Scientific Program


Data 16.05.2009            Time:  17:30

Local: Real Room
Conference  Nº     1
Chair: Débora Foguel, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB-UFRJ)

From Flavins to Hemes in Cytochromes P450 and Nitric Oxide Synthases During a Lifetime in Science
Bettie Sue Masters, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA

Data 17.05.2009            Time:  08:30 às 10:30

Symposium     Nº     1
Local:  Real Room
Chair: Adalberto Ramon Vieyra, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF-UFRJ)

Vasoactive Peptides: Metabolism, Receptors and Signaling

Activation of Bradykinin B2 Receptors: an Innate Pathway Guiding T cell  Development in Mice Orally Infected by the Periodontal Bacteria Porphyromon
Julio Scharfstein, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF-UFRJ)

Kinin B1 Receptor Deficiency Leads to Leptin Hypersensitivity and Resistance to Obesity
João Bosco Pesquero, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM)

Angiotensins and Kinins: Much More than Vasoactive Peptides
Claudio Miguel Costa-Neto, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP-USP)

The Intrarenal Renin-Angiotensin-System in the Pathophysiology of Hypertension
Luis Gabriel Navar, Tulane University School, USA

Symposium     Nº     2
Local:  Rubi Room
Chair: Rafael Linden, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF-UFRJ)

Gene Therapy

Gene Therapy for Oxidative Damage to the Retina and Optic Nerve
Alfred S. Lewin, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

The Impact of Double Tumor Suppressor Cancer Gene Therapy
Eugenia Costanzi Strauss, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas I (ICB1-USP)

New Therapeutic Strategies for Glioblastoma Multiforme
Guido Lenz, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Induction of Angiogenesis, Arteriogenesis and Vasculogenesis with Growth Factor Genes to Treat Peripheral Artery Diseases
Sang Won Han, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM)

Symposium     Nº     3
Local:  Agata Room
Chair: Guilherme Menegon  Arantes, Instituto de Química (IQ-USP)

Computational Enzymology and Biochemistry

Molecular Simulations of Enzyme Catalysis
Martin J. Field, Institut de Biologie Structurale - Jean-Pierre Ebel, Laboratoire de Dynamique Moleculaire, France

Fundamental Mechanisms on the Complexation of Milk Proteins
Fernando Luís Barroso da Silva, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP-USP)

Binding and Catalysis to Protein Ensembles
Guilherme Menegon  Arantes, Instituto de Química (IQ-USP)

Symposium     Nº     4
Local:  Topázio Room
Chair: Ivan de Godoy Maia, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu (IB-UNESP)

Molecular Aspects of Plant-Microbe Interactions

Molecular Battles Between Plant and Bacteria in the Phyllosphere
Maeli Melotto, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Modulation of Host Gene Expression during the Initial Steps of Tomato Infection by a Potyvirus
Francisco Murilo Zerbini, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)

New Insights into the Xanthomonas citri - Orange Interaction
Celso Eduardo Benedetti, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS)

Genomics of Tree-Fungi Interaction: Witches' Broom Disease on Cacao and SALB on Rubber.
Julio Cezar de Mattos Cascardo, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC)

Symposium     No 05
Local: Safira Room
Chair: Leda Satie Chubatsu, UFPR

SBBq Conesul Symposium

The Cue Regulon Controls both Aerobic and Anaerobic Copper Resistance in Salmonella
Lucas Blas Pontel, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosário, Argentina.

Apoptosis Induced by Dengue-2 Virus: Investigation of the Mitochondrial Pathway
Samir Pereira da Costa Campos, IBqM–CCS – UFRJ, Brasil.

Understanding the Mechanisms Involved in Hepatitis C Virus Assembly
Vanessa Lopes de Azevedo Braga, PBE/IBqM/CCS,UFRJ, Brasil.

