As part of the "Amazoniaconnex" project, funded by the INTER-UG grant and the AIBSI, a delegation from UMR QUALISUD travelled to the heart of Amazonia in Manaus from 9 to 11 October 2023. The aim of this mission was to create a bridge between the University of French Guiana and the federal and state universities of Amazonas, and to promote the creation of the Amazon Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainable Innovation (AIBSI).
C he delegation was made up of Jean-Charles ROBINSON, University Professor in Biochemistry, Didier BEREAU, Senior Lecturer, HDR in Chemistry, Louis-Jérôme LEBA, Senior Lecturer in Plant Physiology and Elodie JEAN-MARIE, Senior Lecturer in Agri-food Biochemistry.
The mission provided an opportunity to discuss a number of bridges in the fields of training and research (making the most of natural substances). The programme was as follows:
Monday
Federal University of the State of Amazonas
- Meeting with Rector Sylvio PUGA and the UFAM International Relations Office
- Visit to an analytical platform for water quality (analysis of river water; explanation of the high mortality rate of pink dolphins) and air analysis (fallout from forest fires in the city).
- Visit to the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Visit to the food science department
- Visit to the plant improvement laboratory
Tuesday
Federal University of the State of Amazonas
- Visit the plant and animal genetics and evolutionary biology laboratories
- Visit to the biotechnology laboratory
- Visit to the animal parasitology laboratory
- Visit to the National Institute for Research in Amazonia (INPA)
- Visit to the House of Science (Casa da CIÊNCIA)
Wednesday
Amazonas State University
- Visit to the École Supérieure de Technologie
- Visit to the École supérieure de Santé
The inter-university framework agreements currently in the process of being signed should provide a legal framework that will encourage exchanges of teachers and students in the near future, in order to maintain links with sister universities in Amazonia.
