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Matthias Kleiner, president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (left) and Celso Lafer, president of FAPESP, signed the renewal of a collaboration agreement between the two foundations.

The Universidade de São Paulo promotes a cycle of annual conferences covering many areas of knowledge.

São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences on Anisotropic Conductors and Semiconductors brings together more than 60 post-graduate and post-doctoral students to dialogue with some of the top specialists in the area.

The São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences in Chemistry was held from August 14-18, 2011 at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), under the auspices of the FAPESP’s São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences (ESPCA) funding line.

José Goldemberg opens International Bioenergy Conference, which gathers more than 200 researchers from Brazil and abroad in Campos do Jordão to debate sector perspectives

Proposals in synthetic biology for biofuels and bio-derived chemicals and sustainability are welcome until October 17, 2011. The total amount of resources available for the selected proposals is US$ 2 million

Two projects involving laser therapy developed in the USP Dentistry Department’s Basic Research Laboratory with FAPESP funding win prizes at international congresses

Early attempts at deliberate clinical application of mesenchymal stem cells without a full understanding of the fundamental molecular mechanisms of these cells has resulted in a certain degree of disillusionment regarding the efficacy of their use for treatment of autoimmune illnesses.

Scientists discuss construction of a radio telescope that would enable Brazilian and Argentine researchers to gain access to the largest astronomical project in existence.

Book asserts that technological innovation is key for the sector to become sustainable.

Scientists dialogue with education and extension, producing new approaches to university teaching and orienting high school students for chemistry Olympics.

Brazilian researchers perform studies on Pluto system that may contribute to the voyage of NASA’s New Horizons space probe to the planet in 2015.

The result of coupling optics and medicine, photonic therapies have become a reality in Brazil thanks to research conducted in the past decade by the São Carlos Optics and Photonics Research Center (Cepof).

Ricardo Renzo Brentani, FAPESP’s executive president, receives Octavio Frias de Oliveira Award for "Outstanding Personality".

Scientists develop minimally invasive method to gauge intercranial pressure. System receives the support of World Health Organization for dissemination in Latin America.

Museum collects works of Latin American and Eastern European artists through postal network established when countries faced dictatorships.

Annual edition of JCR has 1,075 scientific publications that received a impact factor rating for the first time, 35 of which are Brazilian.

Formed by the epidermis and the exoskeleton, the integument of insects is largely responsible for the evolutionary success and mega-diversity of this group of organisms.

Biodiversity is still an endless source of new molecular architecture for the development of medicines, cosmetics and agrichemicals, say researchers.

WHO report on depression brings together population studies in 18 countries and shows a relationship between the disorder and social conditions.

Software makes analysis of matrimonial practices among indigenous South American peoples possible.

Study with 1,116 subjects shows that the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is over 35% and is directly associated with educational level.

Over the 250 years of taxonomic science, researchers have discovered some 1.7 million species of living beings. But according to Professor Cláudio Oliveira of the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) in Botucatu’s Institute of Biosciences, it is estimated that around 87% of all existing species are still completely unknown.

FAPESP and Universities of Toronto and Western Ontario will support the exchange of researchers.

Scientists discuss recent advances and the challenges of molecular mechanisms related to pain and analgesia.

A group of researchers is concentrating its efforts, until 2015, on explaining the main causes of metabolic diversity of angiosperms.

Researchers and scholars on the life and works of Lina Bo and Pietro Maria Bardi will soon have easier access to the archives of the architects.

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), one of the Research Councils UK (RCUK), released a new call for proposals for international research funding for NERC researchers in partnership with scientists from other countries.

The 7th Evaluation Meeting of the BIOTA-FAPESP Program and the Evaluation Meeting of BIOprospecTA were concluded on July 11, 2011 at FAPESP’s headquarters in São Paulo.

Another potential alternative could lie in genetic improvement of the microorganisms utilized in the conventional industrial production process for the biofuel through fermentation.