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Results of the First ESPCA Call for Proposals
Published on November 16, 2010Seven proposals were approved in the first São Paulo School of Advanced Science (SPSAS) Call for Proposals (photo: Eduardo Cesar) FAPESP announces the results of the first Escola São Paulo de Ciência Avançada (São Paulo School of Advanced Science, SPSAS) Call for Proposals (FAPESP Call for Proposals 18/2009), published 5 October, 2009 The goal of the São Paulo School of Advanced Science (SPSAS)—a funding option made available via the mechanism Research Support – [...] -
Results of the second ESPCA Call for Proposals
Published on November 16, 2010FAPESP announces the results of the second Escola São Paulo de Ciência Avançada (São Paulo School of Advanced Science, SPSAS) Call for Proposals (FAPESP Call for Proposals 04/2010), launched on 28 April, 2010. The goal of the ESPCA is to create opportunities for researchers from São Paulo to organize events that attract young students or postdoctoral researchers from other countries and regions, encouraging them to interact with local students and researchers and to debate cutting-edge [...] -
SPSAS, São Paulo School of Advanced Science
Published on November 16, 2010Through the São Paulo School of Advanced Science (SPSAS) FAPESP offers funding for the organization of short duration courses in advanced research in the different areas of knowledge in the State of Sao Paulo. It is expected that each SPSAS offers short duration (around 2 weeks) courses in advanced themes in science and technology, contributing to the formation of the young attendants. Though this initiative FAPESP expects to establish, in the State of Sao Paulo, a globally competitive hub [...] -
BE-BASIC
Published on November 11, 2010The BE-Basic Foundation (Biotechnology based Ecologically Balanced Sustainable Industrial Consortium) is a public private consortium composed of Dutch universities, research institutes and companies which has received a grant from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs for executing the BE-Basic Program. The purpose of the Program is to develop knowledge and technology to stimulate bio-based ecologically balanced sustainable industrial chemistry. FAPESP and BE-Basic intend to collaborate in [...] -
Memorandum FAPESP - BE-BASIC
Published on November 11, 2010Memorandum of Understanding Between Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo and BE-BASIC on Joint Calls for Joint Research Projects Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, a juridical person of public law, established under the authorization of State Law number 5.918 of 18 October, 1960, with Statutes approved by State Decree number 40.132 of 23 May, 1962, registered at the National Tax Payer Roll under number 43.828.151/0001-45, with head office at [...] -
Rob Fatland
Published on November 05, 2010Microsoft Microsoft External Research Division Redmond, WA, USA Dr. Dennis R. (Rob) Fatland works as a program manager for the External Research division of Microsoft Research, specifically on the use of Microsoft-driven (and other) technologies in service to environmental research. His work currently includes sensor network adaptation to rainforest micrometeorology in Brazil and data and model-driven studies of the biogeochemistry of terrestrial-marine coupling in Southeast Alaska. Dr. [...] -
Rafael Oliveira
Published on November 05, 2010State University of Campinas (Unicamp) Department of de Plant Biology Campinas, Brazil Dr. Rafael Oliveira has received his Ph.D in Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently a professor at the plant biology department at Unicamp. His research is focused on plant functional ecology, ecohydrology and biosphere-atmosphere interactions. Abstract Climate change in Brazilian Ecosystems: functional responses of native plants Extreme climatic events [...] -
Patricia Morellato
Published on November 05, 2010São Paulo State University (Unesp) Department of Botany Dr Morellato main research focus is on the phenology and seasonal changes of natural vegetation. She has investigated the patterns of plant reproduction, pollination and seed dispersal, the influence of phylogeny on phenology and methods in phenology research. More recently, Dr Morellato research has focused on the effects of environmental and climatic changes on plant phenology. She participated as a contributing author in the [...] -
Marcos S. Buckeridge
Published on November 05, 2010University of São Paulo (USP) Department of Botany Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE) Scientific Director São Paulo, SP, Brazil Marcos Buckeridge is plant biologist who has spent 20 years working at the Botanical Institute of São Paulo with native Neotropical species. During his masters and PhD he worked with cell wall polysaccharides in plants and in 1995 established a line of research focused on the comprehension of the physiological and [...] -
Jie Liu
Published on November 05, 2010Microsoft Microsoft Research Senior Researcher Redmond, WA, USA Dr. Jie Liu is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research (MSR) and the manager of the Networked Embedded Computing group, which conducts fundamental and applied research on sensing and energy-efficient computing. His research interests are on sensor networks, mobile computing, and cloud computing resource management. He has published more than 50 papers in these fields. He is an Area Editor of IEEE Tran. on Mobile Computing [...] -
Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha
Published on November 05, 2010University of São Paulo (USP) Department of Atmospheric Sciences São Paulo, Brazil Humberto Rocha, PhD, Engineer and Professor of Climatology and Hydrometeorology in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of São Paulo. His area of research comprehends the water and carbon cycle of Brazillian land terrestrial ecosystems, using field observations with automated flux towers and simulations with computational numerical modelling. He participated in the [...] -
Chris Pendleton
Published on November 05, 2010Microsoft Senior Program Manager Redmond, WA, USA Chris Pendleton is a Senior Program Manager, Lead for the Bing Mobile team focused on new features of the Bing iPhone, Android and Mobile Web applications. Chris was the Bing Maps Technical Evangelist for Microsoft Corporation, has been with Microsoft for 8 years and focused on the location-based services and GIS industry for over 10 years. Chris specializes in all things Bing Maps and Microsoft geospatial including, but not limited to [...] -
Celso von Randow
Published on November 05, 2010National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) Center for Earth System Science (CCST) Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil Celso von Randow is a researcher of the Center for Earth System Science, in the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research. Since 1999, he has been developing research on Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in tropical forests. Currently, he is collaborating with researchers from Microsoft Research and University of São Paulo on a project to test the use of [...] -
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Published on November 05, 2010State University of Campinas (Unicamp) Biosciences Institute, Department of Plant Biology Campinas, Brazil Prof. Carlos A. Joly did his BSc Biology – USP 1976; his MSc Plant Biology – UNICAMP/1979; his PhD Botany – Univ. St. Andrews-Scotland/1982, and became Full Professor Plant Ecology – UNICAMP/1997. During his career he has published more than 60 papers and/or book chapters, 10 books, supervised 23 MSc and 12 PhD, in the areas of plant ecophysiology and [...] -
Carlos Afonso Nobre
Published on November 05, 2010National Institute of Space Research (INPE) Carlos Nobre is a Senior Scientist at the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) and is currently the Director of the newly created Earth System Science Center at INPE. He is also the Chair of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Scientific Committee. He was the director of the Brazilian Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (CPTEC-INPE) from 1991-2003 and participated as a Program Scientist for the Large Scale [...]