In January, Emilia visited her alma mater -Universiade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP, situated around 100 km from São Paulo in the “small” 1.2 mln inhabitants Brazilian city of Campinas. The whole campus is in a district outside the big bustle and feels like a true student city. Besides symbolic meaning, the university logo is a rough map of the 3.5 km2 campus. For curious ones, the three red dots represent Sciences, Exacts, and Humanities. National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) is situated just next to the campus, which additionally helps to make this geographical spot a top destination for Brazilian science.
After a bit of a sentimental stroll around the place, Emilia visited Prof. Lauro Kubota’s lab, where she gave a presentation about the new group and recent results. After the presentation, all the members of the LEEDS group (The Laboratory of Electrochemistry, Electroanalytics, and Sensor Development) shortly talked about their research. Many of the topics concern the use of DNA-decorated aptasensors, an entirely new research direction of the group initiated after Emilia’s departure but already bringing excellent results (Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X Volume 12, December 2022, 100228).
The day was not over as Emilia’s friend Murilo works nearby at The Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), which forms a campus with the synchrotron lab. Murilo’s group is part of The Nano and Microfabrication Division. He always manages to get some ingenious solutions to scientific problems, so we highly recommend visiting his profile from time to time. It was fantastic to meet. Saudade do Barão Geraldo!
