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FAPESP announces result of call with Research Foundation – Flanders Versão em português

Seven proposals for collaboration in research were selected that will bring together researchers from the state of São Paulo and Belgium


FAPESP and the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), from Belgium, announce the result of a call for proposals launched in 2021. This is the third opportunity for scientific, bilateral cooperation launched jointly by the institutions since they signed a collaboration agreement in 2018.

Seven collaborative projects were selected and will be conducted by researchers from the state of São Paulo and researchers from Flanders in different areas of knowledge.

Selected proposals:

An analysis of network automata as models for biological and natural processes
PI: Odemir Martinez Bruno
Host Institution: University of São Paulo (USP)
PI abroad: Luis Enrique Correa da Rocha
Institution abroad: Universiteit Gent

Assessing critical thresholds of tropical ecosystems integrity using water content estimated from field and microwave remote sensing data
PI: Rafael Silva Oliveira
Host Institution: University of São Paulo (USP)
PI abroad: Ben Somers
Institution abroad: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Follow the charge: using advanced optical and X-ray spectroscopy to master charge transfer processes in phosphors
PI: Lucas Carvalho Veloso Rodrigues
Host Institution: University of São Paulo (USP)
PI abroad: Philippe Smet
Institution abroad: Universiteit Gent

Mass-manufacturable metamaterials with passive and smart inclusions for broadband noise and vibration attenuation performance
PI: Leopoldo Pisanelli Rodrigues de Oliveira
Host Institution: University of São Paulo (USP)
PI abroad: Elke Deckers
Institution abroad: Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie

Regulatory proteins acting at the crossroads of light and jasmonate signaling: characterization of their molecular function and their impact on crop quality
PI: Maria Magdalena Rossi
Host Institution: University of São Paulo (USP)
PI abroad: Alain Goossens
Institution abroad: Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie

The evolution of caste plasticity and caste dimorphism in insect societies
PI: Fabio Santos do Nascimento
Host Institution: University of São Paulo (USP)
PI abroad: Tom Wenseleers
Institution abroad: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Understanding the role of neutrophil recruitment and activation in arboviral diseases
PI: Rafael Elias Marques Pereira Silva
Host Institution: Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)
PI abroad: Paul Proost
Institution abroad: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven


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