Structural Characterization of the Siderophore Produced by Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z67
Federico Antonio Rosconi Hill, Laboratorio de Ecología Microbiana, IIBCE, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Characterization of the Expression of DZIP1 and PUM2 in Human Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells during the Process of Cellular Differentiation
Patrícia Shigunov, Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Paraná

Data 17.05.2009            Time:  11:00 to 12:00
Conference  Nº     2
Local:  Real Room
Chair: Gilberto Barbosa Domont, Instituto de Química (IQ-UFRJ)

Amyloid Diseases: An Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry Approach to their Molecular Basis
Michael T. Bowers, Dep of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, USA

Conference  Nº     3
Local:  Rubi Room
Chair: Sandro Roberto Valentini, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Araraquara (FCFAR-UNESP)

Translational Control and Cancer
John W.B. Hershey, Dep Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA

Conference  Nº     5
Local: Topázio Room
Chair: Ione Salgado, Instituto de Biologia (IB-UNICAMP)

Nitric Oxide Functions in the Plant Hypersensitive Disease Resistance Response
Massimo Delledonne, Universita degli Studi di Verona, Italy

Data 17.05.2009        Time:  14:30 to 16:30
Symposium     Nº     6
Local:  Real Room
Chair: Gilberto Barbosa Domont, Instituto de Química (IQ-UFRJ)

VII Symposium on Proteomics

Venomics: Conceptual Model to Decipher Encrypted Codes in Scarce Proteins
Adriano Monteiro de Castro Pimenta, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB-UFMG)

The Use of Proteomics for the Study of Infectious and Chronic Diseases
Russolina Benedeta Zingali, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica (IBqM-UFRJ)

Exploring Bothrops Snake Venom Variability by Proteomic Approaches
Solange Maria De Toledo Serrano, Instituto Butantan, SP

Symposium     Nº     7
Local:  Rubi Room
Chair: Martha Meriwether Sorenson, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, UFRJ

13o Prize in Life Science for Young Scientist

 The Functional Architecture of Escherichia coli is Revealed by a Natural Decomposition Approach
Julio A. Freyre-González, Programa de Genómica Computacional, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

Transthyretin Variants: The Bad and the Good Guy
Fernando L. Palhano, Inst. Bioq. Médica – UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Role of Adenosine Receptors and Glucose Concentration in Macrophage Response to Staphylococcus aureus Antigens
Luiz F. de Souza, Dep de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde,UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.

Sirtuin’s Action on the Hypothalamic Melanocortin System is Enabled by UCP2
Marcelo de Oliveira Dietrich, Dep of Biochemistry, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

A Strategy to Automatically Infer Precursor Charge States of Electron Transfer Dissociation Tandem Mass Spectra
Paulo C Carvalho, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Symposium     Nº     8
Local:  Agata Room
Chair: Ana Maria Oliveira Battastini, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde (ICBS-UFRGS)

Ecto-ATPases: the Past, the Present and the Future (ecto-nucleotidases)

The Salivary Apyrases of Blood Sucking Arthropods
José Marcos Chaves Ribeiro, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Lab. of Malaria and Vector Research, USA

Differential Expression of E-Ntpdases Modulates Glioma Growth
Ana Maria Oliveira Battastini, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde (ICBS-UFRGS)

Ectonucleotidases and Zebrafish: Toxicological and Pharmacological Implications
Carla Denise Bonan, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC)

Influence of Thyroid Hormones on Ectonucleotidases in the Cardiac Tissue
Maria Luiza Morais Barreto Chaves, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas I (ICB1-USP)

Ecto-Nucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolases in Protozoa Parasites: Looking for a Function.
Jose Roberto Meyer-Fernandes, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB-UFRJ)

ATP Diphosphohidrolases/Ecto-ATPases, the Scientific World of JJJ Sarkis
Jorge Almeida Guimarães, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

Symposium     Nº     9
Local:  Topázio Room
Chair: Marcio De Castro Silva Filho, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ-USP)

Complex Regulatory Networks in Plants

RALF, a Plant Peptide Hormone Involved in Tissue Expansion, is Processed by a Convertase Like in Animals and Yeast
Daniel Scherer de Moura, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ-USP)

