Virginia Tech wraps up competition in $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest
September 02, 2024
September 02, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 2 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
On a scorching morning in early July, Julie Allen and her all-woman genetic sampling team of early career scientists and undergraduate students were ferried up the Rio Negro in Brazil. A pod of dolphins served as escort.
Allen's group was a part of Limelight Rainforest, a multinational team from 10 institutions that traveled deep into the Amazon Rainforest to compete in the final round of XPR . . .
On a scorching morning in early July, Julie Allen and her all-woman genetic sampling team of early career scientists and undergraduate students were ferried up the Rio Negro in Brazil. A pod of dolphins served as escort.
Allen's group was a part of Limelight Rainforest, a multinational team from 10 institutions that traveled deep into the Amazon Rainforest to compete in the final round of XPR . . .