Kwibuka Belcare successfully defended his MSc thesis on fine root biomass and production, conducted within the Rwanda TREE project - congratulations!

Niyokwizerwa Jeannette successfully defended her MSc thesis on tree growth and productivity based on the third Nyungwe census - congratulations!

Karekezi Felicien successfully defended his MSc thesis on leaf defoliation, conducted within the Rwanda TREE project - congratulations!

Brigitte sampling leaf samples collected predawn for storage in cryo shipper and subsequent osmolality measurements.

A Postdoc position in our group on the topic of "Tropical biodiversity, ecosystem services, and trait based tree species selection", with application deadline July 2: https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89bead79bb7258ad55c8d75228e5b7&job_id=40812

Brigitte gives her Introductory PhD seminar at the University of Gothenburg.

New meta-analysis article on knowledge gaps in tropical research, led by Daniel Metcalf and with contributions from quite a few in our team. https://share.google/Fg2dE7f43c2N5Ljac

Doctor Ntirugulirwa on his big day! Flanked by main supervisor, opponent and parts of the examination committee.

Paper by Manzi et al. on photosynthetic heat tolerance, published in Plant, Cell & Environment, https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70079

Nyungwe data used in a Nature paper with Göran, Etienne and Brigitte N as co-authors: Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08663-2

Brigitte, Hampus, Cecilia and Simon measure leaf and branch water uptake, as well as branch capacitance, at all three sites.

Brand new Doctor Manzi with opponent Emanuel Gloor and supervisors at the University of Gothenburg

Leaf isoprene emission measurements in Rubona

Litter bag experiment being set up

Olivier Manzi nailing his PhD thesis!

Gudula is now a MSc!

PhD Aloysie Manishimwe has been rewarded!

Brigitte is now a MSc! Here celebrating with fellow Rwanda TREE team members.

New article published by Olivier, to be found here: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20013

Göran presenting keynote at the annual meeting of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) held in Kigail.