Serrapilheira Networks
Serrapilheira Networks
Launched in 2022, the internal call aims to stimulate collaborations between scientists and science communicators, as well as between researchers from different fields already supported by the institute, planting the seeds for interdisciplinary partnerships.
2023
Life Sciences / Journalism
Fungi in the territory: bringing scientific knowledge back to amazonian communities
How to return scientific information to communities while respecting traditional knowledge and wisdom?
Geosciences / Journalism
Unveiling the invisible of paleontology in the Amazon
Despite being essential, the knowledge of riverine and indigenous peoples is rarely mentioned in scientific publications.
Life Sciences / Journalism
The fish you eat is not the fish you want to eat
Journalists covering food and scientists studying marine life will together examine a symbolic case of environmental degradation for all of Brazil.
Education / Life Sciences
Planting a living Potiguara school: intercultural dialogues connecting ecology and revitalizing the native language
Production of scientific communication and educational materials through foundational workshops.
Life Sciences / Podcast
Logbook: scientific narratives in the Ocean Decade
Building narratives about scientific practice from the field diary of biologist Rodolfo Nascimento.
Life Sciences / Journalism
Journey into the mysteries of the biodiversity of the Rupestrian Fields
A documentary series records the daily routine of researchers in the execution of an ecology project.
Computer Science / Journalism
The Big Five and the platformization of the climate emergency
Report on the “platformization of the climate emergency” from the calculation of the carbon footprint of the Big Five.
Journalism / Mathematics / Chemistry
Who pollutes our waters?
Project cross-references information on treated water contamination with data on polluting sources to reveal the origin of toxic substances that reach taps across the country.
Life Sciences / Geosciences / Journalism
The sea within me: connected ecosystems to strengthen ocean culture in Brazil
What is the journey and impact of a PET bottle cap thrown into a river in the Northeast interior until it reaches the sea?
Documentary / Geosciences
In the Clouds
Documentary brings the science that studies the mechanisms of rain production in the Amazon rainforest closer to the everyday experience and knowledge of Brazilians about the climate.
Computer Science / Events and Programs
Rio 60º
Multimedia platform with data visualization and scientific illustrations on climate resilience science.
2022
Computer Science / Life Sciences
Mapping high-risk mosquito infestation areas on a large geographical scale
Creating a robust framework for large-scale risk mapping, supporting arbovirus surveillance.
Life Sciences / Geosciences
Unraveling the importance of anthropogenic and climatic factors on the evolution of Amazonian landscapes
Understanding the importance of anthropogenic and climatic legacies on Amazonian landscapes.
Computer Science / Geosciences
Data-driven biogeochemical dynamics
Fábio Pereira dos Santos and Fabrício Caxito aim to predict, identify, or even control biogeochemical changes using mathematical equations.
Life Sciences / Physics
The universality of ecological interactions
Raul Costa-Pereira and Thiago Fleury seek to explore the potential universality of ecological interactions.
Life Sciences / Chemistry
Development of a predictive biosensor for Cytokine release syndrome
Project to reduce severe clinical events and hospitalization time in cancer treatments.