Arriving in Belém by plane: the spectacular view of the Guajará Bay, in the Amazon delta system

The equipe working at the workshop, with a spectacular view of the water out of the window

The whole team, smiling in a selfie

Colourful crab and fishes (and more animals) in the beautiful Parque de Bioeconomia e Inovação da Amazônia

Excited to have attended the ISPF COP Legacy Event @britishcouncil.bsky.social in Belém, with my whole team @naiarasales.bsky.social @cgubili.bsky.social @rominassbatista.bsky.social & Cristiana Maciel @jonready.bsky.social from @ufpa.bsky.social!

First Assembly of a Draft Genome of the Critically Endangered Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus, Primates, Atelidae) Including Non‐Invasive Genotyping Strategies for the Species First draft genome assembly of the critically endangered primate northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) and complete mitochondrial genome assembly. Set of microsatellite markers developed for the....

I am very happy to share our latest paper published:
"First Assembly of a Draft Genome of the Critically Endangered Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus, Primates, Atelidae) Including Non-Invasive Genotyping Strategies for the Species" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🚨🧬🦜 I'm proud to share this publication by a talented PhD student I had the pleasure of co-supervising at INPA. Congratulations to Waleska Barbosa on this fantastic contribution to Neotropical biogeography and phylogeography! doi.org/10.1016/j.ym... #Biodiversity #Amazonia #Ornithology

🚀 I’m excited to share that I’ve just started a new position as a PCI-DA Research Fellow (Institutional Capacity Building Program) at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA (Manaus… | ... 🚀 I’m excited to share that I’ve just started a new position as a PCI-DA Research Fellow (Institutional Capacity Building Program) at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA (Manaus, Br...

🚀 I’m excited to share that I’ve just started a new position as a PCI-DA Research Fellow (Institutional Capacity Building Program) at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA (Manaus, Brazil)! 🌿🧬
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Livro com autoria indígena sobre aves do Alto Rio Negro conquista Jabuti Acadêmico 2025 | ISA Escrito em Baniwa, Nheengatu e português, obra editada pelo INPA alia o conhecimento tradicional dos Baniwa à pesquisa científica

Livro com autoria indígena sobre aves do Alto Rio Negro conquista Jabuti Acadêmico 2025
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Lúcio Flávio Pinto: The Brazilian reporter who wouldn’t be bought or silenced Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the tangled thickets of Brazil’s Amazon, a place known as much fo...

Everyone who truly care about the environment must know about Lúcio Flávio Pinto & should read his book! I still remember 20yrs ago, in my hometown (Belém), waiting his independent journal (Jornal Pessoal) come out every 2 weeks. I would read it with much interest.
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Postdoc opportunity! The Comparative Genomics lab (@IBE_Barcelona, @UPFBarcelona) is seeking a postdoc with experience to work on environmental DNA and mammalian monitoring together with @estherlizano !
CVs -> cvtmblab@gmail.com #postdoc #genomics #eDNA #conservation #Barcelona

Data availability: The sequences are available in GenBank (accession numbers: PV631427 - PV631478; PV631479 - PV631515; PV631516 - PV631562; PV631563 - PV631595; PV631596 - PV631644.

Check out our new paper: a review of the taxonomy of the Needle-billed Hermit (P. philippii) using morphological/molecular data. We reinforce in this work that drainage-capture events in the Amazon basin have had an important role on the genetic structure and diversification of the local biota.

From Water to Land: A Review on the Applications of Environmental DNA and Invertebrate‐Derived DNA for Monitoring Terrestrial and Semi‐Aquatic Mammals This review explores global applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) and invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA) for surveying terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammals. By providing a comprehensive overview of t...

A very up-to-date review led by the brilliant @hollybroadhurst.bsky.social on the applications of #eDNA and iDNA for monitoring terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammals! The beginnings, the milestones, where we're heading. Water, soil, air, the inverts, all here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

a paradise tanager perching on a branch. it has a life-green mask, black back and tail, red butt, light blue breast, and dark blue throat. basically looks like a fake bird coloured in by a toddler, but it's actually real

a Bicknell's thrush, with a brown back/head and a grey (somewhat striped) breast

Bird colouration varies a tremendous amount. But why? In a new paper, @j-dunning.net , John Endler, & I look at the relationship between plumage and viewing conditions in 2610 species of birds, finding strong, non-sexual effects (esp. on females).

