Study of proteins and membranes in aqueous solution by SAXS (IFUSP) and SAXS course (1st school of SAXS data analysis at LNLS) as a satellite of the annual users meeting from LNLS as an invited professor

• Grant number: 11/22676-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: February 28, 2012
• End date: March 17, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Rosangela Itri
• Grantee: Rosangela Itri
• Visiting researcher: Francesco Spinozzi
• Visiting researcher institution: Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), Italy
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We plan a visit of prof. Spinozzi with an aim to participate, as an invited professor, at the 1st School on SAXS data analysis that will be held at LNLS from 01 to 06 March 2012 (see attached document). Further, prof. Spinozzi will participate on 4-days SAXS measurements at SAXS1 beam line of LNLS, focusing on the amiloid protein conformational studies by means of SAXS. Finally, prof. Spinozzi will visit the Crystallography laboratory at Institute of Physics - USP. During this last period, prof. Spinozzi will have contact with some researchers at IFUSP who work with bio-systems (proteins and model membranes), discuss some projects as well as he will participate in the master degree defense of Elisa Morandé Sales (FAPESP no.2009/12485-3), under my supervision, at IFUSP. (AU)