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2025 August - 2021 October - Luis has been granted with a Research Grant from CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) and MCTI (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation) for the study of liquid-liquid phase separation as a putative mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides. The results for the granted "CNPq/MCTI/FNDCT Nº 44/2024 - UNIVERSAL" call can be found here.
2025 July - PAPER OUT! Our work in collaboration with Dr. Maria Bertonceli and Prof. Kátia Fernandes (LQFPP/UENF) has been published in Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology! Please check out our publications page for further information.
2025 June - Welcome to Rebeca Moço Martins, who joins the lab as undergraduate student.
2025 May - Welcome to Vanessa Leal Henriques, who joins the lab as undergraduate student.
2025 May - AWARD! Prof. Luis has been awarded a CNPq Productivity Fellowship (PQ-C level) by the Physics and Astronomy Advisory Committee. The full results of the CNPq call Nº 18/2024 – "Productivity Fellowships" are available here.
2025 May - PAPER OUT! Our work in collaboration with Dr. Gabriel Taveira (LFBM/UENF) has been published in ACS Bio & Med Chem Au! Please check out our publications page for further information.
2025 February - My student, Miguel Eduardo Salazar Aurich, successfully defended his master's thesis titled "Effect of Lipid Composition and Calcium Ions on the Structure and Function of SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Peptides." This defense is particularly special to me, as Eduardo is my first graduate student to complete his degree. Congratulations, Eduardo! Well deserved!
2025 January - My PhD student, Fadi Simon, has been selected through the internal PGCN-PDSE-2024-3 call for a 9-month research internship abroad. He will receive a CAPES PDSE scholarship (sandwich PhD program) to work in the group of Prof. Tuomas Knowles at the University of Cambridge, a leading expert in liquid-liquid phase separation studies.
2024 December - PAPER OUT! My PhD student Fadi Simon published his work in Membranes! Please check out our publications page for further information.
2024 November - IN THE NEWS! The awards received by my students — Eduarda Maia (undergraduate research) and Marcos Hernandez (PhD) — have been featured on the UENF news portal. To read the full article in Portuguese, click the link below: link
2024 October - AWARDS! My undergraduate student, Eduarda Maia, received an honorable mention for one of the best posters presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Biophysical Society (SBBf), held in São Paulo, Brazil. Meanwhile, my PhD student, Marcos Hernandez, was awarded 3rd place in the prestigious Carlos Chagas Prize, granted by the Brazilian Biophysical Society during the same conference. Congratulations to both for their dedication and outstanding work!
2024 May - Welcome to Júlia Viveiros Machado, who joins the lab as undergraduate student.
2024 April - Welcome to Fellipe Soares Lima, who joins the lab as undergraduate student.
2024 Jan - IN THE NEWS! "Nossa UENF" magazine published an article about the research conducted by my student Fadi Simon on the impact of nicotine on the structural dynamics and thermodynamics of pulmonary surfactants. To read the full article in Portuguese, click the link below: Revista Nossa UENF – Ano 7 – Nº 1
2023 October - Professor Luis and his master's student, Fadi Simon, attended the 47th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Biophysical Society (SBBf) in Campinas, São Paulo. Professor Luis gave a plenary lecture titled "Structure and Function of SARS-CoV-2 Membrane Fusion Peptides," while Fadi presented a poster titled "Nicotine Induces Changes in the Thermodynamics of the Phase Coexistence of Pulmonary Surfactant Model Membranes."
2023 June - Welcome to Eduarda Maia, who joins the lab as undergraduate student.
2023 June - My undergraduate research student Ana Luiza Valente won 1st place in the oral presentation category for her research work at the XV Fluminense Congress of Scientific and Technological Initiation (CONFICT)
2023 May - Our new Akta Go from Cytiva is up and running! Time to purify membrane peptides and membrane proteins!
2023 May - Fadi Simon presented his work at the 2023 Autumn Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society that took place in Ouro Preto, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
2023 April - New equipments have just arrived to the laboratory! Our research lab is becoming very equipped!
2023 February - Welcome to Iasmim dos Santos, who joins the lab as undergraduate student.
2022 November - Prof. Luis seeks highly motivated students pursuing a master's degree or a PhD. degree in either Natural Sciences or in Biosciences and Biotechnology. If you are willing to join our lab, please have a look at our Open Positions page for further information (Application deadlines: November 30th and November 27th, 2022).
