1st Araucaria Symposium in Cell and Molecular Biology
June 27th to 29th 2017
The 1st Araucaria Symposium in Cell and Molecular Biology was organized by the Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology of UFPR and the Graduate Program in Biosciences and Biotechnology of the ICC (Fiocruz-PR) with the participation of renowned researchers from Brazil and Latin America. The symposium addressed two main themes: Cancer and Parasites. It included lectures (with national and international researchers), round tables, poster and oral presentations.
Venue: Auditorium of the Sector of Applied Social Sciences, Botanic Garden Campus, UFPR, Curitiba, PR.
About the event:
The Symposium was held from June 27th to 29th 2017 and had 332 in person participants (120 undergraduate and 132 graduate students; and 73 professionals), with 4 oral presentations, and 109 exposed posters.
| Day 1 – 06.27.2017 – Tuesday | Day 2 – 28.06.2017 – Wednesday | Day 3 – 06.29.2017 – Thursday |
| 8:30 -10:30 h : Material Delivery posters placement | 8:30 h: posters Placement 9-10 h : Host-parasite relationship Dr. Dario Simões Zamboni (USP, Brazil) | 9-10 h : Lecture The dynamic escape of tumor cells from chemotherapy Dr. Guido Lenz (UFRGS, Brazil) |
| 10:30 h: Opening and Lecture Science moment in Brazil Dr. João Batista Calixto (Director of the Center for Innovation and pre-clinical trials , SC, Brazil, and Vice President of the Southern Region of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences) | 10:30-12:30 h: Round table Cellular and Molecular Biology of Parasites Dr. Renato Arruda Mortara (UNIFESP, Brazil) Dr. Sergio Schenkman (UNIFESP, Brazil) Dr. Wanderson Duarte da Rocha (UFPR, Brazil) | 10:30-12:30 h: Round table Biology and Tumor Cell Niche Dra. Tatiana de Arruda Campos de Souza Brazil (Instituto Carlos Chagas, ICC / PR, Brazil) Dra. Marcela Bolontrade (Institute of Biology y Experimental Medicine, CONICET, Argentina) Dr. Mauro Antonio Alves Castro ( UFPR, Brazil) Dr. Pablo Oppezzo (Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay) |
| 12:30 -14h: Lunch Time | 12:30-14h: Lunch Time | 12:30-14h: Lunch Time |
| 14-15:30 h: Posters presentations | 14-15:30 h: Posters presentations | 14-15:30 h: Oral presentations |
| 15:30-16 h: coffee break | 15:30-16 h: coffee break | 15:30-16 h: coffee break |
| 16h-17:30 h: Lecture Microbiome, extracellular vesicles and other alternative approaches to the study of cancer Dr. Emmanuel Dias Neto (Hospital AC Camargo, USP, Brazil) | 16-17:30 h: Presentation of projects developed in the Graduate Programs The restless fraction of genomes: exploring the trypanosomatides of transposable elements Dr. Adriana Ludwig. Revealing the messenger RNA transport route in trypanosomes: exclusive and / or divergent factors? Dr. Alexandre Haruo Inoue Histidine as a key metabolite against nutritional stress in Epimastigote of Trypanosoma cruzi . Dra. Maria Julia Barison epimastigote of Trypanosoma cruzi as infectious agent of Chagas disease. Dr. Rafael Luis Kessler | 16-18h : Round table Innovation: Research and industry MSc. Camila Rizzardi Peverari (Senai Innovation Institute in Electrochemistry, Brazil). Antoine Moreau (International Innovation Center of FIEP, Brazil) Dr. Samuel Goldenberg (Founder of the Institute Carlos Chagas, ICC / PR, Brazil) |
Invited Speakers: Drs. João Batista Calixto, Emmanuel Dias Neto, Dario Simões Zamboni, Guido Lenz, Adriana Ludwig, Alexandre Haruo Inoue, Maria Julia Barisón, Rafael Luis Kessler, Renato Arruda Mortara, Sérgio Schenkman, Wanderson Duarte da Rocha, Tatiana de Arruda Campos Brasil de Souza, Marcela Bolontrade, Mauro Antônio Alves Castro, Pablo Oppezzo, Camila Rizzardi Peverari and Samuel Goldenberg.
