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MIT-Brazil Seed Fund 2012-2013
Grant Recipients

Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) of Dengue Virus Infection in Humanized Mice
A collaboration between:

  • Jianzhu Chen, Professor, Biology
  • Aishwarya Sridharan, Graduate Student, Biology
  • Mauro Teixeira, Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

 

Characterization of the Microbiota of Patients With Pelvic Endometriosis
A collaboration between:

  • Eric Alm, Associate Professor, Biological Engineering
  • Linda Griffith, Professor, Biological Engineering
  • Mauricio Abrão, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo
  • Esper Kallas, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine - University of São Paulo

 

Developing the Next Generation of Scanning Magnetometers for the Geosciences
A collaboration between:

  • Eduardo Andrade Lima, Other, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
  • Benjamin Weiss, Associate Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
  • Antonio Carlos Oliveira Bruno, Associate Professor, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

 

Fabrication and Characterization of Thin Films of Natural Polymers Through Layer-By-Layer Technique Aiming Antimicrobial Properties
A collaboration between:

  • Michael Rubner, Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Robert Cohen, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Marisa Masumi Beppu, Professor, UNICAMP

 

Forage Tracking - Investigating Participatory Waste Infrastructures
A collaboration between:

  • Carlo Ratti, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning
  • Maria Cecília Loschiavo dos Santos, Profra. Dra., University of São Paulo

 

Fuel Performance Evaluation for Small Pressurized Water Reactors
A collaboration between:

  • Mujid Kazimi, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
  • Jacopo Buongiorno, Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
  • Alfredo Abe, IPEN/CTMSP
  • Andre da Silva Serra,CTMSP

 

Isolation and Synthesis of Cytotoxic Polyacetylenes
A collaboration between:

  • Rick Danheiser, Professor, Chemistry
  • Maique Biavatti, Professor, Universidade Federal de Saånta Catarina
  • Moacir Pizzolatti, Professor, Universidade Federal de Saånta Catarina

 

Learning-Based Model Predictive Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
A collaboration between:

  • Jonathan How, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Fabio Almeida, Professor, Doktor der Ingenieurwissenschaften, Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE)
  • Karl Heinz, Professor, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA-IEE)

 

Megacity Logistics Lab - Profiling Rio de Janeiro
A collaboration between:

  • Chris Caplice, Principal Research Scientist, Engineering Systems Division
  • Edgar Blanco, Research Scientist, Engineering Systems Division
  • Marcio Dagosto, Coordenador, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
  • Cristiane Souza, Researcher, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

 

MIT and CNPq Space Weather Investigations
A collaboration between:

  • Kerri Cahoy, Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Anthea Coster, Research Scientist
  • Paulo Fagundes, Professor, head of Department of Physics and Astronomy, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba – UNIVAP

 

Modeling Effects of Sensor Response of Semiconducting Oxides with Functionalized Nanoparticles
A collaboration between:

  • Harry Tuller, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Jose Arana Varela, Professor, São Paulo State University (UNESP)
  • Marcelo Ornaghi Orlandi, Professor, São Paulo State University (UNESP)

 

Numerical Modeling of a Hydrodynamic Pilot-Wave System
A collaboration between:

  • John W. M. Bush, Professor, Mathematics
  • Andre Nachbin, Professor, Instituto Nacional de Matematica Pura e Aplicada (IMPA)

 

Optical Characterization of Homogenous Carbon Nanomaterials
A collaboration between:

  • Michael Strano, Professor, Chemical Engineering
  • Cristiano Fantini Leite, Dr, University Federal of Minas Gerais (UFMG)

 

Phytoplankton Competition, co-Existence and Marine Turbulence: Multi-scale Physical Biological Interactions in the South Atlantic Ocean
A collaboration between:

  • Michael Follows, Senior Research Scientist, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
  • Oliver Jahn, Research Scientist, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
  • Paulo Calil, Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)

 

Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Biopolymer from Vinasse Using Metabolically Engineered Ralstonia Eutropha
A collaboration between:

  • Anthony Sinskey, Professor, Biology
  • Claudia Santos Gai, Other, Biology
  • Glaucia M.F. Aragão, Professor, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
  • Willibaldo Schmidell, Professor, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

 

The Age of the Neoproterozoic Bambuí Group, Brazil:  High Precision U-Pb Geochronologic Constraints on the Age and Duration of Glacial Deposits
A collaboration between:

  • Samuel Bowring, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
  • Jahandar Ramezani, Research Scientist, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
  • Marcio Pimentel, Professor,Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SUl
  • Leonardo Gruber, Graduate Student, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SUl

 

Tracking the Historical Development of Combustion Practices (From Colonial to Modern Times) Using Molecular and Isotopic Markers in Shelf Sediments of SE Brazil
A collaboration between:

  • Edward Boyle, Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
  • Angela Wagener, Professor, PUC-Rio

 

Using Economic Models to Explore Financial Growth & Intermediation in Brazil
A collaboration between:

  • Robert Townsend, Professor, Economics
  • Juliano Assuncao, Assistant Professor, Pontificial Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
  • Gabriel de Abreu Madeira, Assistant Professor, University of Sao Paulo