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Microsoft-FAPESP Environmental Science Workshop (November, 11-12, 2010
Published on November 05, 2010São Paulo - Brazil 2010, November, 11–12 Environmental science is faced with enormous data-driven challenges: From data acquisition to data management, cleaning, provenance, annotation, visualization, sharing, publication, discovery and archival. These challenges are accompanied by an acceleration in problem complexity and the need for new, integrated multidisciplinary approaches to research. In response to these important and daunting trends it is essential to develop new [...] -
International Symposium on Phylogeography (November 8 and 9, 2010)
Published on October 14, 2010When: November 8 and 9, 2010 Hours: from 8:30 to 18:15 Where: Auditório da FEA 5 – USP Faculdade de Economia e Administração - USP Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 908 Parking: Bolsão da FEA No subscription cover. Presentarions in English, Portuguese and Spanish, with translation to Portuguese and English. RSVP: www.fapesp.br/biota/evento/filogeografia/adesao Further information: (11) 3838-4362 / 4216 Provisional Schedule [...] -
About BIOEN Workshop on Synthetic Biology
Published on October 08, 2010BIOEN periodically organizes workshops at FAPESP’s main office to discuss different aspects of science and technology in Bioenergy. We should be grateful to invite you to the BIOEN Workshop in Synthetic Biology, which will take place on October 26, 2010, from 9 am to 6 pm at the Auditorium of the School of Economics and Business Administration (FEA 5) of University of São Paulo (USP). Renowned lecturers interested in cooperative activities with Brazil will take part of the event [...] -
Programme
Published on October 08, 2010BIOEN Workshop on Synthetic Biology 9:00 Opening 9:30 Ben Hankamer (Solar Biofuel Consortium, University of Brisbane, Australia) The economics, technical challenges and advances of microalgal biofuel production 10:00 Nitin Baliga (Institute for Systems Biology, USA) Multiscale models for redirecting evolution [...] -
BIOEN Workshop on Synthetic Biology (Oct 26, 2010)
Published on October 08, 2010Renowned lecturers interested in cooperative activities with Brazil will take part of the event (please refer to program below). The meeting stands for an opportunity to promote interdisciplinary research in Systems and Synthetic Biology and discuss the technological roadmap for the use of plants and microorganisms in the production of new biomaterials and biofuels. Registration form Date: October 26, 2010 Time: 9 am to 6 pm Place: FEA 5 Auditorium – [...] -
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Published on October 06, 2010BIOEN Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis 9:00 AM Opening 9:30 AM James Barber (Imperial College, United Kingdom) Photosynthetic water splitting and the structure of PSII 10:15 AM James Sturgis (LISM/CNRS and University of the Mediterranean, France) Supramolecular structures of the photosynthetic apparatus in the [...] -
BIOEN Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis (Oct 25, 2010)
Published on October 06, 2010The workshop is essentially aimed at stimulating Bioen/FAPESP research groups to study molecular mechanisms concerned with photosynthesis by using state-of-the-art techniques of molecular biology, structural elucidation, and ultrafast dynamics. It is expected that some of these groups become interested in the greatest challenge of artificial photosynthesis (water photolysis) as a solution for the production of abundant, sustainable, and clean energy. Submission form Date: [...] -
University of Surrey
Published on September 16, 2010The cooperation agreement between FAPESP and the University of Surrey, UK, aims to support the development of joint research projects in all areas of scientific knowledge. Cooperation agreement - Signed on April 19 2022, with a validity of five years Cooperation agreement - Signed on March 14, 2016, with a validity of five years | 1º Addendum - Signed on October 2, 2017. Cooperation agreement - Signed on August 23, 2010, with a validity of five years. Call for [...] -
FAPESP-University of Surrey - Cooperation agreement
Published on September 15, 2010THIS AGREEMENT is made on August 23, 2010. BETWEEN: FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO (FAPESP) whose principal place of business is at Rua Pio XI, 1500, Alto da Lapa – CEP 05468-901, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (“FAPESP”) and University of Surrey whose principal place of business is at Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK (“University of Surrey”) BACKGROUND Both parties agree on the relevance of international scientific cooperation in all [...] -
Workshop on Marine Biodiversity - September 9 and 10, 2010
Published on August 31, 2010FAPESP R. Pio XI, 1500 - São Paulo September 9, 2010 Symposiumo I: Bioprospecting the shallow and the deep – advances in marine natural products 9h20 Bioactive marine natural products that are potential drug leads and cell biology tools Raymond J. Andersen (Departament of Chemistry and of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) [...] -
FAPESP–KCL Approved research projects
Published on August 24, 2010The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), São Paulo, Brazil, and King’s College London (KCL), London, United Kingdom, present the list of research proposals approved through the call of proposals launched in May 10, 2010, within the scope of the Cooperation Agreement established between the two institutions. The call was open for researchers affiliated to public and private Higher Education and Research institutions in the State of São Paulo. The researchers should be [...] -
About UK-Brazil Frontiers of Science
Published on August 20, 2010The UK-Brazil Frontiers of Science symposium is one of the major international events of the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary year. The symposium is being organised by the Royal Society, FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - The São Paulo Research Foudation), and Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Brazilian Academy of Sciences), and will take place from Friday 27 to Monday 30 August 2010 at the Hotel da Fazenda Dona Carolina, Itatiba (near the city of [...] -
About Frontiers of Science
Published on August 20, 2010The Frontiers of Science programme is a prestigious series of international meetings for outstanding early career scientists, initiated by the US National Academy of Sciences in 1989, and which has since been adopted by the Royal Society and a number of other prestigious national science academies and organisations worldwide, including the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. These multidisciplinary meetings [...] -
Other events
Published on August 04, 2010Evolução: aqui, agora e para sempre No dia 27 de agosto, sexta-feira, das 10h às 12h, os adolescentes brasileiros terão a oportunidade de participar de uma atividade exclusiva sobre evolução das espécies e biodiversidade com a cientista Paula Kover, professora da Universidade de Bath, no Reino Unido. A pesquisadora, além de suas atividades na universidade, é também membro do corpo editorial da revista cientifica Journal of Evolutionary Biology e membro do Comitê Governamental de [...] -
Microsoft Research – FAPESP issue call of proposals
Published on July 06, 2010The objective of this FAPESP/Microsoft Research Request for Proposals is to identify, select and support world-class research in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that is geared towards addressing social and economic development needs in the state of Sao Paulo. For the purpose of this Request for Proposal, academic research has two essential ingredients: creation of new scientific knowledge and communication of results in the world-wide academic community. Both of these [...]