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Universidade Federal da Paraba Pr-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
Isac Almeida de Medeiros, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences UFPB
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa Vice President for Research (PROPESQ)
Brazil has been known for football, coffee, Carnival and the Amazon Jungle
Source: Studying the World, The Economist, Printed version. March 17, 2012.
Brazil is now a world leader in all three fields
One of the world’s largest commodity exporting countries
è beef, pork and chicken was 37% of world export In Production
Institutional Setup of Brazil’s International Development Cooperation
to the Ministry
Education;
education and support the training and development
teachers
Basic Education.
ü Fostering the qualification
high level human resources in Brazil and abroad (scholarships and grants); üFinancial Support and Evaluation of Brazilian Post- Graduate Programs; üTraining of Basic Education Teachers; üMaintenance of the Brazilian Open University (UAB); üThe Virtual Library.
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.
Academic Internationalization until the 2010’s üFocus on Graduate Studies; üSmaller quantitative of active grants: ≈ 5,000 abroad (2010); üGeografic concentration of Brazilian students international mobility à USA, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain accounted for 90% of the total mobility; üAgency Cooperation with an average of 20 countries.
2010
Brazilian Academic Mobility
França 1502 Estados Unidos da América 1023 Portugal 644 Alemanha 452 Espanha 380 Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte 260 Canadá 150 Itália 120 Países Baixos (Holanda) 88 Argentina 62 Austrália 43 Bélgica 29 México 17 Suíça 17 Dinamarca 14 Nova Zelândia (Aotearoa) 11 Suécia 10 Cuba 9 Equador 9 Áustria 8 Uruguai 8 Porto Rico 8 África do Sul 5 Japão 4 Chile 3 Finlândia 3 Grécia 3 Irlanda 3 Angola 2 Checa, República 2 China 2 Rússia 2 Venezuela 2 Bolívia 1 Cabo Verde 1 Egito 1 Filipinas 1 Israel 1 Moçambique 1 Noruega 1
+ 5001 501 - 5000 101 - 500 11 - 100
üIncresead role to undergraduate studies in the international mobility initiatives; üIncrease in the number of active grants: ≈ 50,000 abroad (2014); üGreater geographic dispersion in student mobility; üCooperation with more than 50 countries; üInternational cooperation entered the institutional agenda; üGreater student participation; üExponential growth of the participation of private HEIs. Brazilian Academic Internationalization tendencies after the 2010’s
2015
Brazilian Academic Mobility
Estados Unidos 17517 França 4265 Alemanha 4136 Irlanda 2461 Itália 1828 Portugal 1815 Hungria 1689 Canadá 1335 Reino Unido 1201 Espanha 993 Japão 421 Austrália 354 Holanda 325 Suécia 323 Noruega 268 China 257 Moçambique 253 Argentina 162 Bélgica 106 Dinamarca 100 México 73 Suíça 72 Áustria 67 Timor-Leste 46 Cuba 35 Cabo Verde 34 Chile 32 Finlândia 25 Uruguai 22 Nova Zelândia 15 África do Sul 13 Colômbia 13 República Tcheca 8 Bolívia 7 Polônia 6 Luxemburgo 5 São Tomé e Príncipe 5 Angola 5 Costa Rica 4 Israel 4 Singapura 4 Eslovênia 3 Equador 2 Grécia 2 Índia 2 Peru 2 Quênia 2 Turquia 2 Venezuela 2 Arménia 1 Croácia 1 Egito 1 Eslováquia 1 Malta 1 Paraguai 1 Porto Rico 1 Rússia 1 Taiwan 1
+ 5001 501 - 5000 101 - 500 11 - 100
Brazilian Science Mobility Program Science without Borders
üTraining 101.000 Brazilian students and researchers at the best universities of the world in the fields of Science, Technology and Innovation; üOpen similar opportunities to foreign scientists and researchers; üCreate innovative expertise to industries. üPromote science, technology, innovation and competitiveness of the country;
Institutions: 2,368
CAPES
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
UFPB Location: Paraiba State
In the middle of the Atlantic forest
UFPB: 4-Campus System
UFPB – main Campus
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
– accredited by the Ministry of Education of Brazil
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
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
– most students hold CAPES, CNPq, or University Grant Fellowships. M.Sc. Ph.D.
Quality of UFPB Post-graduate Programs
– Score System: 3 (Grade C), 4 (Grade B), 5 (Grade A-), 6-7 (Grade A)
Quality of UFPB Post-graduate Programs
– Pharmacy: M.Sc. and Ph.D. – Linguistics: M.Sc. and Ph.D.
