International
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Recently, PPBA was able to resume its cooperation with the University of Bremen (UNIBREMEN), Germany, whose relationship was closed at the end of the MADAM Project (Management and Dynamics of Mangroves) in 2005, through the approval of CNPq of the cooperation project between the Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Biology - integrated by Professors Horacio Schneider, Iracilda Sampaio and Marcelo Vallinoto - and the group released by Dr. Ulrich Saint-Paul of UNIBREMEN. The objective of this project is the study of the connectivity between estuaries and the marine environment using as model the grey snapper (Cynoscion acoupa). The populational genetic variability approach combined with chemical fingerprinting of otoliths will be used to evaluate the contribution of each estuary of the Brazilian north coast to the total marine stock of grey snapper, a fish of great economic importance for Brazil.
Institutions involved:
University of Bremen (UNIBREMEN) and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Since 2009, a partnership with researchers Charles Albert (Chuck) Nittrouer and Ogston, of the School of Oceanography of the University of Washington, USA, has been established in the study of the hydrodynamic sedimentation and evolution of the low course of the Amazon River. This partnership includes joint data collection campaigns in the region since 2011, funded with CNPq / Universal resources as well as CAPES / Marine Sciences. Studies are being expanded to the estuaries and coastal plains adjacent to the mouth of the Amazon, where it fits the current proposal and where the researcher Chuck Nittrouer and his team have participated actively. In 2013, a 10-day collection was made, and in 2014, a 12-day collection and an AmazonTidal River and Mangroves Study (ATRAM) course were held together, where there were joint classes in Bragança, with PPBA and US students.
Institutions involved:
University of Washington and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Exchange
Activity description:
PPBA maintains interchange with the University of Nebraska, of the United States, through Professor Guillermo Ortí, former partner in publications with the Fish Genetics group – made up of professors Iracilda Sampaio and Horacio Schneider. This group has been working in an integrated manner and addressing issues of phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of Amazonian fish, such as Tucunaré and Curimbatá, among others. Species distribution patterns and phylogenetic analyzes have revealed that these fish are excellent models for addressing important questions about the origin and recent evolution of the Amazon basins.
Institutions involved:
University of Nebraska and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Program has an important partnership with the Center for Research on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Portugal. The partnership counts on the special collaboration of the researcher Dr. Nuno Ferrand, responsible for the direction of the center, as well as Dr. Fernando Sequeira, who has extensive experience in biodiversity studies based on genetic and ecological approaches.
Institutions involved:
Center for Research in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (University of Porto) and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Federal University of Pará has a formal agreement of academic-scientific cooperation with the University of Salford, Manchester, UK. This agreement involves the group led by UFPA faculty members Horacio Schneider, Iracilda Sampaio, Cristiana Maciel and professors from the University of Salford, Jean Boubli and Chioara Benvenutti, who carry out research in the areas of Primatology and Carcinology.
Institutions involved:
University of Salford and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The Program has a partnership with the University of Toronto, Canada, through Professor Marcelo Vallinoto (UFPA) and Jason Weir (Toronto). The relationship involves the training in analysis techniques in Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics of the sandwich doctorate of Diogo Medeiros, doctoral student of PPBA.
Institutions involved:
University of Toronto and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Professor Luci Cajueiro, from PPBA, established a partnership with Professors Ana Vila Concejo and Andrew Short of the University of Sydney, Australia. The partnership involves the co-advisement of students of the Program by the professors of University of Sydney. In addition, Ana Vila Concejo participates in the Interaction of Oceanographic Processes in Estuarine and Marine Waters of the Amazon Coast research project, which received support from Universal Notice 14/2012 of CNPq.
Institutions involved:
University of Sydney and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Professor Luci Cajueiro, from PPBA, established a partnership with Professor José Antonio Jiménez from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain. Co-advisement of PPBA students. Cajueiro participates in The El Paisaje del Riesgo Costeroenel litoral catalán. La influencia del cambio climático. Professor José Antonio Jimenez participates in a research project that received support from Universal Notice 14/2012 of CNPq.
Institutions involved:
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the Federal university of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
PPBA has a partnership with the University of Central Florida and the Kent State University in the United States, involving professor Claudia Helena Tagliaro and researchers Eric Hoffman and Randy Hoeh for the development of a project on the population genetics of marine bivalves. This project is in preparation to investigate population genetics of bivalves in Xingu, while a manuscript with co-authorship is submitted to Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Institutions involved:
University of Central Florida, Kent State University and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Professor Pedro Chira Oliva, from the Laboratory of Cartography, Geoprocessing and Modeling, has a partnership with Dr. Zeno Heilmann of CRS4 Centro di Ricerca, Sviluppo and Studi Superiori in Sardegna, Sardinia, Italy, in the field of seismic research.
Institutions involved:
Centro di Ricerca, Sviluppo and Studi Superiori in Sardegna and the Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Exchange
Activity description:
In April 2014, PPBA joined the Organization of American States (PAEC) Program of Alliances for Education and Training of the Organization of American States with 1 student from Peru who enrolled in February 2015 with a scholarship from PPBA.
Institutions involved:
Organization of American States (OAS).
Type: Exchange
Activity description:
A PPBA Master's student traveled to the Institute of Ecology, AC (INECOL), Xalapa-Veracruz, Mexico, between April and the greater part of 2015 to take an Internship in the Department of Functional Ecology.
Institutions involved:
Institute of Ecology, AC (INECOL).
