezes, Patrícia Suguri and Rosicleide Freitas with the participation of the Academic League of Clinical Medicine (LACM).
“Plural views on drugs: harm reduction and coordination culture” was the theme discussed by the Psychology course, under the coordination of Professor Lidiane Guedes.
In the green area of the Bahiana, the Physical Education course interacted with the participants with games and games from popular culture with the motto: “Playing is health!”, under the coordination of graduate coordinator Clarcson Plácido and professor João Franco Lima.
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