Small Regulatory RNAs as Signaling Factors during Leaf Patterning
Fabio Tebaldi Silveira Nogueira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Nutritional Regulatory Networks in Plants
Michel Georges Albert Vincentz, Instituto de Biologia (IB-UNICAMP)

Thiamine Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana Reveals an Intricate Pattern of Evolution and Involvement of Distinct Subcellular Compartments
Marcio De Castro Silva Filho, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ-USP)

Symposium     No 10
Local: Safira Room
Chair: Paulo Lee Hoo, Instituto Butantan

SBBq Conesul Symposium

Role of NF-κB in Platelets: Impaired Activation Responses by NF-κB Inhibitors
Elisa Malaver Marin, Hematological Research Institute, National Academy of Medicine. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Implication of Akt and 14-3-3 in Parathyroid Hormone-Induced Apoptosis in Caco-2 Cells.
Claudia Rosana Gentili, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

The Expression of Vitamin C Transporters in Sertoli Cells and their Relevance for the Blood Testis Barrier
Maria Constanza Angulo González, Instituto de Bioquímica, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile.

Characterization of Surface Proteins from Leptospira interrogans
Marina von Atzingen dos Reis, Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil.

Alternative Strategy For the Development of a Schistosomiasis Vaccine
Patrícia Placoná Diniz, Centro de Biotecnologia, Brasil.

Data 18.05.2009            Time:  08:30 to 10:30
Symposium     Nº    11
Local:  Real Room
Chair: Célia Regina da Silva Garcia, Instituto de Biociências (IB-USP)

3rd IUBMB Symposium of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Malaria

Structure-Function, Trafficking, and Drug Discovery Studies of Falcipain Cysteine Proteases of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Phil J. Rosenthal, University of California, San Francisco

Targeting Protein Prenylation for Malaria Therapeutics: A Piggyback Approach
Debopam Chakrabarti, The University Central of Florida, Burnett School of Medicine Science

Mechanisms of Signal Transduction on host-Plasmodium Interactions
Célia Regina da Silva Garcia, Instituto de Biociências (IB-USP)

Symposium     Nº    12
Local:  Rubi Room
Chair: Miguel Augusto Rico Botas Castanho, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Membrane-Bioactive Peptides in Health and Disease

What's the Molecular Meaning of MIC When Working with AMPs? Lessons from the Peptides Omiganan and BP100
Miguel Augusto Rico Botas Castanho, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Crotamine, Cell Penetrating Peptide, Derived from South American Rattlesnake Crotalus Durissus terrificus
Irina Kerkis, Instituto de Biociências (IB-USP)

Amyloid-Like Fiber Formation Driven by Lipid-Protein Interaction
Manoel José Estevez Prieto, Instituto Superior Técnico, Univ. Tec. de Lisboa, Portugal

Revealing the Mechanism of Interaction between Viral Fusion Peptides and Membranes
Fausto Stauffer Junqueira de Souza, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica (IBqM-UFRJ)

Symposium     Nº    13
Local:  Agata Room
Chair: Monica Marin, Universidad de La República, Facultad de Ciência, Montevidéu, Uruguay

Learning Protein Folding to Tackle Conformational Disorders

Protein Folding Activity of Ribosomal RNA is a Selective Target of Two Unrelated Antiprion Drugs Active from Yeast to Mammals
Marc Blondel, Université de Brest, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, France

Nucleic Acid Binding and Hydration in Protein Misfolding: Insights from Studies of Prion and p53 Tumor Suppressor Proteins
Jerson Lima Da Silva, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB-UFRJ)

Prion Protein:  Orchestrating Neurotrophic Activities
Vilma Regina Martins, Instituto Ludwig de Pesquisa sobre o Câncer (ILUDWIG)

Protein Misfolding Diseases: The Case of Transthyretin
Débora Foguel, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB-UFRJ)

Symposium     Nº    14
Local:  Topázio Room
Chair: Adriana Rios Lopes, Instituto Butantan

