3D printed face shields are worn by frontline health workers over a conventional surgical mask.
Researchers at the University of Campinas are organizing professionals, supplies and equipment to test for COVID-19, understand how the virus works, identify existing drugs that are effective against the disease, and use 3D printing to produce parts for ventilators and personal protective equipment.
The initiative is coordinated by Butantan Institute and includes units in several cities accredited by Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL), the regional reference laboratory. Short supply is the main bottleneck delaying the expansion of testing in the state.
One of the studies will evaluate the effectiveness of drugs that inhibit bradykinin against pulmonary inflammation in critical patients. The other will analyze the transmission dynamics of the novel coronavirus in a small town in Amazonia.
At an event organized by FAPESP and the UK’s Royal Society, researchers showed how partnerships are important in producing scientific results at the knowledge frontier.
This topic was discussed by specialists from several countries at the São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Mental Health and Evidence-Based Interventions, an event held with the support of FAPESP.
Eindhoven University of Technology focuses on innovation. Scientific and technological cooperation will be fostered by joint project funding.
Agreement between São Paulo State University and American Chemical Society facilitates the compilation of information dispersed across more than 30,000 scientific articles.
The meeting was organized by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in São Paulo and FAPESP with the aim of fostering collaborative research.
Initiative supported by FAPESP, USP, UNICAMP and global partners sets out to discover new molecules against tropical parasitic diseases. Its aim is to develop effective and affordable drugs.
The project was launched in November 2019 in Beijing at an event hosted by China’s National Academy for Innovation Strategy.
Projects funded jointly by FAPESP and Canada’s IDRC are developing solutions to combat Aedes aegypti. Researchers and entrepreneurs from Brazil and Mexico discussed these innovations at a workshop.
Presidents of FAPESP and of the Université de Paris highlight at FAPESP Week France the importance of academic and scientific collaborations between Brazilians and the French. Collaboration agreement to reinforce the partnership will soon be signed.
Partnership formalized during symposium organized in Paris widens collaborative research opportunities between scientists from France and São Paulo.
Presidents of FAPESP and of the University of Lyon highlight during the opening of FAPESP Week France the importance of research collaboration between scientists from the French region and the State of São Paulo.
USP has been chosen to partner with the new Engineering Research Center, which will start operating in 2020, with an investment of up to USD20 million in ten years.
The aims of these subnational institutions include bolstering the impact of Brazilian science and increasing the benefits of cross-border cooperation.
Guaranteeing stable funding is key if Brazilian researchers are to use the scientific instruments that will become available in the years ahead, according to experts at the Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science.
Initiatives should include more integration with the world economy and promotion of strategic sectors, according to US researchers from MIT and Brazilian authors of a recently published book.
Adaptation to climate change and mitigation of its effects are subjects of interest to Mozambique’s National Research Fund (FNI), which has signed a cooperation agreement with FAPESP.
The proposal is to find a balance in funding between research that delivers societal and economic impacts and research that advances knowledge.
Analysis of 31 partnered research programmes conducted by nine funding agencies is presented to 8th Annual Meeting of Global Research Council in São Paulo.
Large-scale science facilities set to come on stream in Latin America in the years ahead can help scientists in the region take the lead and enhance the impact of their research.
Researchers and heads of funding agencies from several countries highlight ways and means of fostering large-scale long-term scientific collaborations in Latin America.
Aims of the center hosted by UNICAMP include developing innovative solutions to optimize oil well production and efficiency, as well as reservoir rehabilitation.
