Foreword
Research Structures
Energy, Environment, and Biodiversity
- Metallic Materials Engineering
- Solar Energy
- Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Fields and Forests of the Atlantic Forest
- Economic, Human, and Environmental Development
- Primatology
- Genetics, Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation of Carnivores
- Oleochemistry: Processes and Products
- Technologies to Mitigate Environmental Impacts
- Ichthyology
- Ornithology
- The Center for Wind Energy
Humanities and Ethics
- Fundamental Rights
- Theological and Ethical Anthropology
- The Political Authoritarianism and Press in Contemporary Brazil
- Christology within the Contemporary Latin American Context
- Law and Bioethics
- Clinical Bioethics
- Ecclesiology and Emergent Problems
- Analytic Epistemology
- Ethics, Contemporaneity, and Deconstruction: The Philosophical Criticism of Violence
- Immigration, Towns, and Foreigners Narratives of Brazil (1864–1964)
- Criminal Procedure and Democratic Rule of Law
Culture and Education
- Southern Writers Collection
- Architecture and Heritage
- Culture, Subjectivity, and Formative Policies
- Between the Memories and Stories of Schools at Rio Grande do Sul: From the Deutscher Hilfsverein to Farroupilha School (1858-2008)
- Enunciation and Discourse
- Education for Health and Inclusive Education
- Teaching of Physics
- Format Y: Formation in Mathematics for Generation Y
- History of Literature: The Investigation and Diffusion of Sources
- Reading Literature: The School and Other Social Agencies
- Chemical Education
- Relationship between the Nature of Science and Science Education
- Literature, History, and Theories on the Imaginary
- Training of Professors, Licentiates, and Pedagogical Practices
Society and Development
- Companies and Organizations
- Law and Economy
- Study and Research on Violence
- Family, Social Work, and Health
- Architecture and Industrialization
- Agribusiness
- Social Well-being Economics
- Applied Mathematics
- Class Action Lawsuits
- Psychology and Social Policies: Memory, History, and Production of the Present Time
- Inter-organizational Relationships and Systemic Competitiveness
- Parties, Elections, and Political Communication
- Fundamental Principles of Tax Law
- Social Demands and Policies
Information and Communication Technology
- Wireless, Wired, and Optic Communications
- Organizational Communication
- Strategy and Innovation
- Hardware Project Support
- Computing Molecular Biophysics – The Modeling and Simulation of Biosystems
- Technological Development in Telehealth
- Resource Management and Virtualization
- The Management and Governance of Information Technology
- International News at the Global Village
- Communication Science
- Ubiquity and Technological Convergences in Communication
- Aerospace Research
- The Performance Evaluation Group
- The Group on Systems, Signals, and Computing
Biology and Health
- Cancer and Other Pathologies of the Oral and Maxillofacial Region
- Memory
- Molecular and Functional Biology
- Cardiometabolic Risk, Aging, and Nutrition
- Health Education and Work
- Structural Biochemistry
- Pediatric Respirology
- Applied Pharmacology: Characterization of Mechanisms Involved in Pain, Inflammation and Cancer
- Immunology and Immunodiagnostics
- Nephrology
- Neurosciences
- Orthodontics
- The Promotion of Health in Longevity
- Olympic Studies and Health Sciences
- Nerve Regeneration
- Intensive Neonatal Medicine and Congenital Infections
- Aerospace Pharmacy
- Medical Imaging
- Pulmonology
- Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders
- Metabolic Transformations of Purines of Biological Importance
- The Study of Parasitosis, Biochemical Parameters, and Hematological Parameters Associated with Aging
- Aerospace Science
- Bioethics and Ethics Applied to Animals
- Pharmacovigilance
- Evaluation and Intervention in the Life Cycle
- Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
- Modification of Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Risk
- Nanostructures and Nanoscopy
- Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- Psychology of Occupational Health
- Memory and Neurodegeneration
- Epidemiology, Neurology, and Immunology
- Chemistry of Natural Products
- Health Economics
Research Structures and Researchers
- RESEARCH STRUCTURES AND RESEARCHERS
- Business School: Management, Accounting and Economics (FACE)
- School of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU)
- School of Biosciences (FABIO)
- School of Aeronautical Sciences (FACA)
- School of Social Communication (FAMECOS)
- Law School (FADIR)
- School of Education (FACED)
- School of Physical Education and Sport Science (FEFID)
- School of Nursing, Nutrition and Physiotherapy (FAENFI)
- School of Engineering (FENG)
- School of Pharmacy (FFARM)
- School of Philosophy and Human Sciences (FFCH)
- School of Physics (FAFIS)
- School of Computer Science (FACIN)
- School of Letters: Languages, Linguistics and Literature (FALE)
- School of Mathematics (FAMAT)
- School of Medicine (FAMED)
- School of Dentistry (FO)
- School of Psychology (FAPSI)
- School of Chemistry (FAQUI)
- School of Social Work (FSS)
- School of Theology (FATEO)
- Institute of Bioethics (IB)
- Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology (IGG)
- Institute of Research and Development (IDÉIA)
- Institute of Biomedical Research (IPB)
- Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology (INTOX)
- Institute of the Brain (InsCer)
- Institute of Environment and Natural Resources (IMA)
- Museum of Sciences and Technology (MCT)
Natural solutions with essential oils
Specializing in the extraction of oils from plant matrices, considered to be inputs with high added value, the Oleochemistry Research Group: Processes and Products operates in an interdisciplinary manner, maintaining activities with programs in pharmacology, chemistry, biology, chemical engineering, and material engineering, among others.
One of the studies by the team coordinated by Professor Eduardo Cassel is related to the test for tannins extracted from the acacia plant for use as an antioxidant of metals, inhibiting corrosion. The research has the support of the Ibero-American Program in Science and Technology for Development (CYTED) in a project in which new functions were proposed for the tannins, in addition to plant tanning of leather.
Another project, in partnership with the national industry in the personal hygiene sector, involves obtaining essential oil for soaps and deodorants with antibacterial action as a substitute for traditionally used synthetic compounds. The researchers obtain the oil, fractionate it, perform the antimicrobial assays required by the National Agency for Sanitary Surveillance, and evaluate the product for industrialization. Commercialization is predicted for 2013.
With the Hoja Santa cultivar (Piper hispidinervum), there are two investigations underway: one for human use and the other for veterinary purposes. The oil from this native plant of the Amazon region (State of Acre) displays antimicrobial action capable of eliminating an amoeba (Acanthamoeba keratitis) that causes eye infections similar to conjunctivitis. The properties of this product also have acaricide action, in particular for largesized animals, such as cattle. Studies in this area are being performed in partnership with the University of the Republic (Uruguay) and the Center for Environmental Sciences (Spain).
There are several instances of inter-institutional cooperation with the group. In Brazil, these include UFRGS, UCS, and Embrapa. Abroad, these include the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), the University Central de las Villas (Cuba), the University of Antioquia (Colombia), and the University of Valladolid (Spain).