What we can learn from Arthropods

Insect Digestion: A Historical and Evolutionary Perspective
Adriana Rios Lopes, Instituto Butantan

Gut Microbiota and Some Physiological Aspects of Aedes aegypti Digestion.
Francisco Jose Alves Lemos, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia (UENF-CBB)

From Perimicrovillar Membranes to Induction of Digestive Enzymes in Insects
Carlos Peres Silva, Centro de Ciências Biológicas (CBB-UFSC)

Molecular Basis of Enzyme Properties
Sandro Roberto Marana, Instituto de Química (IQ-USP)

From Digestion to Immunity: Role of Insect Beta-1,3-Glucanases
Fernando Ariel Genta, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)

Symposium     No 15
Local: Safira Room
Chair: Hernan F. Terenzi, UFSC

SBBq Conesul Symposium

Urate as a Physiological Substrate for Myeloperoxidase
Flávia Carla Meotti, Dep de Farmacologia, UFSC, Florianópolis, Brazil.

Biochemical and Functional Analysis of GONST3 and 4, Nucleotide-Sugar Transporters of Arabidopsis thaliana
José Patricio Miranda Marin, Dep de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile

FEZ1 is an Intrinsically Unfolded Protein, Acts in Concert with NEK1 and CLASP2 at Centrossomes and Provokes the “Flower Like” Phenotype in Human Cells
Daniel Carlos Ferreira Lanza, LNLS, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

Structural Studies of Human Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase: Towards a new Specific Empirical Scoring Function
Rafael Andrade Caceres, Faculdade de Biociências, Laboratório de Bioquímica Estrutural, PUC RS

Comprehensive Comparison of the Interaction of the E2 Master Regulator with its Cognate Target DNA Sites in 73 Human Papillomavirus Types by Sequence Statistics
Mariano Dellarole, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Fundación Instituto Leloir, Argentina.

Data 18.05.2009        Time:  11:00 to 12:00

Conference  Nº     7
Local: Real Room
Chair: Carlos Henrique Inacio Ramos, Instituto de Química (IQ-UNICAMP)

Protein Folding and Misfolding in Cystic Fibrosis
Douglas M. Cyr, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Conference  Nº     8
Local: Rubi Room
Chair: Maria Helena Bueno Da Costa,Instituto Butantan,  São Paulo-SP

Adventures at the Interface: Modeling Structural and Functional Aspects of Biological Reaction Sites Using Colloids and Intramolecular Reactions
Hernan Chaimovich, Instituto de Química (IQ-USP)

Conference  Nº     9 – PABMB LECTURE
Local: Agata Room
Chair: Ana Maria Oliveira Battastini, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde (ICBS-UFRGS)

From Vector Spit to Spitomes and Beyond: How Much Work is there to Do?
José Marcos Chaves Ribeiro, Lab. of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA

Conference  Nº    10
Local: Topázio Room
Chair: Eloi De Souza Garcia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro-RJ

Interactions on Symbionts and Antimicrobial Factors in Triatomines
Günther Artur Schaub, Group Zoology/Parasitology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Conference  Nº    11
Local: Safira Room
Chair: Jose Cesar Rosa, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP-USP)

Glycosylation Fingerprints of Normal, Metastatic and Developmental Cells
Vernon N. Reinhold, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

Time:  14:30 to 16:30
Symposium     Nº    16
Local:  Real Room
Chair: Andrea Thompson Da Poian, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica (IBqM-UFRJ)

Molecular aspects of dengue virus infection

Interaction of the Dengue Virus Fusion Peptide with Membranes by NMR: The Essential Role of W101 of the E Glycoprotein for Membrane Fusion
Ronaldo da Silva Mohana Borges, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF-UFRJ)

IFN-g -Mediated Immunity in Dengue Virus Infection. Mechanisms of Induction and Action
Mauro Martins Teixeira, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB-UFMG)

Molecular Epidemiology of Dengue Viruses in Northern Brazil
Marcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes, Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC-PA)

