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Chair Carlos Chagas Filho of Frontiers of Biology and Medicine

Site updated in March 23, 2022

chairperson:

full professor Manoel Luis Costa ICB/UFRJ (email: manoelluiscosta@ufrj.br)

team:

emeritus professor Márcio Tavares d'Amaral ECO/UFRJ

full professor Cláudia Mermelstein ICB/UFRJ .

The Brazilian High Studies College of the Rio de Janeiro Federal University (UFRJ) organized several chairs to celebrate the 100 years of the UFRJ.

The Chair Carlos Chagas Filho will discuss the frontiers of discovery in biology and medicine, and the relation between them and the society. The bi-weekly meetings of the will be held by video-conference in the schedule below.

Program

nº date time title speaker host

1 ago/13 18:00 - 20:00 Carlos Chagas Filho Host: João Menezes

  • Ricardo Gattass - IBCCF/UFRJ: The history of Carlos Chagas Filho and his impact in several areas

  • Denise Pires – IBCCF/UFRJ: Carlos Chagas Filho and the UFRJ

  • Manoel Luis Costa - ICB/UFRJ: Carlos Chagas Filho and the research on the electric eel

  • Márcio Tavares d'Amaral - ECO/UFRJ: Carlos Chagas Filho between religion and science

2 ago/27 18:00 - 20:00 History of Biology and Medicine Host: João Menezes

  • Wanderley de Souza - IBCCF/UFRJ: The history of biological research in Brazil

  • Carlos Alberto Oliveira – UniRio: The history of medicine in Brazil

3 set/10 18:00 - 20:00 Frontiers of Biology and Medicine 1: Non-coding RNAs and genome editing Catarina Freitas OBS: in English

  • Attilio Pane - ICB/UFRJ: Non-coding RNAs

  • Valentino Ganz - University of California San Diego: Genomic edition with CRISPR

4 set/24 18:00 - 20:00 Medicine and Society: marijuana Host: Sandra Koenig

  • João Ricardo de Menezes - ICB/UFRJ: The impacts of the use of marijuana

  • Patricia Rivero (CV Lattes) - NEPP-DH/UFRJ: The drug use prohibition

  • Virginia Martins Carvalho (CV Lattes) - Farmácia/UFRJ

5 out/08 18:00 - 20:00 Biological and Medical Education: concepts Host: Miria Pereira OBS: in English

  • Mike Klymkowsky - U Colorado, EUA: The future of biological education and its fundamental concepts

  • Manoel Luis Costa - ICB/UFRJ: Identification and use of fundamental concepts in cell biology

  • Cláudia Mermelstein - ICB/UFRJ: Assessment of the main concepts in cell biology in Brazilian universities

6 out/22 15:00 - 17:00 Frontiers of Biology and Medicine 2: Personalized Medicine Host: Catarina Freitas

  • Rita Fior – F. Champalimaud/Portugal: The use of zebrafish avatars to diagnose cancer

  • Sergio Danilo Pena – UFMG: Clinical genomics and personalized medicine

7 nov/05 18:00 - 20:00 Biology and Society: Evolution 1 Host: Sandra Koenig

  • Ricardo Iglesias Rios - IB/UFRJ: The impacts of the evolution theory on society

  • Márcio Tavares d'Amaral - ECO/UFRJ: The impacts of the evolution theory on human sciences

8 nov/19 18:00 - 20:00 Frontiers of Biology and Medicine 3: Cancer Host: Catarina Freitas

  • Roger Chammas – USP: Frontiers of research in cancer

  • Andreia Melo – INCA: Frontiers of cancer prevention and treatment

9 dez/03 18:00 - 20:00 Biological and Medical Education: methods Host: Miria Pereira

  • Miriam Struchiner - Nutes/UFRJ: New methods and technologies in teaching

  • Carolina Spiegel - UFF: Investigation and the ludic in cell biology teaching

10 dez/17 18:00 - 20:00 Biology and Society: Evolution 1 Host: Sandra Koenig

  • Antonio Bernardo de Carvalho - IB/UFRJ: Frontiers of research in evolution

  • Ricardo Waizbort – FIOCRUZ: Evolution in medicine

11 jan/07 15:00 - 17:00 Frontiers of Biology and Medicine 4: muscle plasticity and differentiation: from sickness to exercise Host: Catarina Freitas OBS: in English

  • Simon Hughes – King’s College London - UK: Muscle as an essential animal feature and ageing

  • Cláudia Mermelstein - ICB/UFRJ: Unravelling the muscle fiber formation

  • Veronica Salerno – EEFD/UFRJ: The impact of physical activity on health

12 jan/21 18:00 - 20:00 Animal models in biology and medicine Host: Attilio Pane

  • Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca - IB Macaé/UFRJ: Different animal models in research

  • Cláudia Mermelstein - ICB/UFRJ: The cell culture model

  • Sandra Koenig - ICB/UFRJ: The mouse model

  • Manoel Luis Costa - ICB/UFRJ: The zebrafish model

13 fev/04 18:00 - 20:00 Frontiers of Biology and Medicine 4: microbiota Host: Catarina Freitas

  • Marcelo Bozza - IPPMG/UFRJ: Research on the role of the microbiota

  • Heitor de Souza - UHCCF/UFRJ: The role of microbiota on human health

14ª aula - 18/fev/2021 - 18:00 - 20:00 Imaging in biology and medicine

Host: Tais Kasai

Cláudia Mermelstein - ICB/UFRJ (CV Lattes): Use of microscopy in cell biology and pharmacy

Fernanda Tovar-Moll (CV Lattes) - Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR): Frontiers of image in medical diagnosis

Kildare Miranda - IBCCF e Cenabio/UFRJ (CV Lattes): Frontiers of image in biological research, particularly in microscopy

15ª aula - 14/abr/2021 - 18:00 - 20:00 Animal models in biology and medicine

Host: Manoel Luis Costa

Maria Ines Rossi (CV Lattes) Fiocruz: Forming animal science researchers

Marcel Frajblat (CV Lattes)- IBCCF/UFRJ: The ethics of animal models

Daniel Braga Lourenço - FD/UFRJ (CV Lattes): The impact of animal models in society

16ª aula - 18/mar/2021 - 18:00 - 20:00 Frontiers of Biology and Medicine 5: research and treatment of virosis

Host: Catarina Freitas

Amilcar Tanuri – IB/UFRJ (CV Lattes): The research on zika in Brazil and the impacts of the epidemy

Terezinha Castineira - HUCFF/UFRJ (CV Lattes): Treating virus epidemics in Brazil

17ª aula - 01/abr/2021 - 18:00 - 20:00 Financing research in biology and medicine

Host: Claudia Mermelstein

Adalberto Vieyra (CV Lattes) - IBCCF-CENABIO/UFRJ

Luiz Davidovich (CV Lattes) - ABC / UFRJ

Jerson Lima (CV Lattes) - Faperj / UFRJ

Hugo Aguilaniu (CV Lattes) - Fundação Serrapilheira

Wilson Savino (CV Lattes)- Fiocruz