Eduardo Geraque
BIOTA - 20 YEARS

A poisonous weave
A spider web commonly found in the Americas is composed of toxins that paralyze and help kill prey
Neurosciences

A smell, a response
Mouse brain activates a distinct set of neurons in response to different animal odors
UFRJ – 100 YEARS

Strengths in life sciences
From basic to applied research, UFRJ has produced cutting-edge science across different fields
Atmospheric sciences

Pizza soot
Pizzerias in São Paulo produce the equivalent of 9% of the fine particulate matter emitted by vehicles in the city’s Metropolitan Region
Microbiology

Fighting infections with graphene
Nanomaterial enables low doses of light to eliminate bacteria
Molecular biology

Sugarcane mapped
A team coordinated by Brazilian scientists finds over 370,000 genes when sequencing a commercial cultivar of the plant
Structural biology

The essence of molecules
Crystallography facilitates drug development
Environment

A theory endures
A lizard from the Amazon region reinforces a German geologist’s position
Crodowaldo Pavan
Influences and developments
Brazil has a number of groups that are working at the cutting edge of knowledge
Technology

Deep Stability
Researchers from USP develop an unprecedented project for a platform to extract oil on the high seas