Understanding why so many organisms are present i

n tropical ecosystems is a major scientific challenge.
The Laboratoire of excellence CEBA (Center for the study of biodiversity in Amazonia) promotes innovation in research on tropical biodiversity. It brings together a network of internationally-recognized French research teams, contributes to university education, and encourages scientific collaboration with South American countries.

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” Science Festival 2019? “

Posted on 16/12/2019

The Fête de la Science (science festival) is a French national event that resonates strongly each year in French Guiana. More and more people participate to this event to share their science using formats of all kinds of shapes and … Continued

Herbariums, water bars and microscope : welcome to the Science Festival of Maripasoula !

Posted on 11/12/2019

During the Science festival, four researchers from LabEx CEBA got the opportunity to fly to Maripasoula in the heart of the French Guiana Amazonian Parc in order to meet the children living in the town and on the banks of … Continued

Citizens & Science, what happened during the 2019 Annual Meetings?

Posted on 11/12/2019

The 8th Annual Meetings of LabEx CEBA ended on Tuesday October, 15th 2019. Every year, this two-days meeting gathers the whole CEBA’s community which is usually scattered over several continents. Since the very first year, these Annual Meetings represents an … Continued

Ecuador, 6 foreign nationalities & 23 participants… The International thematic school ‘Historical Ecology in Amazonia’ !

Posted on 30/09/2019

The first edition of the International Thematic School ‘Historical Ecology in Amazonia’ took place from 19 to 27 August 2019 in the Yasuni research station (PUCE) of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador (PUCE) in Ecuador. It was attended by … Continued

2019 Annual meeting of LabEx CEBA – Registrations are open

Posted on 10/09/2019

The annual meeting of LabEx CEBA will take place on the October 14th & 15th in Cayenne. As every year, it will bring together researchers from the CEBA community, visiting researchers, stakeholders from French Guiana society and ANR officials. Speeches … Continued

CEBA did its « back to school season » too!

Posted on 09/09/2019

As you probably know, education is extremely important at CEBA. Besides PhD students and many interns working each year with our researchers, CEBA, together with three other universities, is offering training for masters students. The EcoFog team based at Kourou … Continued

Environmental threats & climatic changes in the Amazon – 8th HYBAM International Conference

Posted on 29/08/2019

The Natural History Museum (Museum d’Histoires Naturelles), Toulouse, is really pleased to welcome you at the 8th HYBAM International Conference. The Observation Service SO HYBAM (formerly Environmental Research Observatory) “Geodynamical, hydrological and biogeochemical control of erosion/alteration and material transport in … Continued

Synthesis Center on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services – Call of interest with the Bresilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development

Posted on 23/08/2019

The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazilian federal agency under the Ministry of Science and Technology is launching a call for research proposals focusing on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Since 2017, the LabEx CEBA has been very attentive … Continued

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Latest publications

Potential of Aedes albopictus as a bridge vector for enzootic pathogens at the urban-forest interface in Brazil

Taissa Pereira dos Santos, David Roiz, Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu, Sergio Luiz Bessa Luz, Marcelo Santalucia, Davy Jiolle, Maycon Sebastiao Alberto Santos Neves, Frédéric Simard, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira & Christophe Paupy
Emerging Microbes and Infections

NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics

Santos, P.M. and 501 co-authors (including Delsuc F. and De Thoisy)
Ecology sous presse, e02663:doi:10.1002/ecy.2663

Ancient mitogenomes reveal the evolutionary history and biogeography of sloths

Delsuc F., Kuch M., Gibb G.C., Karpinski E., Hackenberger D., Szpak P., Martínez J.G., Mead J.I., McDonald H.G., MacPhee R.D.E., Billet G., Hautier L. & Poinar H.N.
Current Biology , 29::2031-2042

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