Recovery and adaptation of the areas of Research Laboratories and Animal Facilities at the Faculty of Medical Sciences - Unicamp

• Grant number: 21/10748-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Technical Reserve for Institutional Research Infrastructure
• Start date: December 01, 2021
• End date: November 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Carlos Zeferino
• Grantee: Luiz Carlos Zeferino
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The Faculty of Medical Sciences (FCM) of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) is a teaching and research unit consisting of undergraduate courses in Medicine and Speech Therapy, Medical Residency and Graduate Programs. Its annual scientific production has ranked among the best faculties in Latin America. In 2019, for example, there were 131 doctoral defenses and 158 master's and 810 scientific articles were published in refereed specialized journals. This production is based on the activity of 100 laboratories, where clinical and translational research protocols are developed, as well as animal and cell models.The present plan, therefore, has the purpose of maintaining and improving the working conditions of these laboratories in order to reach even higher levels in the international scientific community. (AU)