Date: September 11, 2020 – 5:00 pm

Link:  http://Meet.google.com/nke-rube-fuc

The particle accelerator Sirius, the largest scientific infrastructure in Brazil, began to be used this week to investigate details of non-structural proteins of the Sars-Cov-2 virus, which causes covid-19. Conducted by researchers from the São Carlos Institute of Physics at USP (University of São Paulo), this is the first external research carried out at the center located in Campinas (SP).

See full report on Link:

https://www.uol.com.br/tilt/noticias/redacao/2020/09/04/sirius-investiga-misterio-de-proteina-do-coronavirus-em-1-pesquisa-externa.htm

The new coronavirus pandemic extolled the importance of science, but it tends to aggravate the scarcity of research resources in Brazil in the coming years. How to deal with it? What are the main challenges and opportunities for Brazilian science in this new economic, political and social context?

This will be the theme of the next USP Talks, which we invite you to participate, on September 1st, from 7 pm to 8 pm. Participants will be professors Glaucius Oliva and Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz. The event will be broadcast live on YouTube USP Channel, with opportunity for questions, at this link:

https://youtu.be/dQdTLrjtBqA

Glaucius Oliva is a professor at the São Carlos Institute of Physics, at USP; former president of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz is a professor at Unicamp’s Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute; former president and scientific director of the São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (Fapesp).

USP Talks is an initiative of USP’s Pro-Rectory of Research, with support from Jornal da USP.

Source:  Luiz Carlos Dias

Principal investigator of LOLA / DNDi and MMV and coordinator of the MINDI consortium

Boletim Eletrônico da Sociedade Brasileira de Química

It is with great satisfaction that we celebrate the launch of th: e Molecules Initiative for Neglected Diseases (MINDI) consortium – https://mindi.iqm.unicamp.br/ – with the aim of discovering new drug candidates for the treatment of malaria, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis. This project is the result of a PITE agreement signed between the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), the University of São Paulo (USP), Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and the Foundation Research Support of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP). These fantastic organizations, MMV and DNDi, have a fabulous track record in developing new treatments and medications for various tropical parasitic diseases and have been saving millions of lives. Collaborations with MMV and DNDi officially started in March 2013. The project with DNDi was called LOLA (Lead Optimization Latin America) and the one with MMV was called Brazil Heterocycles.

This project is the first partnership involving MMV and DNDi and the Latin American academy that is dedicated to the optimization of leading compounds, a complex and crucial step in the drug discovery process. The goal is to develop drugs that can be administered orally, are highly effective, have low toxicity and are inexpensive and accessible. With MMV, as an extra challenge, we are working to develop a UNIQUE DOSE treatment for malaria – and what a great challenge this is!

This project also aims to bring to Brazil new experiences in the area of drug discovery, highlighting the importance of collaborative work in this challenging area of research. In this work, MMV and DNDi, together with several partners and world-renowned scientists from academia and global pharmaceutical companies, research institutes and universities in Brazil and abroad, join forces around a single objective: SAVE LIFE of the most neglected people on this planet.

This collaborative work has already had a positive impact on the development of new capabilities in Brazil, helping to broaden our horizon and establish new technologies for this complex and challenging drug development pipeline. Still, it was only the beginning of this journey. Now it’s time to take it a step further. In the next 5 years, with this consolidated consortium, we will have the right tools to try to achieve our goals and make a difference.

This is a concrete example of science with a return to society: the best science for those who need it most, the best science for the most neglected, the best science for solving human challenges. Science to do good, to develop and improve people’s lives. And I believe that nothing can be more innovative than helping to save lives.

The project launched today not only consolidates the success of our ongoing collaborations, but also shows that these renowned international organizations recognize the high quality of science carried out in Brazil. Everything we do is to save lives!

Link to article:   http://boletim.sbq.org.br/noticias/2020/n3519.php

The target audience of the event is undergraduate students, graduate students and researchers with interest in improve knowledge in the boarded subjects as well as establishing new contributions in the ample field of drug designs and tropical diseases.

It will not have registration tax. The organizers request a contribution of participants in a geriatric diaper package that will be donated for the municipal asylum of São Carlos.

Event:
2nd Workshop on Drug Design and Neglected Tropical Diseases
São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC-USP)
09-13/november/2015 – Auditório “Sérgio Mascarenhas”

Contact:
Rafael V. C. Guido
Tel/Fax: +55 (016) 3373 8673 / +55 (016) 3373 9881
Av.  Joao Dagnone, 1100
Sao Carlos, SP – Brasil – CEP 13563-120
rvcguido@ifsc.usp.br

Source: Rafael V. C. Guido

Place: Institute of Chemistry of Araraquara – UNESP
Address: Rua Professor Francisco Degni, 55 – Jardim Quitandinha, Araraquara – SP, 14800-060

Date: 4 to 15/May/2015

Registrations until April 30th and can be made in the secretariat of graduate program of Institute of Chemistry – Telephone: (016) 3301-9820.

For more information, please contact Mrs. Wennia Limonti de Souza dos Santos – wennia@iq.unesp.br

More information: http://workshjovenspesquisa.wix.com/iworkshopjovenspes

The event will have the participation of Kurt Wüthrich, honored with Nobel Prize 2002 in Chemistry for its work on structural macro-molecule determination in solution making use of nuclear magnetic resonance (RMN). In the occasion also Platform II of RMN of the IQ, will be installed with support of “Programa Equipamentos Multiusuários” (EMU) of the FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation.

For the platform three spectrometers had been acquired: one of 600 MHz with system cryo-probe; one of 400 MHz, for solids – one of the most modern instruments of Latin America in the modality; and one of 300 MHz to be operated by students and also for students to be trained in the technique of organic analysis.

The new acquisitions join to the others two spectrometers of the Platform of RMN I, beyond probes and accessories. Diverse spectroscopic techniques are applied in samples in the states liquid and solid to take care of to the demand generated for the groups of research of the IQ and for other institutions of the Unesp and other institutes of research and universities.

Beyond the support to education and the research, the RMN platforms offer external services, in interaction with industries of the State of São Paulo and other regions of the country.

The symposium will be carried through in the building of the IQ, located in the Rua Francisco Degni, 55, Quitandinha, in Araraquara, São Paulo.
More information in www.iq.unesp.br

For more informations in www.iq.unesp.br