Maria Guimarães
Zoology
Retroactive epidemiology
Study of tadpoles preserved identifies fungus responsible for die-off
Virology
Microcephaly in vitro
Zika virus replicates inside neural stem cells, disrupting brain development
Lux Boelitz Vidal
Lux Boelitz Vidal: Collector of cultures
Anthropologist has contributed to the demarcation of indigenous lands
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Battle against the disappearances
Researchers work to identify persons who disappeared during the dictatorship
BIODIVERSITY
Appearances are deceiving
Integrated genetic and ecological studies reveal evolutionary processes
Thomas Lewinsohn
Thomas Lewinsohn: Amplitude to think
Ecologist integrates evolution and physical and mathematical models
ZOOLOGY
The foxes of the Americas
Deforestation promotes encounters between different species of foxes
infectology
A villain with many faces
Fighting dengue requires a combination of old and new strategies
By Maria Guimarães and Pablo Nogueira
Thomas Lovejoy
Thomas Lovejoy: Fifty years in the Amazon
Groundbreaking project that has helped to define forest conservation areas
By Maria Guimarães and Carlos Fioravanti
MEDICINE
Diabetes surgery
New guidelines recommend gastric bypass surgery to fight metabolic diseases
Yara Schaeffer Novelli
Yara Schaeffer Novelli: Knee-deep in the mangroves
Researcher moves from ecology to public policy to education
NEUROSCIENCE
Movement for the brain
Exercise in childhood has long-lasting effects on intellectual performance
IMMUNOLOGY
One way to contain parasites
Newly discovered mechanism destroys causative agents of Chagas disease
Biogeography
When the ocean was forest
The Atlantic Forest may have occupied the continental shelf in the Ice Age
Memory
The legend of an invisible monk
Gregor Mendel’s experiments with pea plants gave birth to genetics
ENVIRONMENT
Damage hidden in the mud
Dam collapse in Minas Gerais can change the ecological dynamics of the Rio Doce
Memory
Where art and science intersect
Publication highlights the importance of scientific illustration