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Project will receive R$ 1 billion from new federal growth acceleration program and also includes 2nd phase of Sirius particle accelerator<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Brazil\u2019s president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva visited the campus of the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) this Friday, July 4, for the placement of the cornerstone of Project Orion, a laboratory for advanced pathogen research that will feature globally unique facilities. Investments of R$ 1 billion are planned through 2026. At the ceremony, the president also announced the expansion of Sirius; new research stations will be added to the particle accelerator and its infrastructure will be optimized.<\/p>\n

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President Lula, federal ministers, the president of BNDES, and CNPEM director general at the cornerstone ceremony for Orion in Campinas (Ricardo Stuckert\/PR)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cEducation in the country will not run out of money. Education is the oxygen that ran out for Brazilians during Covid, education is the future of Brazil,” said the president, citing investments in the next steps to expand the laboratory complex and emphasizing his personal satisfaction in returning to the site years after his decision to start the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to walk around with this model under my arm and show it to everyone! This model is Orion, which will put Brazil on the forefront. I thank God for having been here in 2008 with S\u00e9rgio Rezende [then Minister of Science and Technology] and having had the idea to do it. Sixteen years later, we’re back to say that we will do more and do better because Brazil deserves it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also participating in the ceremony were Ministers Luciana Santos (Science, Technology and Innovation), N\u00edsia Trindade (Health), and M\u00e1rcio Fran\u00e7a (Entrepreneurship, Microenterprise, and Small Business) and BNDES President Aloizio Mercadante.<\/p>\n

\u201cI consider today a historical day for Brazil. The cornerstone of Orion is a great leap for science, health, and sovereignty in the country,” said Luciana Santos.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy experience leading FIOCRUZ during the pandemic was very intense, at a time of scientific denialism. All countries will need to prepare themselves for new pandemics. Orion is how we are preparing for new health challenges, as well as guaranteeing our own sovereignty,\u201d added N\u00edsia Trindade.<\/p>\n

CNPEM Director General Antonio Jos\u00e9 Roque da Silva highlighted the support from the federal government as well as how pleased he was to guide the president on his tour of the Center. \u201cOrion is one of the most advanced centers in the world, with domestic technology, a Brazilian project connecting basic and applied science. This is the important DNA of this center, that links research to industry,” he noted, adding that the focus of the research team is to find solutions to the major problems facing the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrazil has its challenges, the world has its challenges. Our vision in this advanced center is to consider how we can participate in solving these problems in a multidisciplinary manner on topics like renewable energy, bioscience, climate change, and so many others.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the ceremony, the physicist Rog\u00e9rio C\u00e9zar Cerqueira Leite, who is part of the CNPEM board but was unable to participate for health reasons, was recognized for his important contributions to Project Orion.<\/p>\n

When he arrived at the complex in Campinas, President Lula visited the construction site for the new laboratory and the expansion for the Sirius particle accelerator. He also participated in a lunch at CNPEM with authorities and representatives from the research center.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Project Orion<\/h3>\n

Project Orion is a laboratory complex for advanced pathogen research which will include high and maximum biosafety containment facilities (BSL-3 and BSL-4, respectively), the only labs of this type in Latin America and the only one of its kind in the world connected to a particle accelerator, Sirius. Currently under construction in the city of Campinas, S\u00e3o Paulo, on the CNPEM campus, the complex will also include basic research labs as well as biological containment level 2, 3, and 4 facilities, advanced bioimaging and analytical techniques, a training lab simulating high- and maximum-containment facilities, divisions connected to synchrotron beamlines (Sibipiruna, Timb\u00f3, and Hibisco), as well as other support structures. All this infrastructure will be available to the scientific community in Brazil and abroad that investigates pathogenic agents (viruses, bacteria, fungi) and their effects on human health.<\/p>\n

By permitting advances of knowledge on pathogens and related diseases, Orion will play a fundamental role in health surveillance activities and policies, as well as in the development of diagnostic methods, vaccines, treatments, and epidemiological strategies. Orion will support national sovereignty in facing health crises, with the potential to benefit various areas such as health, science and technology, defense, and the environment.<\/p>\n

As of June 2024, R$ 240 million in funding has gone to Project Orion, including funds received in 2022 and 2023; another R$ 760 million are planned up to 2026.<\/p>\n

About CNPEM<\/h2>

The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) is home to a state-of-the-art, multi-user and multidisciplinary scientific environment and works on different fronts within the Brazilian National System for Science, Technology and Innovation. A social organization overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), CNPEM is driven by research that impacts the areas of health, energy, renewable materials, and sustainability. It is responsible for Sirius, the largest assembly of scientific equipment constructed in the country, and is currently constructing Project Orion, a laboratory complex for advanced pathogen research. Highly specialized science and engineering teams, sophisticated infrastructure open to the scientific community, strategic lines of investigation, innovative projects involving the productive sector, and training for researchers and students are the pillars of this institution that is unique in Brazil and able to serve as a bridge between knowledge and innovation. CNPEM\u2019s research and development activities are carried out through its four National Laboratories: Synchrotron Light (LNLS), Biosciences (LNBio), Nanotechnology (LNNano), Biorenewables (LNBR), as well as its Technology Unit (DAT) and the Ilum School of Science \u2014 an undergraduate program in Science and Technology supported by the Ministry of Education (MEC).<\/p>

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