Author: Verónica Savignano

Postdoctoral fellowship in confocal microscopy and cell membrane models.

Posted on Friday 22 de January de 2016

The Laboratory of Nanostructured Films and Spectroscopy at São Paulo State University (UNESP), campus in Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil, invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship in the field of Confocal Microscopy and Cell Membrane Models funded by Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP) contract.  The successful candidate will conduct research on the molecular interaction between analytes of interest and cell membrane models, which includes the following activities:

  1. Prepare giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) of zwiterionic phospholipids and cholesterol using the electroformation method.
  2. Probe analytes-GUVs interactions by adding different concentrations of the analytes to the external environment surrounding the GUVs.
  3.  Propose molecular mechanisms involved in the analytes-phospholipids interaction.
  4. Develop new applications using phase contrast, fluorescence and confocal microscopies toward biomembrane mimetic systems (GUVs adhesion on modified substrates, Langmuir-Blodgett, Langmuir-Schaefer, dipping- and spray-Layer-by- Layer films).

Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers allows you to carry out a long-term research project (12-24 months), starting at April/01/2016.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in, physics, chemistry or a related field.  Experience in phospholipid self-assembly and basic optical microscopies is required.   The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills and excel in a highly collaborative research environment. In addition to the timely publication of research results in peer-reviewed journals, the responsibilities of the postdoc include drafting progress reports.

Interested individuals should send a (i)cover letter, (II) CV and list of publications, and have (III) two letters of recommendation sent to case@fct.unesp.br.

The deadline for application is February/28/2016.

Available facilities: http://www.fct.unesp.br/#!/departamentos/fisica-quimica-e-biologia/laboratorios/lab-filmes-finos-e-esp-raman/

Brazilian Materials Research Society (SBPMat) invites the scientific community to submit symposia proposals for the XV SBPMat Meeting.

Posted on Friday 15 de January de 2016

The call for symposia proposals for the XV SBPMat Meeting is open until February 11th. The event will be held from September 25 to 29, 2016 in the city of Campinas (SP), in the convention center Expo D. Pedro.

Any researcher with doctoral degree, working in educational/research institution or company in Brazil or abroad, may submit a symposium proposal on any issues in the field of Materials Science and Technology.

Proposals must be filled online and must contain the title and scope of the symposium, the list of subjects covered, the contact data of the organizers and the preliminary list of invited speakers.

After submission, proposals will be evaluated by the commission of events at SBPMat and by the organizers of the meeting, and then they will be submitted to the SBPMat board.

The thematic symposia are the main axis in the program of SBPMat annual events. At the meeting held in Rio de Janeiro in 2015, more than 2,300 papers were presented in 26 symposia, covering a wide range of topics, such as carbon nanostructures, biomaterials, materials for sustainable development, materials for electronics and photonics, characterization techniques, computer simulation, safe use of nanomaterials, among others.

Event website: http://sbpmat.org.br/15encontro/home/

Form for symposia proposals submission: http://www.sbpmat.org.br/proposed_symposium/

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SBPMat newsletter. English edition. Year 2, issue 12.

Posted on Monday 11 de January de 2016

Brazilian Materials Research Society (SBPMat) newsletter

News update from Brazil for the Materials community

English edition. Year 2, issue 12. 

 
SBPMat news

Holiday message from SBPMat. See the message to the associates from the Board and Council that headed our society in 2015. Here.

Elections at SBPMat. Get to know the results of the election of the Executive Office and members of the Council, which voting was performed between December 1st and 12th. Here.
XV SBPMat Meeting. Save the date. The next annual meeting of our society will take place in the city of Campinas (SP), form September 25th to 29th of 2016. Know more. 
Internationalization. Representing SBPMat, Professor Roberto Faria was elected vice-president of IUMRS (International Union of Materials Research Societies) and shall strengthen the entity action in South America. Know more. 
Featured paper

A multidisciplinary team of 13 Brazilian scientists tested the efficiency of several functionalized nanomaterials for delivering genes of interest (gene delivery) to humans and rat cells, protecting the nucleic acid until destiny. The results were published on Nanoscale. See our story about the study.

Having a series of experimental evidences, a team of Brazilian scientists presented, in Applied Physics Letters, the newest member of the photovoltaic materials family: bismuth telluride. The finding opens possibilities for fundamental studies and for applications of the material. See our story.

 
People in the Materials community
The doctoral thesis that won the Capes Award for Doctoral Theses in the field of materials science and engineering was also winner of a Grand Capes Award. Know more.

Scientists of the Brazilian materials community, Oswaldo Alves and Marcos Pimenta, were empowered as members of TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences).

 
Events
  • 6th Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Summer School. Campinas, SP (Brazil). January, 11 to 29, 2016. Site.
  • 5th International Conference on Surface Metrology. Póznan (Poland). April, 4 to 7, 2016.  Site.
  • 43rd International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF). San Diego (USA). April, 25 to 29, 2016. Site.
  • 40th WOCSDICE ‐ Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits held in Europe & 13th EXMATEC ‐ Expert Evaluation and Control of Compound Semiconductor Materials and Technologies. Aveiro (Portugal). June, 6 to 10, 2016. Site.
  • Photonic Colloidal Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (PCNSPA Conference 2016). Saint Petersburg (Russia). June, 27 to July, 1, 2016.  Site.
  • XXV International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS2016). Fortaleza, CE (Brazil). August, 14 to 19, 2016.  Site.
  • XV Encontro da SBPMat. Campinas, SP (Brazil). September, 25 to 29, 2016. Site.
  • Aerospace Technology 2016. Stockholm (Sweden). October, 11 to 12, 2016. Site.

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