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MIT-Brazil Seed Fund 2010-2011
Grant Recipients

Impact of International Agricultural Markets' Liberalization on the Brazilian Amazon Forest

A collaboration between:

  • Karen R. Polenske, Professor, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
  • Joaquim Guilhoto, Professor, University of São Paulo, Brazil


Systems Engineering a Brazilian University Pico-satellite: A Focus on Test & Evaluation

A collaboration between:

  • Ricardo Valerdi, Research Scientist, MIT Department of Engineering Systems Division
  • Deborah Nightingale, Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Geilson Loureiro, Technologist/Professor, Brazilian Institute for Space Research/Aeronautics Technology Institute, Brazil
  • Marcio Branco, Technologist, Brazilian Institute for Space Research, Brazil


Metatranscriptomic-based Diagnostics of Abrolhos Bank Coral Health

A collaboration between:

  • Janelle Thompson, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Fabiano Thompson, Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil


Semiconducting Nanostructured Films for Gas Sensors

A collaboration between:

  • Harry Tuller, Professor, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Jose Arana Varela, Professor, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil


High-Throughput Processing for Scalable Silicon Photovoltaics

A collaboration between:

  • Tonio Buonassisi, Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Izete Zanesco, Professora, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS, Brazil
  • Adriano Moehlecke, Professor, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS, Brazil


Rehabilitation Robotics: Ankle Impedance and Neural Ionic Channel to Muscle Control Simulator

A collaboration between:

  • Neville Hogan, Professor, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Hermano Igo Krebs, Principal Research Scientist, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Andre Fabio Kohn, Professor, Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Daniel Gustavo Goroso, Research Professor, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes and Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of HC-FMUSP, Brazil


Overexpression of EMT Genes in Endothelial Cells During Endothelial Mesenchymal Transition

A collaboration between:

  • Robert Weinberg, Professor, MIT Department of Biology
  • Leonardo Rodrigues, Research Scientist, MIT Department of Biology


Injectable Biopolymers and Cells Therapy: Improvement of Cardiac Repair After Myocardium Infarction

A collaboration between:

  • Elazer R. Edelman, Professor, MIT Department of Health Sciences and Technology
  • Jose Krieger, Professor of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil