Cascades of chemical interactions among Piper species

• Grant number: 12/15602-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: September 13, 2012
• End date: September 24, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Massuo Jorge Kato
• Grantee: Massuo Jorge Kato
• Visiting researcher: Lee A. Dyer
• Visiting researcher institution: University of Nevada, Reno, United States
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

We propose to strengthen the collaborative efforts between University of São Paulo (Laboratory of Natural Product Chemistry) and University of Nevada at Reno by means of establishing a multidisciplinary graduate training program that includes theoretical and practical courses. The integrative program should be extended during the next 3-5 years and will enroll graduate and undergraduate courses including recent advances in organic chemistry and molecular ecology to bring the field of chemical ecology to a new standard. The timing for a new program in chemical ecology is perfect due to the significant advances in organic chemistry and molecular ecology, as well as the current nonexistence of a specific graduate program in chemical ecology involving common themes between US and Brazil. (AU)