Cellular Responses to Dengue Virus Replication in Hepatocytes: Implications for Pathogenesis
Andrea Thompson Da Poian, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica (IBqM-UFRJ)

Symposium     Nº    17
Local:  Rubi Room
Chair: Marcia Regina Braga, Instituto de Botânica (IBOT)

Desiccation Tolerance in Plants

An Overview of the Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance Using Resurrection Plants as Models: From the Molecular to Whole Plant Physiology
Jill M. Farrant, University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa

Seed Survival in the Dry State
Henk W.M. Hilhorst, Wageningen University, The Nederlands

Acquisition, Loss and Re-Establishment of Desiccation Tolerance in Orthodox Seeds
José Marcio Rocha Faria, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)

Desiccation Tolerance in the Brazilian Flora
Sergio Tadeu Meirelles, Instituto de Biociências (IB-USP)

Symposium     Nº    18
Local:  Agata Room
Chair: Lewis Joel Greene, Faculdade de Medicina (FM-USP)

Proteomic Approaches to the Characterization of Cancer Cells.

Proteomic Approaches to Understand Chemotherapy Resistance in Leukemias
Eliana Saul Furquim Werneck Abdelhay, Instituto Nacional do Câncer (INCA)

Proteomic Analysis of Ovarian Cancer Cells Reveals Dynamic Processes of Protein Secretion and Shedding of Extra-Cellular Domains
Vitor Marcel Faça, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA

Identification of Tumor Antigens Directed Antibodies
Sandra R.P. Faça, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA

Clinical Proteomics in Cancer: Lessons from Patient Samples of Glioma and Leukemia
Jose Cesar Rosa, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP-USP)

Symposium     Nº    19
Local:  Topazio Room
Chair: Adalberto R. Vieyra, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, UFRJ, RJ; Co-Chair: Martha Meriwether Sorenson, Vice President of SBBq, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, UFRJ

Science Policy: Measuring Research Quality

Introdução e Considerações Iniciais
Adalberto R. Vieyra (Coordinator), Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, UFRJ, RJ

The Evaluation of  Biological Research in EU and European Countries
Andre Goffeau, Institut des Sciences de la Vie , Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Indicators and Achievement
Fernando Galembeck, Dep de Físico-Química, Instituto de Química, Unicamp

Keep It Simple – But Not Too Simple
Martha Sorenson, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, UFRJ, RJ

Symposium     No 20
Local: Safira Room
Chair: Monica Marin, Universidad de La Republica, Uruguay

SBBq Conesul Symposium

The Role of Superoxide in Infection with Leishmania amazonensis
Juan Preira de Macêdo, Dep de Bioquímica e Imunologia, UFMG, Brazil.

Pancreas B-Cells Morphology, Liver Antioxidant Enzymes and Liver Oxidative Parameters in Alloxan-Resistant and Alloxan-Susceptible Wistar Rats: A Viable Model System For The Study of Concepts into Reactive Oxygen Species
Guilherme Antônio Behr, ICBS,  UFRGS Brazil.

Nitration of Arachidonic Acid Modulates PGHS-1 Activity
Lucía Bonilla Cal, Facultad de Medicina, UdelaR, Uruguay.

Ethylmalonic and Methylsuccinic Acids Induce Oxidative Stress in Rat Cerebral Cortex
Estela Natacha Brandt Busanello, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, UFRGS

Evidence that 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acids Accumulating in LCHAD Deficiency Induce Oxidative Damage and Decrease Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant Defenses in Brain of Young Rats
Anelise Miotti Tonin,  Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, UFRGS

Data 19.05.2009            Time:  08:30 to 10:30
Symposium     Nº    21
Local:  Real Room
Chair and Co-Chair: Aparecida Sadae Tanaka and Rodrigo L.O.R. Cunha
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM)

Protease Inhibitors - Aspects and Applications of Low Molecular Weight and Proteic Inhibitors

Serine Protease Inhibitors Isolated from Carribean Marine Invertebrates: Structure-Function
Yamile González González, Universidad Habana, Cuba

