{"id":11406,"date":"2012-01-20T17:57:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T19:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/?p=11406"},"modified":"2014-05-30T19:36:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T22:36:46","slug":"recent-thematic-and-young-investigator-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/recent-thematic-and-young-investigator-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Thematic and Young Investigator Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thematic projects<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Neural mechanisms in chemoreception<br \/>\n<\/strong>Researcher in charge: Eduardo Colombari<br \/>\nInstitution: Araraquara School of Dentistry \/ Unesp<br \/>\nProcess n\u00ba: 2009\/54888-7<br \/>\nSpan: 1\/Nov.\/2011 to 31\/Dec.\/2015<br \/>\nTheme: Evaluating the role of the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) in ventilation and cardiovascular responses to hypercapnia (CO<sub>2<\/sub> increase in arterial blood) of non-anesthetized rats after selective lesions. Evidence on RTN as a central chemoreceptor was obtained in experiments under anesthesia. A better understanding of this region might further the understanding of physiopathological situations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modern techniques in the spectrometry of masses and development of new applications in science: chemistry, biochemistry, materials, forensics, medicine, foods, pharmaceuticals and veterinary medicine.<\/strong><br \/>\nResearcher in charge: Marcos Nogueira Eberlin<br \/>\nInstitution: Chemistry Institute \/Unicamp<br \/>\nProcess n\u00ba: 2010\/51677-2<br \/>\nSpan: 1\/Nov.\/2011 to 31\/Dec.\/2015<br \/>\nTheme: Consolidate and expand the activities of the ThoMSon Spectrometry Laboratory of Masses as a leader in the development and use of up-to-date spectrometry of mass techniques, as well generating new areas of work, such as those involving research into hormones, forensic chemistry and characterization of bacteria in various matrices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for theoretical physics<\/strong><br \/>\nResearcher in charge: Nathan Jacob Berkovits<br \/>\nInstitution: IFT\/Unesp<br \/>\nProcess n\u00ba: 2011\/11973-4<br \/>\nSpan: 1\/12\/2011 to 30\/Nov.\/2016<br \/>\nTheme: The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), together with Paulista State University (Unesp) has recently created the ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, to be housed in Unesp\u2019s Theoretical Physics Institute in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo. The new institute will be a regional center of theoretical physics for South America.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Molecular mechanisms involved in the dysfunction and death of beta pancreatic cells in diabetes mellitus: strategies to inhibit such processes and to recover the mass of islets in different cellular and animal models<\/strong><br \/>\nResearcher in charge: Antonio Carlos Boschero<br \/>\nInstitution: Biology Institute\/Unicamp<br \/>\nProcess n\u00ba: 2011\/09012-6<br \/>\nSpan: 1\/Nov.\/2011 to 31\/Dec.\/2015<br \/>\nTheme: To study the mechanisms involved in the loss of the mass of islets and functionality in different animal models (protein malnutrition, obesity, hyperlipidemia and DM2) and the mechanisms involved in the increase of the mass of islets at different life stages (intrauterine, neonate and pregnancy). Despite the huge volume of papers about this found in literature, the molecular mechanisms underlying the reduction or the increase of the mass of beta cells in the aforementioned situations are not fully known.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Young investigator<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Production of melatonin by the cells of the central nervous system under conditions of injury<br \/>\n<\/strong>Researcher in charge: Luciana Pinato<br \/>\nInstitution: School of Philosophy and Sciences of Marilia \/Unesp<br \/>\nProcess n\u00ba: 2011\/51495-4<br \/>\nSpan: 1\/Dec.\/2011 to 30\/Nov.\/2015<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Theme: To establish the molecular bases that foster the production of melatonin in the central nervous system (CNS) and to assess whether melatonin is one of the molecular agents of the CNS\u2019s processes of defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Characterization of the hypothalamus protein S1PR1 in the control of food ingestion by rodents<\/strong><br \/>\nResearcher in charge: Eduardo Rochete Ropelle<br \/>\nInstitution: FCA\/Unicamp<br \/>\nProcess n\u00ba: 2011\/09656-0<br \/>\nSpan: 01\/Nov.\/2011 to 31\/Dec.\/2015<br \/>\nTheme: The hypothalamus is responsible for controlling food ingestion and energy expenditure. Hypothalamus proteins control the signs of satiation. The project\u2019s objective is to investigate the effects of the neuronal protein S1PR1 (sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor-1) on the control of food ingestion in several situations, such as on an empty stomach, cancer anorexia, obesity and in response to physical exercise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characterization of the population of orchid bees (<em>Apidae, euglossini<\/em>) from the state of S\u00e3o Paulo by geometric morphometrics of the wings and variability of mitochondrial DNA<\/strong><br \/>\nResearcher in charge: Tiago Mauricio Francoy<br \/>\nInstitution: EACH\/USP<br \/>\nProcess n\u00ba: 2011\/07857-9<br \/>\nSpan: 1\/12\/2011 to 30\/Nov.\/2015<br \/>\nTheme: To study the several populations of <em>Euglossini<\/em> bees, collected in various sites in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, in order to assess the variability of the population. The reduction of the populations of pollinators is a worldwide problem and a number of efforts are under way to monitor the biodiversity of bees, their conservation and sustainable use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Projects contracted between November and December of 2011","protected":false},"author":475,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[226,234,215],"coauthors":[785,93],"class_list":["post-11406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-education","tag-finance","tag-scientometrics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11406"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}