On Thursday, 3 March 2017, his excellency Renato Mosca de Souza, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil, paid a visit to the NIB in the company of his Advisor Márcio Blois Gasparri. His excellency Renato Mosca de Souza begun his four-year term in Slovenia in June 2017. In the interest of contributing to long-standing good relationships between NIB and scientists from Brazil, he wished to make the acquaintance of Prof. Tamara Lah Turnšek, a scientist who is among the most deserving for establishing scientific cooperation between Brazil and Slovenia.