Abstract
This article aims to analyse the participation of women scientist in knowledge production within the Genome Project sponsored by FAPESP (The State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation). Between 1997 and 2003, FAPESP invested approximately 33 million euros to develop the FAPESP Genome Project (PGF), generating major changes in Molecular Biology in Brazil: institutions devoted to fostering science and technology have been investing large sum of money; bioinformatics became one of the fields with great demand for professionals, and the results of the Xylella Genome Project, first organism sequenced in Brazil, were published in several international scientific journals including Nature, and Brazil became the first country to develop genome projects outside USA, Europe and Japan. As a consequence of this process, women scientists were loosing space as “spokespersons of this new science”, playing secondary roles at the project.
Highlights
This article aims to analyse the participation of women scientist in knowledge production within the Genome Project sponsored by FAPESP (The State of São Paulo Research Foundation)
Tais dados permitiram analisar a participação das mulheres nas ciências biológicas, além disso, as entrevistas semi-estruturadas –10 entrevistas no total, homens e mulheres em proporção igual– ajudaram a entender a produção do conhecimento, as atividades desenvolvidas por homens e mulheres e a examinar as barreiras que levam à participação desigual de homens e de mulheres nas ciências e na coordenação de grandes projetos de pesquisa
Os dados apresentados sobre “projetos temáticos” mostram a reduzida participação feminina na construção de projetos coletivos que exigem grandes somas de recursos financeiros
Summary
ARBOR Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura CLXXXIV 733 septiembre-octubre (2008) 863-876 ISSN: 0210-1963. RESUMEN: Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la participación de las mujeres en la producción de conocimiento del proyecto genoma financiado por la FAPESP (Fundación de Apoyo a la Investigación del Estado de São Paulo). Entre 1997 y 2003, FAPESP invirtió aproximadamente 33 millones de euros en el desarrollo del Proyecto Genoma Fapesp (PGF), provocando importantes cambios en la Biología Molecular brasileña: las instituciones de fomento a la investigación comenzaron a promoverla con grandes financiaciones; la bioinformática se tornó uno de los campos con mayor demanda de profesionales y, por fin, los resultados del Proyecto Genoma de la Xylella Fastidiosa, primer organismo vivo secuenciado en Brasil, se publicaron en revistas científicas internacionales, como Nature. DOING GENDER IN BRAZILIAN BIOLOGY: OBSTACLES AND PREJUDICES IN KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION WITHIN THE FAFESP GENOME PROYECT
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