Type: Exchange
Activity description:
In addition to specific exchanges, it is important to highlight the great development of international exchanges associated with the Science without Borders Program, where PPBA has actively participated both in the form of sandwich doctorates and in the form of postdocs of its professors. In the last 4 years, PPBA has sent doctoral students to internships in Japan (1), Portugal (2), Spain (1), Australia (1) and Canada (1). Of these, all have already returned to finalize their theses. One Doctorate student went to the US in September 2015 by the CAPES’ PDSE and one more candidate for Costa Rica has already been preliminarily sent to PPBA coordination by the end of 2015. As for the professors of the Program, in 2015, 3 post-doctorate internships were in progress abroad, two in Spain and one in Portugal.
National
Type: Exchange
Activity description:
Professor Luci Cajueiro, coordinator of the Coastal Oceanography Laboratory of the Campus of Bragança of UFPA, has a partnership with Professors Adryane Gorayeb and Lidriana Souza Pinheiro, from the Federal University of Ceará, who participate in projects, examining boards, teach disciplines and co-advise students of the PPBA.
Institutions involved:
Federal University of Ceará and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
In 2009, an agreement was initiated between the PPBA and the Physical Oceanography and Chemical and Geological Oceanography Graduate Programs, both from the University of São Paulo (IO / USP) and Geosciences Graduate Program of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Result of the elaboration, submission and approval of the proposal to the PROCAD-NF announcement of CAPES, which has made possible a great professor mobility and student exchange and integration between the aforementioned programs, besides the implementation and improvement of lines of research in Physical and Geological Oceanography of PPBA, as well as in the improvement of the quality of the course, through the visits and training of researchers / professors of the Institute of Oceanography of USP and the Center for Studies of Coastal and Marine Geology of UFRGS.
Institutions involved:
University of São Paulo (IO / USP), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
At the end of 2013, an agreement was signed between PPBA and the Oceanography Graduate Program, University of São Paulo (IO / USP) and the Biodiversity Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), through elaboration, submission and approval of a new proposal to CAPES’ PROCAD notice, which will also result in the improvement and consolidation of PPBA in the scope of this important exchange, which will be focused on the study of a new Amazonian marine biome, corresponding to unique coral formations on the platform (IO / USP), Biotechnology and Biodiversity (UFRJ) and Dynamics and Ecology of the Amazon Basin (PPBA).
Institutions involved:
University of São Paulo (IO / USP), University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Within the scope of the Biological Oceanography Graduate Program, of University of Rio Grande Foundation (FURG), an agreement was signed with the researchers Dr. Clarisse Odebrecht, Dr. Enir Girondi Reis, Dr. César Serra Bonifácio Costa, Dr. João Paes Vieira Sobrinho, Dr. José Henrique Muelbert, Dr. Manuel Haimovici, Dr. Fernando D'Incao. This collaboration took place through the Integrated Approach to Water Resources Studies of the Amazon Coastal Zone: strengthening of a Graduate Course, not consolidated, in the northern region (Public Notice CT-HIDRO / MCT / CNPq No. 14/2005) approved together with CNPq. Since then, joint studies have been carried out on the systematics and ecology of planktonic organisms, coastal management studies, molecular biology of aquatic organisms (mollusks, crustaceans, fish, etc.) studies on the ecology of mangroves and flooded areas and the ecology and systematics of benthic organisms.
Institutions involved:
Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Exchange
Activity description:
PPBA has a partnership with the Center of High Amazonian Studies (NAEA) of UFPA, where several professors of the Program have acted as advisors. This partnership also includes the exchange of disciplines and research facilities, such as the use of laboratories, libraries, among others. In addition to the development of joint research projects in the area of management and policies of natural resources.
Institutions involved:
Center of High Amazonian Studies (NAEA) and Environmental Biology Graduate Program.
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
The teaching and research activities of PPBA have the participation of some researchers from the Emílio Goeldi Paraense Museum (MPEG), through a formalized cooperation agreement between the MPEG and the UFPA.
Institutions involved:
Emílio Goeldi Paraense Museum (MPEG) and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Professor Simoni Santos has a partnership involving co-guidance, co-authorship and participation in projects with Professors Jean Joyeux, of the da Federal University of Espírito Santo (Biological Sciences Graduate Program); Luis Reginaldo Rodrigues, Federal University of Western Pará (Natural Resources of the Amazon Graduate Program) and Manuel Haimovici, Federal University of Rio Grande.
Institutions involved:
Federal University of Espírito Santo, Federal University of Western Pará, Federal University of Rio Grande and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Professor Claudia Helena Tagliaro has a partnership involving co-authorship and participation in projects involving systematics and genetics of bivalve mollusks, with researcher Luis Ricardo L. Simone of the Museum of Zoology, University of São Paulo (USP).
Institutions involved:
University of São Paulo (USP) and Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Participation of professors Colin Robert Beasley and Cristina Maciel, members of the Aquaculture Laboratory of the Campus of Bragança of UFPA, in the Aquaculture Sustainability Network. The Network is coordinated by Wagner Cotroni Valenti of Júlio de Mesquita Paulista State University (UNESP), and is linked to the Aquaculture Center of the institution. Also participating are Dioniso Sampaio and Hudson Pereira, students of the program.
Institutions involved:
Júlio de Mesquita Paulista State University (UNESP) and the Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Type: Research Cooperation
Activity description:
Professor Pedro Chira Oliva, member of the Laboratory of Cartography, Geoprocessing and Modeling, has a partnership with Professor German Garabito Callapino of the University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) who is a participant in research projects in the Seismic area.
Institutions involved:
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and the Federal University of Pará (UFPA).