How can we restore what has already been lost?This question, central to conservation biology, is beginning to receive a new answer: genomic engineering applied to biodiversity. A recent article published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity proposes incorporating gene editing into nature conservation strategies. According to the authors, led by researchers from the University of East Anglia...

Deforestation in the Amazon jeopardizes not only forests, but also essential ecosystem services that underpin energy security in Brazil. The Amazon rainforest is a pillar for maintaining the “flying rivers”, currents of moisture that feed the rainfall regimes needed to supply hydroelectric reservoirs across the country. A recent study [1] by the Climate Policy Initiative/Pontifical...

The health of aquatic ecosystems is at the heart of discussions on biodiversity and climate change, especially with regard to eutrophication – the excessive accumulation of nutrients that degrades water quality and reduces biodiversity. Measuring the trophic state, which indicates the degree of eutrophication of a lake, is essential for the effective conservation of these...

A few months ago, I was trying to explain to Niklas Azinger from Infinita Fund why Bio Bureau, my company, didn’t fit into a health technology event. I found myself focusing on what we are NOT: ocean technology, climate technology and even biotechnology – a term that can be misleading, as it is often associated...

Agile Journey Over the last two years, my team and I have adopted agile development methods to carry out complex R&D projects in biotechnology. We swapped traditional Gantt charts for Scrum, looking for ways to navigate the uncertainties of our projects more effectively. The move wasn’t a whim; it was a matter of survival. Inefficiency...