A 220 million-year-old fossil underwent a computed tomography scan at Instituto do Cerebro do RS on the morning of 17 July. The piece, of about 44cm, is the skull of a Proterochampsa nodosa , a distant cousin of the crocodile and the dinosaur that should have measured a total of about 2.30...
19 de Julho de 2019Eduardo Silva de Assis Brazil has just been published in the international journal Behavior Brain Research . The academic was directed by Dr. Ivan Izquierdo and the Dr. Jociane de Carvalho Myskiw , with the help of the collaborators of the Memory Center of the Instituto do Cebra do RS. We...
19 de Julho de 2019Out of fidelity to the charism of Saint Marcellin Champagnat, the Marist Network is committed to enhancing the construction of a culture of solidarity in its mission spaces. Attentive to this purpose, the institution launches the 2020 edition of the Projeto Lábrea which will take place between...
11 de Julho de 2019On the afternoon of this Thursday, the Brain Institute of RS received the visit of ministers Marcos Pontes, Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications and Osmar Terra, from Citizenship . The only Brazilian who was on a space mission, the astronaut Pontes showed a lot of interest in the...
11 de Julho de 2019PERSONNEL, NOTE THERE! Our InsCer for this year's Community has a wonderful schedule! There are 12 lectures by our great professionals with topics related to health. Take a look at the schedule below! And how in previous years, they are all FREE! An event totally community...
11 de Julho de 2019A research project carried out by the Memory Center of the Instituto do Cerebro do RS finds that the presence of a family member after a traumatic memory alleviates the effects of fear, and can therefore assist in the extinction of an aversive memory. The research has just been published in the...
11 de Julho de 2019Eleven academics linked to the PUCRS Brain Institute won the Young Researcher Award promoted by the Brain 2019 Congress . The event brought together neuroscience professionals and researchers in Brasília, in June, to share knowledge and discuss advances in the area. This year's theme,...
11 de Julho de 2019Throughout 2018, more than 830 thousand people benefited from the university extension actions promoted by the University, such as health care, volunteering, courses and cultural shows. The own scholarship and educational credit programs have enabled 5,700 students to take advantage of...
11 de Julho de 2019Our colleague Dario Anschau received the Brother José Otão medal from the president of the Marist network, Br. Inacio Etges, and from the rector of PUCRS, Br. Evilázio Teixeira, due to the 25 years of work dedicated to the Institution. A unique and important moment in his life, that of his...
11 de Julho de 2019When research carried out in the academic field draws the attention of the public authorities, it is a significant sign that studies have gone beyond the walls of the University and can be useful in the construction of public policies aimed at the whole of society. In early June, the professor of...
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