Vini Brito

I am a professor at Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil. My mainly interest is flower functioning and evolution.

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

The 15th International Pollination Course will take place from the 7th to 16th of November, in the historical town of Diamantina and at the State Park of Rio Preto in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

For more information, access the link: https://t.co/AL4GHWoxLJ

Help spread the word!!!

[Agnes Dellinger @the_kunsze]

What started as a student side project became a big scientific endeavor - together with @iochromaland, Leah Maier and Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong, we show that the global distribution of #flower and #fruit colors is linked to temperature and UV-B - https://t.co/tR2uAX2Cjf

[The Academy @TheAcademy]

Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva in I'M STILL HERE. Nominated for Actress in a Leading Role at the 97th Oscars.

Watch the #Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 2nd, at 7e/4p on ABC and Hulu.

[Agnes Dellinger @the_kunsze]

Team Brazil has done a great job and finished documenting interactions between #bees and #Melastomataceae in the second elevation zone for #MountBuzz! @ArvelosCesar (photo credit) @PoricidalAnther @ca_matallana @viniduartina @ERC_Research

[Agnes Dellinger @the_kunsze]

#MountBuzz update: We started fieldwork for our first altitudinal gradient on #Melastomataceae #pollination, reproductive strategies, and #flower #evolution in #Brazil with a wonderful, skilled, motivated and diverse team! @ERC_Research @viniduartina @ArvelosCesar

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

@pirronius que espetáculo!!!

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

Internation Pollination Course core meeting!!! Good things are coming in 2025! More info soon!

[Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra @caordonezparra]

In two weeks (Nov. 20th), I'll be joining the MelastomeSeminars to discuss this family's germination ecology in the Neotropics! 🫘🌱#SeedEcology #SeedScience

If you are interested in attending, please register at the following link: https://t.co/LzAHEZIhUy.

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

I am glad to share this recently published theoretical work showing that pollen release is affected by pore size and anther shape in buzz pollinated flowers!!!

https://t.co/tlIsWEDR2x

#buzzpollination #buzzingbees #biophysics

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

@skepticzen Que absurdo!

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

@the_kunsze These guys are just the best ones!!!

[CHOQUEI @choquei]

🚨VEJA: Torcedor do Peñarol imitou um macaco ao vivo durante uma reportagem do Balanço Geral. O homem foi separados dos demais torcedores detidos.

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

@a_kantsa You are amazing! Come back soon!!!

[Bio-Interactions Lab @BioInteractLab]

Here is a media release for our new paper about explosive pollination and male male competition in flowers

https://t.co/QAivBsVxJC

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

Glad to share this research about explosive flowers and male competition in collaboration with many dear friends!!!

[Bio-Interactions Lab @BioInteractLab]

Pollen Wars: explosive pollination removes pollen deposited by previously visited flowers
Check out the early view publication in Am Nat

https://t.co/EfZ9KIKxhp

and the video below

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

@nicrodemo Thank you @nicrodemo and come back soon!!!

[Dr Charlie Woodrow @CharlieZoology]

Excited to share this work with @nicrodemo on buzz-pollination biomechanics. We show that flower biting behaviour is an effective strategy to transfer vibrations of the thorax to the flower via the head!
🐝💐
Find out more here:
https://t.co/rjvjHcGKMM

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

@renzongxin it a little monkey... Callithrix sp.

[Vini Brito @viniduartina]

We caught our lab food stealer!

[CarlosMatallana @ca_matallana]

I am happy to share our latest publication, which is the result of my master’s dissertation. We experimentally tested whether trapping trichomes favour male and female functions in trap flowers, using the protogynous trap flowers of Aristolochia esperanzae.https://t.co/nA3yx35AXN