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FAPESP and KCL announce results of call for proposals Versão em português
The FAPESP, São Paulo Research Foundation and the King's College London, KCL in the UK, have disclosed the list of projects approved under the public call for proposals issued on 10 May 2012, under the agreement for scientific cooperation between the two institutions.
The call was open to proposals for researcher exchange between the state of São Paulo and the KCL submitted by principal investigators currently supported by FAPESP under one of the following grant mechanisms: Regular Research Awards; Thematic Project; the Young Researchers at Emerging Centers Program; and the Centers for Research, Innovation and Dissemination (CEPID) Program.
Selected proposals:
| Researchers | Projects |
|---|---|
| Edson Amaro Junior – USP Thomas White - KCL |
Factors modulating neural processing time measured using fMRI |
| Nicola Amanda Conran Zorzetto – UNICAMP Swee Lay Thein - KCL |
Scientific Cooperation for the Study of Haemoglobinopathies: Clinical, Cellular and Molecular Alterations |
| Roberto Santana da Silva – USP Lea Ann Dailey – KCL |
Evaluation of the synergistic effects of nitric oxide and singlet oxygen produced by ruthenium-phthalocyanine complexes in lung tumors: Photochemical and photophysical studies, in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity |
| Soraia Katia Pereira Costa – USP Susan Diane Brain - KCL |
Is Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) signaling required for innate immunity against increased asthma susceptibility due to early air pollutant contact? |
| Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro – MCT Martin Wooster – KCL |
Improving the description of injection height and aerosol composition in biomass burning emission in atmospheric chemistry-transport models. |
| Silvia Helena de Carvalho Sales Peres – USP Guy Carpenter - KCL |
Is there a salivary biomarker for periodontitis associated with weight reduction therapies? |
| Wothan Tavares de Lima – USP Yanira Riffo Vasquez - KCL |
Obesity and sex hormones in lung injury |
More information about the agreement is available at: www.fapesp.br/en/6963
Page updated on 09/25/2012 - Published on 09/12/2012