📷Zak Pohlen (tanager), Darren Clark (thrush)

Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination plot with stress values constructed with weighted Bray–Curtis dissimilarities showing the differences in (a) plant species, (b) frugivore species, and (c) frugivory interactions among forest classes. Each dot represents one of the 17 study areas while ellipses depict the forest classes. Forest classes correspond to: Undisturbed forest, Logged forests, Logged-and-17yburned forests and Logged-and-3y-burned forests.

Our new paper led by Liana Rossi documents loss and turnover of fruit-frugivore interactions in variably-degraded Amazonian forests, with important implications for ecosystem service delivery #Ornithology #Ecology 🌎🧪
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Climate change is projected to shrink phylogenetic endemism of Neotropical frogs - Nature Communications Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity. This study predicts that climate change will reshape Neotropical frog diversity, causing losses in phylogenetic diversity and phylogenetic endemism, w...

Congratulations to lab member Gabi Alves Ferreira who lead us in this fun project! She modeled how range shifts of neotropical frogs with climate change will change phylogenetic diversity and endemism in the new communities. So great to see this published #ProudPI 💪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 Job Alert! 🌳
Looking for a 2-yr postdoc (ext. up to 3 yrs) to join me at U. of Gothenburg to study links between environmental drivers, tree conditions (e.g., #treedamage), and physiological processes leading to #tropical #treemortality.

Apply by: April 17th

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Migratory microbiomes: the role of the gut microbiome in bird migration eco‐physiology Long-distance bird migration is one of the most metabolically and immunologically challenging feats in the animal kingdom, with birds often needing to double their weight in a matter of days and faci....

New review just out, led by the talented @pcapi.bsky.social: "Migratory microbiomes: the role of the gut microbiome in bird migration eco-physiology". Highlights the range of physiological functions the GM might help mediate during migration.

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Amazing! Congratulations! I will read it with much interest 🤓

Characterisation and phylogenetic analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of two endemic lampreys from Greece (Caspiomyzon hellenicus and Caspiomyzon graecus) using Long-Read technology - Molecu... Background The genus Caspiomyzon is comprised of three species, two of which are found in Greece (Caspiomyzon hellenicus and Caspiomyzon graecus). Both species are endemic with very restricted distrib...

Greece holds the highest N of freshwater fishes across the Mediterranean. A region in peril with alarming N of threatened sp. We annotated the complete mitochondrial genomes of two Greek lampreys (Critically Endangered) with #ONT & MORE @cgubili.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I highly recommend this place & people! If you're looking for a PhD position in a vibrant and friendly academic environment, with great opportunities for your career development, apply!

And then ... this guy appears... to make my day so happy. We went for a not planned lunch & afternoon fika. He is definitely one of my favorite people in this world. What a human being! Urban Olsson, you're a gem 🇸🇪 💎 ✨️ 💖 🐦

I am honored to have been invited to give a webinar for Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Birds of the World on 20 Feb at 12:00 PM US ET (18:00 Swedish time) on Integrative taxonomy (with examples from research I've been involved with): lnkd.in/dt_Vjnv2 . Registration needed beforehand. Welcome!

Meanwhile in Brazil 🇧🇷 indigenous people had their rights threatened one more time! By loosing their right for education. Worth mention the Governance of Pará State is meeting with Mercuria Energy Group 🇨🇭 this week to discuss carbon budget that was supposed to benefit these people. Isn't funny? 🤡 👀

I am absolutely flattered to share our review at @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social. Lead by Dr. Camila Ribas! A collaborative/interdisciplinary work where we integrated geological, climatic, ecological and genetic evidence for the region that hosts the largest biodiversity on Earth: the Amazon! Enjoy it! 😃

Göteborg-->Linköping, Sverige, 2025 #evolution #Sweden

Great talk! #evolution #sweden at @linkopinguni.bsky.social

Meze! With @cbenvenuto.bsky.social & @cgubili.bsky.social

My motto! @rominassbatista.bsky.social ☕☕☕☕