Application Program of the Institutional Technical Reserve to the FAMERP LMU

Abstract

Research projects are developed at the Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto (FAMERP) related to the lines of research that are part of the Postgraduate Programs of the Institution and that belong to different areas. Our research infrastructure is largely based in Block U-6, built with financial assistance obtained from FINEP (Financier of Studies and Projects). In an area of 2,310 m², the Research Laboratories are installed and fully operational, including the Multi-User Laboratory (LMU). This Facility comprises the infrastructure and equipment intended for research and teaching activities, in addition addition to contributing to the production of knowledge and technologies that meet the needs of the Institution's scientific community. This Research Center is called Multi-user Laboratory, as it is open to the Researchers who carry out research in different areas of knowledge, such as Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Virology, Microbiology, Pathology, Clinical Area, among others. Many of the equipment that the LMU has was granted by research promotion agencies to FAMERP professors, together with the Adjunct Directorate of Research, who at the time exercised the function of Coordinators of Multi-user Projects. Currently, the LMU of FAMERP brings together equipment of scientific relevance for the development of quality research in the country, such as a New Generation Sequencing Platform, equipment that performs HPLC and qRT PCR, in addition to a Luminometer (EMU FAPESP), thermocycler with control temperature gradient,, Flow Cytometer, Fluorescence Microscope, Microtome, Water Purification System, -80ºC Freezer, Vacuum Centrifuge, Fluorometer, among others. Therefore, there is a need to continue investing in relevant methodologies at LMU, with the implementation of approaches that innovate the Institution's research, teaching and extension practices, enabling FAMERP to gain greater prominence in Research in the country. It is convenient to point out that the expansion of the activities of these three pillars at FAMERP is only possible by obtaining funding granted for the acquisition of laboratory equipment, adaptation and maintenance of its infrastructure. Recently, the need to acquire an accessory for medium-sized equipment was identified, which can benefit the quality of the work developed at LMU, in addition to assisting in projects being developed by various research groups at the Institution. In this way, FAMERP chose to apply the funds referring to FAPESP's Institutional Technical Reserve for 2023 (base year 2022), in accordance with the verification of LMU's needs, to obtain Consumable Material and Third Party Services, with the aim of maintaining the proper functioning of this Facility. Thus, the proposal entitled "Application Program of the Institutional Technical Reserve to the FAMERP LMU" aims to continue making the LMU more accessible to the entire scientific community of the Institution, as well as the Hospital de Base and other Research Centers, making FAMERP become a reference in Research, with articulation of strategies in Research and Postgraduate Studies, resulting in greater academic interaction and extension of services to the community. (AU)