From Inhibitors of the Secreted Aspartic Proteases (SAPS) of Candida albicans to New Falcipain Inhibitors
Tanja Schirmeister, Universität Würzburg-Institut für Pharmazie und Lebensmittelchemie, Germany

Structural and Functional Insights of Infestins 1 and 4 in the Blood Feeding of Triatoma infestans.
João Alexandre Ribeiro Gonçalves Barbosa, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS)

Inhibition of Intracellular Proteolysis in Malaria Parasites
Marcos Leoni Gazarini Dutra, Universidade Federal De São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM)

Symposium     Nº    22
Local:  Rubi Room
Chair: Jose Miguel Ortega, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB-UFMG)

Making Use of the Information Provided by Complete Genomes

Linking Genomic Knowledge to Diseases and Drugs
Minoru Kanehisa, Institut for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Bioinformatics Center, Japan

More Info to Pathways: the Enrichment of COG and Kegg Orthology Databases and the Grouping of Cognate Proteins with Seed Linkage
Jose Miguel Ortega, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB-UFMG)

Evolutionary Origins of Human Apoptosis and Genome-Stability Gene Networks
João Carlos Merino Mombach, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)

Remote Homology Detection through Structural Alignment
Alberto M. Davila, Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz (IOC)

Symposium     Nº    23
Local:  Agata Room
Chair: Helio Kiyoshi Takahashi, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM)

Functional Roles of Glycoconjugates, Complexed with other Membrane Components, in Defining Cell Growth, Cell-Cell Interaction and Pathogen-Host Cell interactions

Trypanosomatide (Glyco)Lipid Membrane Organization and their Role in the Infectivity
Anita Hilda Straus Takahashi, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM)

Role of Glycans in Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Carcinogenesis
Celso Albuquerque Reis, Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia da Universidade do Porto (IPATMUP), Portugal

Evaluation of the Minimal Core in Galactofuranose Structure Capable to Stimulate the Immune Response
Guilherme Lanzi Sassaki, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Dermatan Sulfate Inhibits P-Selectin-Dependent Cellular Interaction during Metastasis and Inflammation
Mauro Sergio Goncalves Pavão, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF-UFRJ)

Symposium     No 24
Local: Topázio Room
Chair: Hugo Alexandre de Oliveira Rocha, UFRN

SBBq Conesul Symposium

A Role for Phospholipase D in Nitric Oxide induced stomatal closure
Ayelen Mariana Distéfano, IIB-UNMdP. Mar del Plata. Argentina.

Xanthomonas Manipulates Host Defense Response to Produce Disease
Luciano Ariel Rigano, Fundacion Pablo Cassara, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Molecular Characterization of Pathogen Defense-Related Genes in Coffee
Carla Fernanda Barsalobres Cavallari, Laboratório de Biotecnologia e Genética Molecular, IB, UNESP, 18618-000, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil

The First Osmotin Purified from Latex: Biochemical Characterization; Biological Activity and Role in Plant Defense
Cleverson Diniz Teixeira de Freitas, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFC, Brasil.

Variations in Fructan Metabolism of Vernonia herbacea (Vell.) Rusby (Asteraceae) in Response to Water Deficit and their Relation to Drought Tolerance
Paola Mitie Aparecida Garcia, Seção de Fisiologia e Bioquímica de Plantas, Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo, SP.

Symposium     No 25
Local: Safira Room
Chair: Arnaldo Zaha, UFRGS

SBBq Conesul Symposium

Methylphenidate Alters Ncs-1 Expression in Rat Brain
Gislaine Zilli Réus, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, SC, Brazil.

Resveratrol and Temozolomide Have Additive Citotoxic Effect, Induce Autophagy and Cell Cycle Alterations in U87-MG cells
Eduardo Cremonese Filippi Chiela, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

HIV Aspartyl Peptidase Inhibitors Interfere with Cellular Proliferation, Ultrastructure and Macrophage Infection of Leishmania amazonensis
Livia de Oliveira Santos, Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Doenças Endêmicas (FIOCRUZ).

