Projects from the University are internationalized through the CAPES-PrInt initiative
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The PhD candidate from the Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Caroline Zilio Lopes, through the Institutional Program for Internationalization (CAPES-PrInt), is taking a sandwich doctorate period at the Queensland University of Technology, in Australia. In this initiative, students and researchers from PUCRS can participate in activities abroad, strengthening international cooperation.
Advised by professor from the School of Health and Life Sciences and from the graduate programs in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Dentistry and Ecology and Evolution of Biodiversity, Renata Medina, Caroline studies the processes of biomineralization of carbonates. “We want to understand how they happen and how they are modified over time and with different physicochemical parameters by microbial species present in coastal lakes in our state,” explains the student.
In addition to the linguistic development, being part of a global research context provides the student with new ways of producing knowledge. In the laboratory where she is carrying out her studies, there are people from every corner of the world, with different experiences, ideas and skills, which allows her to have new insights for her project, in addition to acquiring educational perspectives from complementary fields.
In Brisbane, a cultural and economic hub in Australia, the Queensland University of Technology plays a crucial role in the development of new technologies and answers to the multifaceted problems of the society. With an interdisciplinary methodology of teaching, the university performs research in various fields of knowledge, such as climate change, digital media, materials science and biomedical innovation.
