This week I talked to the “Problemas Brasileiros” magazine about my role in the design of the Amazon Creative Lab of Genomics under the Amazonia 4.0 Initiative. I hope we will have more (and exciting) news on that soon: the idea is to build a portablelab for capacity building on DNA sequencing using automation and real time sequencers, targeted to non-biologists living in Amazonia. Together with a database for these sequences under development in a collaboration with researchers from the University of São Paulo, we hope this can foster the generation of new markets, new products and new research that will ultimately help us to increase the value of standing forests and improve livelihoods.
Here is the link to the interview (in Portuguese): https://revistapb.com.br/meio-ambiente/industria-amazonia-4-0/