The Role of Glucose Restriction on Amino Acid Metabolism and Lifespan in Yeast
Graciele Almeida de Oliveira, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Involvement of Alternative Respiratory Proteins in Superoxide-Dependent Nitric Oxide Degradation by Plant Mitochondria
Halley Caixeta de Oliveira, Department of Biochemistry, IB, UNICAMP, Brazil.

Data 19.05.2009             Time:  11:00 to 12:00
Conference  Nº    12
Local: Real Room
Chair: Glaucius Oliva, Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC-USP)

From Vessel to Tissue: the Travels of Trypanosoma cruzi
Walter Colli, Instituto de Química (IQ-USP)

Conference  Nº    13
Local: Rubi Room
Chair: Fabio de Oliveira Pedrosa, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Genomics and Metagenomics in Biotechnology Using Ultrafast Sequencing Technologies
Alfred Püehler, Center for Biotechnology, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Conference  Nº    14
Local: Agata Room
Chair: Alexander Henning Ulrich, Instituto de Química (IQ-USP)

Dissecting Interacting Molecular Populations by FRET
Janos Szollosi, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Medical and Health Science, Belgium

Conference  Nº    15
Local: Topázio Room
Chair: Pietro Ciancaglini, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP-USP)

The Role of Alkaline Phosphatase in Physiological and Pathological Calcification - Novel Therapeutic Strategies
José Luis Millan, Stanford Children's Health Research Center, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, USA

Conference  Nº    16
Local: Safira Room
Chair: Célia Regina da Silva Garcia, Instituto de Biociências (IB-USP)

A Functional Link Between a Cytokeleton Modulatory Protein, LIM Kinase 1, and Membrane Type Matrix Metalloproteinase: Implication in Development of Invasive Prostate Cancer.
Ratna Chakrabarti, The University Central of Florida, Burnett School of Medicine Science, USA

Time:  14:30 to 16:30
Symposium     Nº    26
Local:  Real Room
Chair: Glaucius Oliva, Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC-USP)

O Mercado de Trabalho na Indústria para Jovens Doutores em Ciências da Vida

Biopharmaceutical Research and Development
Ney Ribeiro Leite, Divisão de Biotecnologia, Cristália Prod Químicos e Farmacêuticos Ltda

Recepta Biopharma's Challenge: Development of New Treatments Against Cancer
Alécio Antonio Pimenta Junior, Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC-USP)

Disposable Bioreactors: Prognosticating the Future
Marcos Calgaro, GE Healthcare

Biotechnology at Alellyx – Facing the Challenging of Green Giotech
Plinio Tadeu Cristofoletti Junior, Allelyx

Symposium     Nº    27
Local:  Rubi Room
Chair: Ana Lucia Tabet Oller Nascimento, Instituto Butantan

Functional Genomics

Functional Genomics of Xylella fastidiosa
Marco Aurelio Takita, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC)

Functional Analysis of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv citri Genome
Julio Cezar Franco De Oliveira, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal (FCAV-UNESP)

Schistosoma mansoni Functional Genomics; Applied to the Development of Vaccines
Luciana Cezar De Cerqueira Leite, Instituto Butantan

Leptospira interrogans: From Post-Genomics to Vaccine Targets
Ana Lucia Tabet Oller Nascimento, Instituto Butantan

Symposium     Nº    28
Local:  Agata Room
Chair: Paulo Mazzafera, Instituto de Biologia (IB-UNICAMP)

Plant Metal Tolerance and Plant Biofortification

FOLATE BIOFORTIFICATION; Metabolic Engineering Strategies and Potential for Human Nutrition
Rocío I. Díaz de la Garza, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Biotecnología e Ingeniería de Alimentos, Mexico

Improving the Nutritional Quality of Cereal Crops
Ricardo Antunes de Azevedo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ-USP)

Plant Responses to Heavy Metals Stress
María Patricia Benavides, Universidad de Buenos Aires-Facultad Farmacia y Bioquímica, Argentina

Symposium     No 29
Local: Topázio Room
Chair: Maria de Fátima Dias Costa, UFBA

SBBq Conesul Symposium

Creatine Prevents Na+,K+-ATPase Inhibition Induced by Intracerebroventricular Administration of Isovaleric Acid in Cerebral Cortex of Young Rats
César Augusto João Ribeiro, ICBS, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Neuroprotective Effect of Diphenyl Diselenide in Mice Brain Methylmercury Toxicity
Viviane Glaser, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, UFSC.