Invited Speakers
Antoine Moreau
International Innovation Center of FIEP, Brazil.
MSc. Camila Rizzardi Peverari
SENAI Senai Innovation Institute in Electrochemistry, ISI, Brazil
Expertise: electroanalytical, microfluidic systems, development of sensors and biosensors
Dr. Dario Simões Zamboni
Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Expertise: interaction between pathogen and host cell, microbial pathogenicity and aspects of innate immunity.
Dr. Emmanuel Dias Neto
International Center for Research of AC Camargo Cancer Center , USP
Expertise: biology and diagnosis of cancer
Dr. Guido Lenz
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Expertise: cancer biology (resistance to therapy, cell signaling, senescence, autophagy, stem cells and tumor models in silico )
Dr. João Batista Calixto
Innovation Center and Pre-Clinical Trials, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Expertise: research in the field of pharmacology in partnership with leading national and international pharmaceutical industries.
Dra. Marcela Bolontrade
Institute of Biology y Experimental Medicine (IBYME), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Expertise: Cancer Biology
Dr. Mauro Antonio Alves Castro
Federal University of Parana, Brazil
Expertise: transcriptional regulation, genomic instability and cancer progression
Dr. Pablo Oppezzo
Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay.
Expertise: cancer biology and production of recombinant proteins
Dr. Renato Arruda Mortara
Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Expertise: interaction between Trypanosoma cruzi and other intracellular pathogens in single and double infections, focusing on endocytic-lysosomal system.
Dr. Samuel Goldenberg
Instituto Carlos Chagas, ICC / PR, Brazil
Expertise: differentiation of Trypanosoma cruzi , regulation of gene expression in parasites, functional genomics and development of inputs for diagnosis
Dr. Sergio Schenkman
Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Expertise: cell signaling and control mechanisms of gene expression of Trypanosoma that are relevant to the infection of the host.
Dra. Tatiana de Arruda Campos de Souza Brazil
Instituto Carlos Chagas, ICC / PR, Brazil
Expertise: operates in the development of biological treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and basic research in trypanosomatides.
Dr. Wanderson Duarte da Rocha
Federal University of Parana, Brazil
Expertise: parasite / host interaction, virulence factors, study of mechanisms and forms of manipulation of gene expression in Trypanosoma , and engineering of peptides and single chain antibodies.
Organizing and Scientific Committee
Organizing Committee: Drs. Alejandro Correa Domingues, Andrea Senff Ribeiro, Ciro Alberto de Oliveira Ribeiro, Francisco Filipak Neto, Lysangela Alves.
Support Commission: Anny Walosky Robert Kulig, Bruna Aparecida Comotti de Oliveira, Bruno Accioly Alves Romagnoli, Mariana Sayuri Ishikawa Fragoso, Marina Augusto Heuschkel and Vanessa Rossini Severo.
Scientific committee: Drs. Ana Paula Abud, Carolina Camargo de Oliveira, Célia Regina Cavichiolo Franco, Cintia Horinouchi, Diogo Kuczera, Edvaldo da Silva Trindade, Fabiola Holetz, Fernanda Fogagnoli Simas Tosin Brasil, Guilherme Ferreira Silveira, Helisson Faoro, Katya Naliwaiko, Leonardo Foti, Letusa Albrecht, Luiza Helena Gremski, Marco Antonio Ferreira Randi, Maria Cristina Leme Godoy dos Santos, Michel Batista, Olga Meiri Chaim, Priscila Mazzocchi Hiraiwa, Rodrigo Netto, Rubens Bertazolli Filho, Sandra Crestani, Sheila Nardelli, Silvio Marques Zanata, Fernando Mazzilli Louzada and Lia Sumie Nakao.
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