Universidade Federal da Paraíba Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa Vice President for Research (PROPESQ) UFPB Isac Almeida de Medeiros, Ph.D. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences UFPB
Brazil has been known for football, coffee, Carnival and the Amazon Jungle
Building Research Capacity Brazil is now a world leader in all three fields Source: Studying the World , The Economist, Printed version. March 17, 2012.
One of the world’s largest commodity exporting countries è beef, pork and chicken was 37% of world export In Production • Beef 2 nd Chicken 2 nd - 1 st Exporter • • Pork 4 th • Sugar 1 st • Orange Juice 1 st
Institutional Setup of Brazil’s International Development Cooperation
Capes •Public Foundation created in 1951; •Linked to the Ministry of Education; •Mission: to build capacity in higher education and support the training and development of teachers of Basic Education.
Main Actions ü Fostering the qualification of high level human resources in Brazil and abroad (scholarships and grants); ü Financial Support and Evaluation of Brazilian Post- Graduate Programs; ü Training of Basic Education Teachers; ü Maintenance of the Brazilian Open University (UAB); ü The Virtual Library.
Mechanisms of International Cooperation ü Financing research projects; ü Sponsor scholarships; ü Foster Mobility for senior researchers (Foreigners -> Brazil / Brazil –> Foreigners); ü Support scientific events in Brazil and abroad; ü Funding participation in international events.
A glance at the Brazilian Academic Mobility
Academic Internationalization until the 2010’s ü Focus on Graduate Studies; ü Smaller quantitative of active grants: ≈ 5,000 abroad (2010); ü Geografic concentration of Brazilian students international mobility à USA, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain accounted for 90% of the total mobility; ü Agency Cooperation with an average of 20 countries.
2010 Brazilian Academic Mobility + 5001 501 - 5000 101 - 500 11 - 100 - 10 França 1502 Países Baixos (Holanda) 88 Cuba 9 Grécia 3 Egito 1 Estados Unidos da América 1023 Argentina 62 Equador 9 Irlanda 3 Filipinas 1 Portugal 644 Austrália 43 Áustria 8 Angola 2 Israel 1 Alemanha 452 Bélgica 29 Uruguai 8 Checa, República 2 Moçambique 1 Espanha 380 México 17 Porto Rico 8 China 2 Noruega 1 Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Suíça 17 África do Sul 5 Rússia 2 Irlanda do Norte 260 Dinamarca 14 Japão 4 Venezuela 2 Canadá 150 Nova Zelândia (Aotearoa) 11 Chile 3 Bolívia 1 Itália 120 Suécia 10 Finlândia 3 Cabo Verde 1
Brazilian Academic Internationalization tendencies after the 2010’s ü Incresead role to undergraduate studies in the international mobility initiatives; ü Increase in the number of active grants: ≈ 50,000 abroad (2014); ü Greater geographic dispersion in student mobility; ü Cooperation with more than 50 countries; ü International cooperation entered the institutional agenda; ü Greater student participation; ü Exponential growth of the participation of private HEIs.
2015 Brazilian Academic Mobility + 5001 501 - 5000 101 - 500 11 - 100 - 10 Estados Unidos 17517 Espanha 993 Bélgica 106 Finlândia 25 São Tomé e Príncipe 5 Peru 2 Paraguai 1 França 4265 Japão 421 Dinamarca 100 Uruguai 22 Angola 5 Quênia 2 Porto Rico 1 Alemanha 4136 Austrália 354 México 73 Nova Zelândia 15 Costa Rica 4 Turquia 2 Rússia 1 Irlanda 2461 Holanda 325 Suíça 72 África do Sul 13 Israel 4 Venezuela 2 Taiwan 1 Itália 1828 Suécia 323 Áustria 67 Colômbia 13 Singapura 4 Arménia 1 Portugal 1815 Noruega 268 Timor-Leste 46 República Tcheca 8 Eslovênia 3 Croácia 1 Hungria 1689 China 257 Cuba 35 Bolívia 7 Equador 2 Egito 1 Canadá 1335 Moçambique 253 Cabo Verde 34 Polônia 6 Grécia 2 Eslováquia 1 Reino Unido 1201 Argentina 162 Chile 32 Luxemburgo 5 Índia 2 Malta 1
Brazilian Science Mobility Program Science without Borders ü Training 101.000 Brazilian students and researchers at the best universities of the world in the fields of Science, Technology and Innovation; ü Open similar opportunities to foreign scientists and researchers; ü Create innovative expertise to industries. ü Promote science, technology, innovation and competitiveness of the country;
Higher Education in Brazil Institutions: 2,368 - Public: 278 (11,7%) => 63 Federal Univ. - Private: 2,090 (88,3%)
A taste of UFPB
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB ) CAPES
UFPB Location: Paraiba State
In the middle of the Atlantic forest
UFPB: 4-Campus System
UFPB – main Campus