Changes in Ryanodine Receptor Expression and Activity in Hippocampal Neurons Exposed to BDNF or Amyloid b Peptide Oligomers.
Andréa Cristina Paula Lima, CEMC & ICBM, F. Medicina, U. Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Lipid Mediators and Vector Infection: Trypanosoma rangeli Inhibits Rhodnius prolixus Hemocyte Phagocytosis by Modulation of Phospholipase A2 and PAF-Acetylhydrolase Activities.
Marcela Barbosa de Figueiredo, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz – FIOCRUZ, RJ, Brasil.

Neuropeptides in Rhodnius prolixus
Sheila Ons, Centro Regional de Estudios Genómicos. Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Symposium     No 30
Local: Safira Room
Chair: Nadja Cristhina De Souza Pinto Lardner (IQ-USP)

SBBq Conesul Symposium

Human Regulatory Ki-1/57 is a Novel Intrinsically Unstructured Protein Involved in Mechanisms of Pre-mRNA Splicing
Gustavo Costa Bressan, Instituto de Biologia/UNICAMP.

Role of the N-terminal Starch Binding Domains on Kinetic Properties of Starch S
synthase III from Arabidopsis thaliana
Hugo Alberto Valdez, Lab. de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas IBINTECH, CONICET-UNSAM, Chascomus, Argentina.

The Peculiar Interaction between Mammalian Prion Protein and RNA
Mariana Pierre de Barros Gomes, IBqM, UFRJ, Brazil.

Native, Non-Native and Nonspecific and Interactions in the Kinetics of DNA Sequence Recognition
Ignacio Enrique Sánchez, Fundación Instituto Leloir and IIBBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Fitness Landscape of Metallo-B-Lactamase-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance
Pablo Emiliano Tomatis, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario, Argentina.


Extra Activity

Panorama da Pesquisa em Bioquímica na Alemanha Atual e as Possibilidades de Intercâmbio entre Brasil e Alemanha
Local: Salão Real, 18 de maio de 2009, segunda- feira, das 18h30 às 20 horas

Palestrantes:
Dr. Gunther Schaub, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
Dr. Alfred Puehler, Bielefeld University, Germany
Dr. Tanja Schirmeister, University of Wurzburg, Germany
Marcio Weichert, Assessor de Marketing e Comunicação, DAAD - Serviço Alemão de Intercâmbio Acadêmico
Dr. Helmut Galle, Representante Acadêmico da DFG - Fundação de Pesquisa Científica Alemã

Participação dos Alunos no Processo de Reformulação do Programa de Pós Graduação
Local: Salão Rubi, 17 de maio de 2009, domingo às 19 horas
Informações Adicionais: Fernando Postalli Rodrigues, Coordenador Discente, PG Bioquímica USP-RP

Light, Darkness and The Scientific Method

Dourado, L., Rangel, D., Machado, A., Marcos, B., Vieira, B. M., de Meis, L. (UFRJ)
Apresentação de DVD (duração 1 hora)
Local: Salão Real, 17 de maio 2009, domingo às 19h

Você é o que você come!
Apresentador: Prof Mauricio Luz (Fiocruz )
Público Alvo: Alunos da Rede Estadual de Ensino de Águas de Lindóia
Local: Salão Ágata
Sábado: 17 às 19h: Filme: Supersize me
Domingo: 16:30-17:30: Jogo da Dieta
Segunda: 16:30-17:30: Você tem fome de que? Discussão com uma nutricionista


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