FeSBE 2006
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
August 23-26 | Águas de Lindóia | SP | Brazil
XXI Annual Meeting of the Federation of the Brazilian Societies of
Experimental Biology
XXXI Brazilian Congress of Biophysics
XXII Brazilian Congress of Clinical Investigation
XXX Brazilian Congress of Neuroscience and Behavior
Participation
Brazilian Research Association in Vision and Ophthalmology (BRAVO)
Brazilian Society of Cellular Biology (SBBC)
Brazilian Society of Nuclear Biosciences (SBBN)
Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq)
Department of Basic Endocrinology of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and
Metabology (SBEM)
Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (SBFTE)
Brazilian Society of Physiology (SBFis)
Brazilian Society of Immunology (SBI)
Brazilian Council for Laboratory Animals (COBEA)
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Cataloguing Data in publication (CIP)
Library and Biomedical Information of the
Biomedical Sciences Institute – University of São Paulo
Annual Meeting of the Federation of the Brazilian Societies of Experimental Biology – FeSBE
(21:2006 : Águas de Lindóia, SP). [Program and abstracts]: XXXI Brazilian Congress of Biophysics; XXII
Brazilian Congress of Clinical Investigation; XXIX Brazilian Congress of Neuroscience and Behavior; Brazilian Society of
Physiology; Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Brazilian Research Association in Vision
and Ophthalmology (BRAVO); Brazilian Society of Cellular Biology, Brazilian Society of Nuclear Biosciences (SBBN);
Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq); Department of Basic Endocrinology of the Brazilian
Society of Endocrinology and Metabology (SBEM); Brazilian Society of Immunology (SBI); São Paulo: FESBE, 2006.
CD-ROM.
Available at http://www.fesbe.org.br
1. Clinical Investigation – Meetings, conferences etc. 2. Neurosciences and Behavior –
Meetings, conferences etc. 3. Biophysics – Meetings, conferences etc. 4. Physiology – Meetings,
conferences etc. I. Brazilian Society of Nuclear Biosciences; II. Brazilian Society of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology; III. Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; IV.
Brazilian Society of Immunology
ICB/SBIB2006
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FeSBE Former Presidents
1985-1987 Eduardo Moacyr Krieger
1987-1989 Eduardo Moacyr Krieger
1989-1991 Eduardo Moacyr Krieger
1991-1993 Sérgio Henrique Ferreira
1993-1995 Sérgio Henrique Ferreira
1995-1997 Dora Fix Ventura
1997-1999 Dora Fix Ventura
1999-2001 Dora Fix Ventura
2001-2003 Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho
2003-2005 Gerhard Malnic
2005-2007 Gerhard Malnic
Organization
Organizing Committee
Gerhard Malnic
President FeSBE
Luiz Eugênio de Araújo Moraes Mello
Vice President FeSBE
Maria Christina Werneck Avellar
Secretary FeSBE
Nancy Amaral Rebouças
Treasurer FeSBE
Marcelo Marcos Morales
President SBBf
Anibal Vercesi
President SBBq
Walter Araújo Zin
President SBFis
Regina Pekelmann Markus
President SBFTE
Luiz Vicente Rizzo
Presidente SBI
Heraldo Possolo de Souza
Presidente da SBIC
Stevens Rehen
Presidente da SBNeC
Augusto Paranhos Junior
President BRAVO
Roger Chammas
President SBBC
Francisco José Braga
President SBBN
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Maria Tereza Nunes
President of the Department of Basic Endocrinology of SBEM
Administrative Secretariat
Helena Mitie Miazaki
José Ricardo Andrade Martins
Rafael de Castilho
Acknowledgments
CAPES, CNPq, FAPEMIG, FAPERGS, FAPERJ, FINEP, FIOCRUZ, CPpGM FIOCRUZ,
Far-Manguinhos
Publication Commission
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Financial Support
Biomedical Sciences Institute of the University of São Paulo (USP)
Carlos Chagas Filho Research Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
Coordination for the Improvement of Graduated Personal (CAPES)
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnique (USP)
Far-Manguinhos FIOCRUZ
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Federal University of Ceará (UFC)
Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES)
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Financing Agency for Studies and Projects (FINEP)
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)
The State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
University of São Paulo (USP)
Acknowledgment
FeSBE Board of Directors and the Organizing Committee of the XXI Annual Meeting thank
to all of those who collaborated for its performance and in special to those researchers who
analyzed the abstracts.
General Information
Midia-Desk
Midia desk will be open from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm.
Lecturers should hand over the file with the presentation at least three hours before.
If there is need of using double projection, video, datashow or retroprojector in your
presentation, please contact midia-desk the day before your presentation.