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) • Public, higher-education institution: – accredited by the Ministry of Education of Brazil • Bachelor’s, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree programs in all major fields: – Physical Sciences (Chemistry, Physics) – Earth Sciences (e.g., Geography, Ecology) – Life Sciences (e.g., Biology, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences) – Social Sciences (e.g., Economics, Law, Psychology, Sociology) – Formal Sciences (e.g., Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science) – Applied Sciences (e.g, Engineering, Medicine)
UFPB Facts and numbers è Student community = 40,000 è Teaching Staff = around 2,700 professors è Administrative Staff = 3,700 è 433 Research Groups è Annual income = more than R$ 1.51 b è ($ 500 mi)
Undergraduate Research at UFPB • Institutionally treated as a high-priority program – 126 undergraduate courses – in all fields – High-quality human resource for Post-Graduate Programs – Applicants need Undergraduate Global Average Score: 7+ (out of 10) – 1009 UFPB and CNPQ Grant Fellowships – PIBIC – 3.2 % of UFPB students = PIBICs (BR average = 1%)
UFPB Post-graduate Body • 5,000 graduate students formally engaged in research programs: – most students hold CAPES, CNPq, or University Grant Fellowships. M.Sc. Ph.D.
Quality of UFPB Post-graduate Programs • Program Scores as of 2013 CAPES evaluation: – Score System: 3 (Grade C), 4 (Grade B), 5 (Grade A-), 6-7 (Grade A)
Quality of UFPB Post-graduate Programs • Score 6 Program: – Pharmacy: M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Linguistics: M.Sc. and Ph.D. • Score 5 Programs: – Accounting (UnB/UFPB/UFRN): M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Agronomy: M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Biological Sciences – Zoology: M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Biotechnology (RENORBIO Network): Ph.D. – Business Management: M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Chemistry: M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Economics: M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Environmental Sci. and Development (PRODEMA Network): M.Sc. – Nursing: M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Physics: M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Social Psychology: M.Sc. and Ph.D.
Subject Areas Citations and Impact Factor => 2013 - 2016
Citations Impact Brazil-Sweden collaboration 2013-2016
UFPB - Citations Impact
Research Performance - UFPB 2013 - 2016
Research Perfomance - UFPB 2013 - 2016
Collaborating Countries - UFPB 2013 - 2016
Collaborating Countries - UFPB 2013 - 2016
Some examples of research - UFPB
Drug Discovery – Natural Products • Many groups: – Chemistry – Pharmacology/Pharmacy • Various sources: – Natural products – Semi-synthetic compounds – Synthetic compounds – Biomimetic models/agents – Computational Modelling • Focus: – Cardiovascular diseases – Neglected diseases (e.g., leishmaniasis) – Epilepsy – Oxidative-stress-based diseases (such as asthma, Cancer)
Northeastern Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO – UFPB) • Multi-Institutional Ph.D. Program in Biotechnology: – Accredited by CAPES
Northeastern Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO – UFPB) • Biotechnology in Agricultural Science and Farming – Germoplasm management – Genetics • Biotechnology in Natural Resources – Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation – Bioresources from heterologous systems • Biotechnology in Health – Prophylactic Agents, Therapeutics – Diagnostic tests/kits 11 Principal Investigators Currently 24 Ph.D. Thesis on topics, such as: • prospecting of anticancer agents, and compounds bioactive on cardiovascular systems and oral microbiology; • Molecular microbiology, metagenomics • Enzymes and Polymers from soil bacteria; • Use of Growth-promoting bacteria for sugarcane and sorghum
Marine Studies • Laboratories of Fish – Ecology and Conservation (LAPEC) – Seahorse Ecology – Evolutionary and Environmental genetics – Bioeconomic viability of seahorse farming – Subsidies for the implementation of Environmental Protection Areas http://lapecufpb.wix.com/lapec#!
Biofuels • Laboratories of Biofuels and Materials (LACOM) – Biodiesel and Biokerosene – New sources of biofuels – Storage studies – Additive development (biocides, antioxidants) – Physicochemical properties – Catalytic Materials – Sr 1-x Ni x SnO 3 systems – Pure or doped oxides, supported on clays
Development of Redox Modulators of Oxidative Stress • Interdisciplinary effort: – Synthetic Chemistry – Chemometrics – Computational Modelling – Biology – Medicine Collaboration: Dr. Ines Batinic-Haberle Duke University Medical Center, USA Special Visiting Researcher to UFPB
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