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A newly established Fulbright Scholar Program called Fulbright Amazonia supports an international network of scientists who will carry out research dedicated to protecting the diverse wildlife and indigenous communities of the Amazon. Dávalos will investigate the effect of coca cultivation and cocaine trafficking on Amazonian wildlife and communities.
The job in brief
The purpose of this job is to oversee operations of our on-campus research laboratory focusing on biodiversity genomics at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York. This is a lab manager position encompassing about 50% bench and 50% administrative lab support. While the position is currently funded for 5 years, I aim to renew it and it may become a permanent staff position.
¡Aún hay tiempo para salvar los mamíferos amenazados de Madagascar! Esta reseña en Muy Interesante resalta los desafíos para la conservación.
What if the threatened mammals of Madagascar are effectively conserved? Millions of years of evolutionary history would be saved! Check out this write-up from Nature by Paul Adepoju.
What’s balance of deforestation in the Colombian Amazon? Check out this report at Mongabay LatAm by Antonio Paz .
Did Operación Artemisa, a military effort to stop deforestation, work? Not according to this report at Mongabay LatAm by David Tarazona and Julian Parra.
Back in 2001, during a temporary rapprochement, Liliana predicted bursts of deforestation following the end of conflict. Decades later, the data bear this prediction out check out this synthesis at Mongabay LatAm by Antonio Paz .
Together with Angela Rasmussen, were hiring an #integrative biology #postdoc! Love🦇 #bats, 🧬 #ecology, #evolution, #viruses 🦠? Come work with us on a NSF funded collaboration with Tigga Kingston and Simon Anthony. This position is now closed.
Alongside other experts from the Science Panel for the Amazon and industry, PI Dávalos spoke at the United Nations General Assembly side event on The Amazon as a Bioeconomy Superpower: Investing in Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Development which highlighted sustainable options for regional economic growth.
