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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: China
Full professor (2006), graduated as Agricultural Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (1971), M.Sc. (1974) and Ph.D. (1978) in Agronomy from Universidade de São Paulo. Her work focuses mainly on molecular microbial ecology and plant-microbial interactions, with the following topics: bioindicators for monitoring microbial communities under land use changes, next generation sequencing, climate changes and greenhouse gas exchanges under tropical environments. Recipient of the prizes Medal for Scientific and Technological Merit (2000), Scopus 2008 and the Agribusiness Prize 2015. Elected as member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in 2008 and of the TWAS-The World Academy of Sciences in 2018. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Physical, chemical and biological processes maintain constant interaction between plant and soil. The effects of these processes are named plant-soil feedbacks and are little known in the the Amazon soils, being critical for restoring plant biodiversity and the properties of ecosystems. The objective of this work is to evaluate plant-soil feedbacks in the forest and in agricultural system…
Plants and soils are in constant interaction, and net effects of all physical, chemical and biological processes that contribute to these interactions are resulting in a so-called 'plant-soil feedback' that is known to be critical for the restoration of original plant communities and ecosystem properties. The previous land use on sites where the Atlantic Forest is to be restored has alter…
CENA / USP, Specialized Institute and Integration Organ of the University of São Paulo, currently has a body of 34 teachers hired in RDIDP, of which 8 are Professors (23.5%), 15 Associate Professors (44.1%) and 11 Professors Doctors (32.4%). Although CENA is classified as a Specialized Institute, the teaching activities (Undergraduate - ESALQ / USP courses and two CAPES Level 7 Postgradua…
The Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA) is one of the most important institutes of the University of São Paulo with excellence in teaching Graduate Studies and Research. Thus, it is of considerable relevance to prioritize improvement projects in the infrastructure of the institution. So, continuing this initiative, it was decided the CD/CENA (12/05/2016) that the resources of …
As described in the Annual Plan for Technical Reserve Application for Institutional Research Support 2015, CENA´s research development is remarkable in several aspect (publications, capacity on attracting funding agencies resources, projects involving post doc, etc.) and so we can expand these actions and always seeking for innovation and pioneering spirit. Therefore, we consider highly i…
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The removal of primary forest leads to the loss of the topsoil and a decrease in the level of nutrients available to the plants, in addition to increasing the risk of clearings caused by falling trees. Forest recovery can take up to 175 years, depending on previous land use and management. This project proposes to study the rhizosphere microbiota of tree species used in the recovery of de…
The Atlantic Forest is one of the richest tropical forests in diversity of animal and plant species and is considered one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world. Despite this, this biome is the second most threatened on the planet, and the most devastated of Brazil, therefore, its conservation and restoration is a priority issue. Several aspects must be considered in ord…
The Amazon Rainforest plays an essential role in global ecological processes, maintaining the world's largest rivers, controlling temperature, precipitation, and balancing atmospheric gases. Based on three complementary studies, this work will use a new approach to understand the biological cycle of CH4 and S in soils of the Eastern Amazon, investigating the importance of environmental fa…
Methane is one of the main greenhouse gases, and its cycle is dependent on the action of microorganisms in several of its stages, which are the only natural sources and drains in relation to soils. Methanogenic archaea typically produce this gas, while methanotrophic bacteria consume it, using it as an energy source. Thus, understanding how methane fluxes and methanotrophic bacteria respo…
In this proposal, integrated to the project "Dimensions US-BIOTA-São Paulo: Integrating dimensions of microbial biodiversity across land use change in tropical forests" (FAPESP 2014/50320-4), the trainee will be involved in the project targeting the functional microbial groups related to methane cycling in Amazonian soils. The student will support the work developed by the postdoctoral re…
The Amazon Basin is covered by the largest existing tropical rainforest, in which approximately 15% of its original cover has been replaced by areas designed to meet growing food demand in a process that alters the original physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil. Soil diversity consists mainly of Archaea and Bacteria microorganisms, which are necessary for the functionin…
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Wetlands are home to a great biodiversity, but these areas are also sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland and comprises about 600 soda lakes, extreme environments that provide a unique habitat for haloalkaliphilic microorganisms. Limited data are available about the microbial diversity of these lakes, especially information regarding to …
Preliminary results from the ongoing FAPESP funded Ph.D. project 2018/14974-0 indicated that Amazonian floodplain and forest soils have distinct methane (CH4) emission and sequestration potential in response to flooding conditions. In addition, we observed an increase in the abundance of methanogens in response to warmer conditions. Given the great importance of floodplains soils in the c…
The Amazon basin constitutes 40% of the world's rainforest, participating in global climate regulation and atmospheric gases fluxes including methane (CH4). However, more than 15% of the Amazonian forest has been converted to agricultural use, of which 80% is pastures. The Amazon soils are also important sinks of atmospheric CH4, but the forest-to-pasture conversions turn then in net emis…
The development of next-generation sequencing technologies and the improvement of new software used in Bioinformatics have revolutionized the studies of Archaea Biology. In the last ten years, approximately ten new Archaea phyla were proposed, including the ammonia-oxiding Thaumarchaeota and a potential methanogenic Bathyarchaeota phylum. In a previous study, using a soil microcosm experi…
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