Carolina Levis one of the winners of the 2017 Nanocell prize
A doctoral student of INPA's graduate program in Ecology, Carolina Levis, has won the Nanocell Institute's 2nd Award for Scientists and Entrepreneur of the Year, in the category Biotechnology in Agronomy and Industry, for her research on the pre-columbian domestication of tree species in Amazonian forest.
The shape, sounds and genes of Allobates tapajos
Allobates tapajos is a small frog that lives in terra firme forests along both margins of the Tapajós River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazonas basin. In her master's project, Gabriela Farias Maia analyzed the variation of genetic, acoustic and morphological traits of A. tapajos on both margins of the Tapajós.
III Course on Functional Characteristics of Plants
The third edition of the Course on Functional Characteristics of Plants will happen from 4-11 September 2017 at Ducke Reserve, in Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil).
