(Nov. 28th) – Chiara Mocenni and Francesca Ietta are ready to leave, destination Brazil. Not to attend the next World Cup but to continue their research in the laboratories of Brazilian universities. The two researchers from the University of Siena, in fact, will collaborate to research projects in Brazil as part of the project “Science without Borders”. Mocenni has been selected for a position of special visiting researcher of 36 months at the IMPA, the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in Rio de Janeiro. The project is entitled “Evolutionary games on networks for modeling biological and socio-economic applications”. Ietta has been selected as the “Jovem Talento” to carry out research on “Toxoplasma gondii na interação entre macrófagos and células trofoblásticas humanas” at the Laboratory of Reproductive Immunology , at the Federal University of Uberlandia. Under the same project, 28 Brazilian students arrived at the University of Siena and met representatives from the Embassy of Brazil. The meeting, which was attended by the rector of the University of Siena, Angelo Riccaboni, and Professor Alessandra Viviani, Delegate for International Relations, has been the occasion to collect opinions and suggestions from the students the Tuscan University of Siena. (Peg)
