WILSON DIAS/ABRFAPESP scholarship holder Gonçalves Dias (on the right), speaking at the awards ceremonyWILSON DIAS/ABR
On December 18, 2012, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef honored the winners of the 26th Young Scientist Award, the topic of which was “Technological Innovation in Sports.” First place in the Graduate Student category went to Rodrigo Gonçalves Dias, who is currently a doctoral candidate at the Heart Institute (InCor) at the USP Hospital das Clínicas. Dias worked on a thematic project coordinated by FAPESP vice-president Eduardo Moacyr Krieger. Part of the work that Dias submitted to this competition, in which he identified a genetic mutation capable of compromising muscular vasodilation during sporting activities, was done during his doctoral studies from 2005 to 2008 with help from a FAPESP scholarship. He was enrolled at the Biology Institute of the University of Campinas (Unicamp), with Marta Krieger as his advisor, but he did all the experimental work at InCor, under the guidance of Carlos Eduardo Negrão.
The winner in the High School Student category was João Pedro Wieland, from the Laboratory School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In the Undergraduate Student category, first place went to Priscila Ariane Loschi of the State University of Minas Gerais. The Higher Education Institutional Merit Award went to USP for “The forefront of sports science and investment in Olympic projects.” The award is granted by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), the Roberto Marinho Foundation, Gerdau and GE.
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