– 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
– Chemistry – Pharmacology/Pharmacy
– Natural products – Semi-synthetic compounds – Synthetic compounds – Biomimetic models/agents – Computational Modelling
– Cardiovascular diseases – Neglected diseases (e.g., leishmaniasis) – Epilepsy – Oxidative-stress-based diseases (such as asthma, Cancer)
Drug Discovery – Natural Products
Biotechnology:
– Accredited by CAPES Northeastern Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO – UFPB)
– Germoplasm management – Genetics
– Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation – Bioresources from heterologous systems
– Prophylactic Agents, Therapeutics – Diagnostic tests/kits
11 Principal Investigators Currently 24 Ph.D. Thesis on topics, such as:
cardiovascular systems and oral microbiology;
Northeastern Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO – UFPB)
and Conservation (LAPEC)
– Seahorse Ecology – Evolutionary and Environmental genetics – Bioeconomic viability of seahorse farming – Subsidies for the implementation of Environmental Protection Areas
Marine Studies
http://lapecufpb.wix.com/lapec#!
– Biodiesel and Biokerosene – New sources of biofuels – Storage studies – Additive development (biocides, antioxidants) – Physicochemical properties – Catalytic Materials – Sr1-xNixSnO3 systems – Pure or doped oxides, supported on clays
Biofuels
– Synthetic Chemistry – Chemometrics – Computational Modelling – Biology – Medicine
Development of Redox Modulators of Oxidative Stress
Collaboration:
Duke University Medical Center, USA Special Visiting Researcher to UFPB
Mn Porphyrins as Redox Modulators in Pre-Clinical Studies
Ischemia/Reperfusion (murines) Pain Management (mouse) Radioprotection (rats, monkeys) Cancer (Radiotherapy) (murines) Cancer (Hyperthermy) (mouse) Transplants (human pancreatic islets ) Cancer (mouse) Cerebral Palsy (rabbits) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (mouse) Erectile Disfunction (rats) Stroke (murines) Diabetes (murines) Inflammation (murines)
N N N N Mn R R R R
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OXIDATIVE STRESS
– the ends may vary from institution to institution – the particular approach chosen is dependent
§ Graduate studies § Mobility § Short and/or long term economic gain § Talent recruitment § International positioning
– Formulate Proposal for internationalization – define their partners – international.
– infrastruture:
andstudents, staff training.
The Challenges of UFPB Academic Internationalization
ü Attemp to find out young and motivated researchers to come to our institution to produce high quality research
ü Exchange in knowledge production; ü Expansion of the double-degrees / Co-scientific supervision; ü Greater flow of professors / researchers and students; ü Necessity to find new actors and partnerships; ü Greater visibility in the global scenario; ü Increase of UFPB competitiveness;
João Pessoa, PB - Brazil
Young Talents (BJT)
aims to attract young researchers, Brazilians and foreigners, active abroad to work temporarily in Brazilian IHE. To apply for the program, the researcher must meet the following requirements: Ø Have
scientific and /
technological production in the areas covered by the SWB; Ø Have a doctorate; Ø Reside abroad; Ø To be recommended by the Judging Committee and approved by CAPES.
Special Visiting Researcher (PVE)
term visits from active professors and researchers abroad in higher education institutions as well as research centers and Brazilian public development institutions in all areas of knowledge, whose training and work experience represent an innovative contribution to Brazilian post-graduate studies.
aid installation.
UFPB Ranking in Brazil and Worldwide
The Universidade Federal da Paraíba is considered the best university of the Brazilian Northeastern region, according to the General Index of Courses (IGC), an evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education, the main authority responsible for the evaluation of Brazilian
to 5 .
UFPB Ranking in Brazil and Worldwide
QS – Latin America University Ranking Methodology: performance in research. Latin America: 98st Brazil: 26th Source: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/latin- american-university-rankings/2018 4ICU Methodology: popularity in web of universities accredited in their countries. Worldwide: 1204th Latin America: 37th Brazil: 19st Source: http://www.4icu.org/br
UFPB Ranking in Brazil and Worldwide
Webometrics Methodology: visibility on web and number of pages related to the universities. Worldwide: 1170nd Latin America: 46th Brazil: 25th Source: http://www.webometrics.info SIR-SCIMAGO Methodology: research activities of the universities. Ibero-american: 592th Latin America: 49th Brazil: 26th Source: http://www.scimagoir.com
Highly-productive UFPB Researchers
– Accredited by the National Council of Research (CNPq) = 181
– Germoplasm management – Genetics
– Bioprospecting and Biodiversity Conservation – Bioresources from heterologous systems
– Prophylactic Agents, Therapeutics – Diagnostic tests/kits Northeastern Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO – UFPB)
– Subcutaneous injections: 1 mg/kg for 7 days – Effect of lesion reduced at day 28 MnTE-2-PyP5+ diminishes rat Spinal Cord Injury
– Dyes – Photoluminescent materials – Nanometric materials – Thin films – Noble Metal catalysts (Pd/C) – Ceramic-based catalysts (biodiesel, NOx, photocatalysis) – Functionalized Clays: – Biomimetic Oxidation Catalysis (Cyt. P450 mimics) – Environmental remediation – Controlled drug release – Biomaterials: – Hydroxyapatite – Porous calcium phosphate Materials and Catalysts
– Synthetic Chemistry – Chemometrics – Computational Modelling – Biology – Medicine Development of Redox Modulators of Oxidative Stress Collaboration:
Duke University Medical Center, USA Special Visiting Researcher to UFPB
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