2022 October - OUTREACH! Undergraduate student Fadi Simon made a YourTube video [in portuguese] to promote his scientific work as part of his Undergraduate Thesis Proposal. The target audience is high school students. Check it out!
2022 October - The research proposal entitled "Use of biomass and agricultural residues for bioenergy production by transformation thermochemistry aiming at the agroindustrial development in the State of Rio de Janeiro", led by Prof. Victor Haber Perez (Food and Technology Department - LTA/UENF) and teamed by Prof. Luis (LCFIS/UENF) and other coleagues, has been granted funding from FAPERJ (Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation). The results for the 2022 FAPERJ "Support for Scientific and Technological Projects in Agricultural Science in the State of Rio de Janeiro" call is found here.
2022 October - OUTREACH! Undergraduate student Fadi Simon from Basso Research Group presents his work to middle school students as part of his Undergraduate Thesis Proposal.
2022 July - The research proposal entitled "Development of the first integrated multiuser platform for expression, purification, and characterization of recombinants protein in the Northern Rio de Janeiro", led by Prof. Diogo de Abreu Meireles (LFBM/UENF) and teamed by Prof. Luis (LCFIS/UENF) and other coleagues, has been granted funding from FINEP/MCTI (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations). The results for the 2021 MCTI/FINEP/FNDCT/CT-INFRA "Research infrastructure in priority areas - PROINFRA 2021" call is found here.
2022 July - PAPER OUT! Our work in collaboration with Dr. Gabriel Bonan Taveira and coworkers from the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro has been published in BBA General Subjects! Please check out our publications page for further information.
2022 July - After successfully defending his Undergraduate Thesis Proposal, Fadi Simon de Souza Magalhães joins the Basso Research Group as an undergraduate student.
2022 June - The undergraduate student Ana Luiza Valente is awarded 1st place in the poster category at the 2022 Technological and Scientific Initiation Congress. Great job, Ana!
2022 June - PAPER OUT! Our work in collaboration with Prof. Glaucius Oliva (University of São Paulo, São Carlos) has been published in Nature Scientific Reports! Please check out our publications page for further information.
2022 June - Welcome to Scarllet Rodrigues dos Santos who join the lab as undergraduate student.
2022 April - We seek two highly motivated students pursuing a master's degree in Natural Sciences. If you are willing to join our lab, please have a look at our Open Positions page for further information (Application deadline: May 31st, 2022).
2022 February - PAPER OUT! Our work in collaboration with Prof. Eduardo Vicente (São Paulo State University, Tupã) and Prof. Eduardo Cilli (Sao Paulo State University, Araraquara) has been published in the Brazilian Journal of Physics as part of the collection entitled "Sergio Mascarenhas - a Polymath in Physics" dedicated to dedicated to Prof. Sergio Mascarenhas' memory. Please check out our publications page and the this very special edition of BJP for further information.
2022 January - Our work in collaboration with Dr. Vitor Serrão (University of California Santa Cruz), Prof. Otávio Thiemann (University of São Paulo), and co-workers has been featured in the COVER PAGE of the Journal of Molecular Biology! For a high resolution image, please check it out here. For details of the work, please see Serrao et al 2021.
2021 December - PAPER OUT! Our work in collaboration with Prof. Antonio Costa-Filho (University of São Paulo) and Prof. Maria Cristina Nonato (University of São Paulo) has been published in Biochimie! Please check out our publications page for further information.
2021 December - The research proposal entitled "Implementation of an integrated center for expression and purification of recombinant proteins at UENF", led by Prof. Ana Eliza Zeraik (LQFPP/UENF) and teamed by Prof. Luis (LCFIS/UENF) and Prof. Diogo de Abreu Meireles (LFBM/UENF), has been granted funding from FAPERJ (Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation). The results for the 2021 FAPERJ "Support for Regional Scientific and Technological Development of the State of Rio de Janeiro (DCTR)" call is found here.
