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Silviano Santiago: The cosmopolitan literary

The critic, novelist, and poet pioneered transdisciplinary and postcolonial analyses of Brazilian literature

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Carlos Guerra Schrago: The theory and practice of evolution

The discipline that seeks to reconstruct the histories of species is itself evolving, according to UFRJ biologist

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Luiz Eugênio Mello: Even something good has room for improvement

The new scientific director of FAPESP on his plans and the challenges for research as a result of the pandemic

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Michel Nussenzweig: Antibody hunter

Brazilian-born immunologist searches the plasma of patients who have survived COVID-19 for proteins capable of fighting the novel coronavirus

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Michael Boris Green: The tuner of strings

British physicist shares his role in the 1980s reformulation of a theory that aims to describe all that exists in the universe

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Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz: An igniter of change

FAPESP scientific director shares how he encouraged behaviors that helped improve research in São Paulo

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Ester Cerdeira Sabino: Tailing the coronavirus

Researcher who coordinated the genetic sequencing of the new coronavirus strain believes the disease should reach its peak in Brazil between the end of April and the beginning of May

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Gene therapy on the horizon

American biochemist Jennifer Doudna, from the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the best-known names behind the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique

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Ezequiel Zylberberg: Diagnosis of an ecosystem

MIT researcher claims long-term investment in the country is essential to create companies of world-class innovation

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Augusto Damineli: Stellar interpreter

An astrophysicist recounts his discovery that the most-studied star beyond our Sun undergoes periodic dips in luminance, and is actually a system composed of two stars

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Adrian Lavalle: The exercise of democracy

A study on non-electoral control mechanisms reveals the innovative character of the Brazilian experience

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Eva Zažímalová: Eyes on the world

President of the Czech Academy of Sciences discusses strategies to integrate science internationally and bring it closer to industry

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Thelma Krug: The climate negotiator

Mathematician and vice president of the IPCC talks about environmental policy debates and Brazil's image abroad

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Heather Lombardi: Support for gene editing

FDA official says the agency is in favor of editing the genomes of living organisms to create products that benefit society

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Graham Dellaire: Science with caution

Molecular biologist says ethical use of gene editing depends on broad consensus and a shift in scientific culture

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Eunézio Antonio Thoroh de Souza: The voice of graphene

A physicist and opera singer from Minas Gerais has created a research center to turn basic science into high-tech products

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João Batista Calixto: The voice of Brazilian pharmaceuticals

The pharmacologist from Minas Gerais has dedicated his life to developing new drugs

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Fernanda De Negri: Leveraging the benefits of technology

IPEA economist talks about her ambitions for a new research center that seeks to understand and debate the social and economic impacts of generating knowledge

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Anna Curtenius Roosevelt: The rainforest archaeologist

Excavations in South America helped the American researcher reinterpret how Amazonia was occupied before European colonization

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Gláucio Ary Dillon Soares: The sociologist of love

One of the founders of sociology in Brazil, IESP professor Gláucio Soares talks about his six decades of experience teaching and reveals that he is researching love

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Richard Sever: Speeding up scientific communication

Biochemist suggests all researchers should be required to publish draft manuscripts on public repositories

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Lauro Barata: The network of natural wealth

A chemist promotes connections in order to turn plant substances into applied products

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Paulo Moutinho: Standing in the forest

Biology, economics, and biking trips help the ecologist think about sustainable development in the Amazon

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Vera Lucia Imperatriz Fonseca: The vast world of bees

For 20 years, the biologist has defended the role of pollinators in conserving native forests and expanding agricultural production

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Eunézio Antonio Thoroh de Souza: The voice of graphene

A physicist and opera singer from Minas Gerais has created a research center to turn basic science into high-tech products

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Alexandre Antonelli: At the forefront of science in royal gardens

In February, a Brazilian biologist will assume the role of scientific director of Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom

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Antônio Drauzio Varella: The doctor’s message

The oncologist who treated the first AIDS cases in Brazil uses every media platform to clarify the issues he considers important regarding public health

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Daniel Kennefick: The importance of Sobral

An astrophysicist and science historian reports that without the observation of the eclipse in the city of Ceará, the experimental results of 1919 would probably have been inconclusive

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Klement Tockner: Creative environments

President of Austrian agency explains how the industry can benefit from basic science

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Márcia Cristina Bernardes Barbosa: More space for women

Physicist specialized in the properties of water fights gender discrimination in science

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