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<p><strong>AGÊNCIA FAPESP</strong></p>

<p>Agência FAPESP is a service of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), consisting of a free electronic news agency, which can be found online at <a href="http://agencia.fapesp.br/en">www.agencia.fapesp.br/en</a>, and daily newsletters distributed by e-mail to a broad and diversified readership formed by researchers, the heads of support agencies, universities, research institutes, politicians, journalists and others interested in science and technology.</p>

<p>The site and the daily newsletters contain news, interviews and special coverage on issues concerning scientific and technological policy and information about new research discoveries developed in Brazil.</p>

<p>To receive these free newsletters, register at <a href="http://agencia.fapesp.br/en/subscribe"><strong>www.agencia.fapesp.br/en/subscribe</strong></a></p>

<p>To contact the Agência FAPESP news bureau, send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:agencia@fapesp.br"><strong>agencia@fapesp.br</strong></a></p>

<p><strong>SÃO PAULO RESEARCH FOUNDATION<br />
(FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO)</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>BOARD OF TRUSTEES</strong><br />
<br />
Marco Antonio Zago (President)<br />
Antonio José de Almeida Meirelles<br />
Carmino Antonio de Souza<br />
Helena Bonciani Nader<br />
Herman Jacobus Cornelis Voorwald<br />
Marcílio Alves<br />
Maria Arminda do Nascimento Arruda<br />
Mayana Zatz<br />
Mozart Neves Ramos<br />
Pedro Luiz Barreiros Passos<br />
Pedro Wongtschowski<br />
Thelma Krug</p>

<p><strong>EXECUTIVE BOARD</strong><br />
<br />
Chief Executive: Carlos Américo Pacheco<br />
Scientific Director: Marcio de Castro Silva Filho<br />
Administrative Director: Fernando Menezes de Almeida</p>

<p><strong>DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION  </strong></p>

<p>Communication manager: Claudia Izique (cizique@fapesp.br)</p>

<p>On-Line Division Coordinator: Heitor Shimizu (heitor@fapesp.br)<br />
Events supervisor: Marcelo Meletti (meletti@fapesp.br) <br />
Media relations: João Carlos da Silva (jsilva@fapesp.br - supervisor) and Heloisa Reinert (hreinert@fapesp.br)</p>

<p><strong>Agência FAPESP  </strong>       </p>

<p>Editor: Karina Toledo (ktoledo@fapesp.br)<br />
Visual media editor: Phelipe Janning (pjanning@fapesp.br) <br />
Reporters: André Julião (ajuliao@fapesp.br), Elton Alisson de Moura (elton@fapesp.br), Maria Fernanda Ziegler (mcastro@fapesp.br) e José Tadeu Arantes (jarantes@fapesp.br)<br />
Videoreporter: Daniel Antônio de Oliveira (doliveira@fapesp.br)<br />
Back-end developer: João Hetiéres Bérgamo (jbergamo@fapesp.br)<br />
English translation: Kevin Mundy and Geazi Mundy<br />
English edition:<strong> </strong>Nature Language Editing<br />
Spanish translation: Damian Kraus  <br />
Contributors: Caio de Mello Martins, Daniela Prado, Dinorah Ereno, Felipe Maeda Camargo, Gabriela Viana Schmidt, Jussara Mangini, Marcelo Meletti, Marcos de Oliveira, Mônica Lopes, Mônica Shindo, Noêmia Lopes, Ricardo Feliciano, Roberta Barbosa Sales, Sheyla Mayumi Kuniwake, Tatiane Britto e Vera Sirin.</p>

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