2021 December - Julio visited the Biophysics and Structural Biology Group at the University of Sao Paulo in Sao Carlos, Brazil. He spent a week learning the skills to prepare peptide-free and peptide-decorated lipid bilayer samples for spectroscopic and calorimetric studies as part of his undergraduate research in our lab.
2021 December - Luis has been granted with a Research Grant from FAPERJ (Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation) to study the "Structure, functions, and dynamics of viral membrane peptides", with special emphasis on the SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides. The results for the 2021 FAPERJ "Support for Infrastructure and Research in the State Universities in Rio de Janeiro" call can be found here.
2021 November - Our laboratory has been granted funding from FAPERJ (Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation) to repair, renew, and expand the existing research facilities of the Physical Sciences Laboratory (LCFIS). The Project Coordinator is Prof. Marcelo Gomes da Silva. The results for the 2021 FAPERJ "Support for Infrastructure and Research in the State Universities in Rio de Janeiro" call can be found here.
2021 November - Luis seeks two highly motivated students pursuing a master's degree in Natural Sciences. If you are willing to join our lab, please have a look at our Open Positions page for further information (Application deadline: November 30th, 2021).
2021 October - Our laboratory has been granted funding from FAPERJ (Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation) to have our Bruker EPR spectrometer fixed. The Project Coordinator is Prof. André Oliveira Guimarães. The results for the granted 2021 FAPERJ "Maintenance of Multiuser Equipment" call can be found here.
2021 October - Luis has been granted with a Research Grant from FAPERJ (Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation) for the development of new therapies against COVID-19. The results for the granted 2021 FAPERJ "Development and Evaluation of Vaccines and Therapies against COVID-19" call can be found here.
2021 October - PAPER OUT! Our work in collaboration with Prof. Marcelo Guerin (CIC bioGUNE, Spain) has been published in Science Advances! Please check out our publications page for further information.
2021 October - Luis gives a talk entitled "The role of biophysics to the understanding of the SARS-CoV Spike fusion peptide function: From the mechanism of action to the viral inhibition" to undergraduate students from the Physics course of the State University of Londrina (UEL) in a series of seminars organized by Prof. Bruno Vicentin.
2021 October - PAPER OUT! Our work in collaboration with Dr. Vitor Serrão (University of California Santa Cruz), Prof. Otávio Thiemann (University of São Paulo), and co-workers has been published in the Journal of Molecular Biology! Please check out our publications page for further information.
2021 October - Luis and his undergraduated students Ana Luiza and Júlio Cézar attended the 20th IUPAB Congress, 45th Annual SBBf Meeting, and 50th Annual SBBq Meeting and presented a poster entitled "Lipid bilayer membrane as a possible target for inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike-mediated membrane fusion process". Luis also gave a talk at the meeting about the same research.
2021 August 2021 - Luis gives a talk entitled "SARS-CoV fusion peptides: mechanism of action and viral inhibition" to the graduate students from the Postgraduate Program in Natural Sciences (PPGCN) of the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro (UENF) in a series of webinars organized by Prof. Maria Priscila Pessanha de Castro. The talk (in Portuguese) can be watched in the side link:
2021 June - Luis helped in the organization of the Biological Physics area of the 2021 Autumn Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF) as a member of the Scientific Committee.
2021 March - Welcome to Ana Luiza Valente and Júlio Souza who join the lab as undergraduate students.
2020 December - Luis gives a talk entitled "Applications of electron magnetic resonance to the study of biological systems" in a virtual meeting organized by CAFIS (Centro Acadêmico César Lattes)/UENF (@cafis.uenf).
2020 November - Luis Basso joins the Physical Sciences Laboratory of the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro Darcy Ribeiro (UENF) as an Associate Professor.
2023 October - Professor Luis and his master's student, Fadi Simon, attended the 47th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Biophysical Society (SBBf) in Campinas, São Paulo. Professor Luis gave a plenary lecture titled "Structure and Function of SARS-CoV-2 Membrane Fusion Peptides," while Fadi presented a poster titled "Nicotine Induces Changes in the Thermodynamics of the Phase Coexistence of Pulmonary Surfactant Model Membranes."
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