CIBERER : Spanish national network for research on rare diseases: A highly productive collaborative initiative

Altres ajuts: Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII); Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.CIBER (Center for Biomedical Network Research; Centro de Investigación Biomédica En Red) is a public national consortium created in 2006 under the umbrella of the Spanish National Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII). This innovative research structure comprises 11 different specific areas dedicated to the main public health priorities in the National Health System. CIBERER, the thematic area of CIBER focused on rare diseases (RDs) currently consists of 75 research groups belonging to universities, research centers, and hospitals of the entire country. CIBERER's mission is to be a center prioritizing and favoring collaboration and cooperation between biomedical and clinical research groups, with special emphasis on the aspects of genetic, molecular, biochemical, and cellular research of RDs. This research is the basis for providing new tools for the diagnosis and therapy of low-prevalence diseases, in line with the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) objectives, thus favoring translational research between the scientific environment of the laboratory and the clinical setting of health centers. In this article, we intend to review CIBERER's 15-year journey and summarize the main results obtained in terms of internationalization, scientific production, contributions toward the discovery of new therapies and novel genes associated to diseases, cooperation with patients' associations and many other topics related to RD research

Descrição do pupário de Sargus thoracicus Macquart (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Sarginae) Description of the puparium of Sargus thoracicus Macquart (Diptera, Sarginae, Stratiomyidae)

<abstract language="eng">Herein, the puparium of Sargus thoracicus Macquart, 1834 collected in decaying organic material, on the Campus of Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropedica, Rio de Janeiro State is described. The description is based on a single larva collected and reared in laboratory till the emergence of the adult. Some biological notes on the larva are also presented

Descrição da larva de Erythemis mithroides (Brauer) e notas sobre outras larvas conhecidas do gênero (Odonata, Libellulidae) Description of the larva of Erythemis mithroides (Brauer) and notes on other known larvae of the genus (Odonata, Libellulidae)

<abstract language="eng">The last instar larva of Erythemis mithroides (Brauer, 1900) is described and figured based on exuviae of reared specimens. A comparative analysis of this immature stage and the known larvae of the genus are furnished according to the data available in the literature and of specimens of E credula (Hagen, 1861) and E. vesiculosa (Fab., 1775) permiting a diagnose for the larvae of the genus Erylhemis Hagen, 1861

Descrição da larva de Cosmariomyia argyrosticta Kertész e do pupário de Dactylodeictes lopesi Lindner (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) Description of the larva of Cosmariomyia argyrosticta Kertesz and the puparium of Dactylodeictes lopesi Lindner (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)

<abstract language="eng">The larva of Cosmariomyia argyrosticta Kertész, 1914 and the puparium of Dactylodeictes lopesi Lindner, 1964 are described for the first time, based on four larvae and 10 puparia and one puparium respectively. Larvae were collected under the bark of fallen trees in an area near of tropical rain forest at Iguaba Grande (22º50'21"S, 42º13'44"W, 18 m) and Buzios (22º44'49"S, 41º52'54"W, 3 m), State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some biological notes are also presented. The larvae of Cosmariomyia argyrosticta and Dactylodeictes lopesi are compared with Chalcidomorphina aurata Enderlein, 1914 and Vittiger schnusei Kertész, 1909