The project, selected by FAPESP’s Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (CEPID) program, is coordinated by researcher Edson Roberto Leite and brings together researchers from USP, UNESP, UFABC, UFSCAR, EMBRAPA and the Nuclear Energy Research Institute (IPEN). The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), a social organization funded by the Ministry of Science,…
The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) announces a postdoctoral position in Cryo-EM (cryogenic electron microscopy) at the cutting-edge of science. The position is funded by FAPESP and candidates may submit projects until May 11th. Method Development for Local Resolution – This position is dedicated to the development and divulgation of metrics for…
The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) will hold the third edition of the Fundamentals in Transmission Electron Microscopy with Applications in Soft Materials and 4D-STEM course from June 30 to July 4, 2025. Aimed at graduate students and researchers in hard and soft materials (especially polymers), the event will cover the fundamentals of Transmission…
The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) announces two postdoctoral positions in Cryo-EM (cryogenic electron microscopy) at the cutting-edge of science. Both positions are funded by FAPESP and candidates may submit projects until April 21. Position 1: Hemocyanin Studies – This position focuses on the study of hemocyanins, large allosteric oxygen-carrier proteins…
The researcher Gabriel Schleder of the Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano) at CNPEM was elected a Young Affiliate Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in the area of physics. The result was announced at the Society’s Ordinary General Assembly on December 4, and the induction ceremony for the new young affiliates in São Paulo…
Free event on June 17 with a visit to Sirius and activities for everyone at the CNPEM campus in Campinas, São Paulo Have you always wanted to ask a scientist questions? Now is your chance! The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) campus in Campinas, São Paulo will hold an open house…
The new material’s overall conversion rate for solar energy to hydrogen is 7 times higher than the previous results from the same method Electrodes made from ferrous oxides and modified with gallium and hafnium boosted the efficiency in producing clean energy by 7 times over the reference material, pure hematite. The new method also…
CNPEM is a non-profit organization, funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI) to operate four laboratories: Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS)/Sirius, Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio),Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano) and Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR). This partnership becomes the 11th MOU that Instruct-ERIC holds with a global structural biology facility, and…
The Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano) announces the call for research proposals for the cryo-EM facility for Ultrastructure and Structural Biology projects. Samples typically analyzed for these proposals: protein complexes; protein and nucleic acids complexes; virus and cells. All research proposals should go through in the SAU Online: https://sauonline.cnpem.br/duo/ If it is your first…
A prestigious Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant for improving the access to cryo-EM methodologies in Latin America was awarded to Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) Researchers Marin van Heel and Rodrigo Portugal, and was announced on the 15th of November 2021. The awardees of the grant “Expanding Latin American…