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An end to conflict and expansion of deforestation

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 .

Why this mammal eats its own brain

Dino Grandoni has written an excellent perspective on the shrew project for the Washington Post!

New postdoc opportunity!

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.

Dávalos talks genomics and the Amazon at United Nations General Assembly side event

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.

Kristjan Mets graduates from his Ph.D.

Kristjan Mets graduated in the Spring 2022 doctoral hooding ceremony. Dr. Mets’ dissertation explored how environmental reservoirs and between species interactions influence emergent infectious disease transmission.