Secretaria
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Secretariat
The secretariat will be open during the meeting from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
From 08/21 (including) up to 08/26 the permanent Fesbe secretariat will be in attendance
only in Águas de Lindóia, Phone: (19) 3234 9200
Material distribution for pre-registration and new inscriptions
On 08/23 from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm at the meeting secretariat
New registrations
Certificates
The participation certificate is together with the material received and the poster certificate
will be hand over at the place and time of poster presentation:
On 08/24 from 17:00 pm to 07:30 pm and on 08/25-27 from 04:30 pm to 07:00 pm
Courses: The certificates will be hand over in the last day at the classroom
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Monday, August 21st
IX Brazilian Symposium on Cronobiology 2006
Fesbe Satellite Symposium
Organizing Committee
Daniela Wey (USP-SP)
Leandro Lourenção Duarte (USP-SP)
Support Committee
Flávio Back
Márcia Braz
17h00
Registration and material distribution and Poster fixation
Room Rubi
20h00 Oppening session
20h30
Debate: Sincronization or temporization: What does the circadian system do?
John Fontenele Araújo (UFRN)
Luiz Menna-Barreto (USP-SP)
21h30
Cocktail and Poster discussion
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Tuesday, August 22nd
Room Rubi
08h30 Cronobiology in Brazil: Hystory and Perspectives
Presentation of the cronobiology centers in Brazil
 Natal: John, Carolina, Alexandre, Verônica, Jefferson...
 Curitiba: Fernando
 Assis: Miriam Andrade
 São Paulo: Menna, Frida, Miriam Marques, Pedrazolli, Regina, Eleonora, Pio...
 Rio de Janeiro: Lúcia
 Campinas: Filomena
10h00
Coffee Break
10h15
Cronobiology studies in humans (Section I)
 Ontogenesis
Menna, Fernando
 Disturbs and occupational
Lúcia, Frida, Filomena
 Molecular
Pedrazolli
 Drugs
Regina
12h00
Lunch
14h00
Cronobiology studies in humans (Section II)
15h30
Coffee Break
15h45
Cronobiology studies in animal models (Section I)
 Ecology
Alexandre, Carolina
 Behavior
Miriam Andrade
 Learning
John, Verônica
 Others
Miriam Marques, Eleonora
 Molecular
Pio Colepicolo
18h30
Dinner
20h00
Poster session evaluation
22h00
Confraternization
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Wednesday, August 23
08h30
ESTUDOS Cronobiology studies in animal models (Section II)
 Ecology
Alexandre, Carolina
 Behavior
Miriam Andrade
 Learning
John, Verônica
 Others
Miriam Marques, Eleonora
 Molecular
Pio Colepicolo
10h00
Coffee Break
10h15
Oral presentation of projects and research results
PRESENTATION OF SOME PRE-SELECTED ABSTRACTS FOR DISCUSSION
Chair: Miriam Marques
12h00
Lunch
14h00
Round Table:
Which is the future of cronobiology: Superation or development?
Discussion about the them and organization of the next meeting
Chair: John Fontenele Araújo (UFRN) / Luiz Menna-Barreto (USP-SP), Fernando
and students representatives
15h00
Closing session
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Draft Program
Wednesday (08/23)
14h00-16h00
16h00-16h45
17h00-19h30
20h30-21h00
21h00-22h00
22h00-23h00
Societies Deliberative Council
Courses
Posters
Opening Session
Opening conference
Cocktail
Thursday (08/24)
08h30-10h45
10h45-11h15
11h15-12h15
12h30-14h00
14h00-16h15
16h15-16h30
16h30-19h00
19h00-19h45
20h00-21h00
21h00-22h00
Symposia/Thematic session
Coffee break
Conferences
Lunch
Symposia/Thematic session
Coffee break
Posters
Courses
Dinner
Societies Assembly
Friday (08/25)
08h30-10h45
10h45-11h15
11h15-12h15
12h30-14h00
14h00-16h15
16h15-16h30
16h30-19h00
19h00-19h45
20h00-21h00
21h00-22h00
Symposia/Thematic session
Coffee break
Conferences
Lunch
Symposia/Thematic session
Coffee break
Posters
Courses
Dinner
FeSBE Deliberative council
Saturday (08/26)
08h30-10h45
10h45-11h15
11h15-12h15
12h30-14h00
14h00-16h15
16h15-16h30
16h30-19h00
19h00-20h00
20h30-22h00
Symposia/Thematic session
Coffee break
Conferences
Lunch
Symposia/Thematic session
Coffee break
Posters
Dinner
Closing Conference
Reward Session
Closing Session
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Tuesday, August 22nd
08h30-12h00
Room 9
LARC Members Meeting
10h45-11h15
Coffee Break
12h00-14h00
Lunch
14h00-18h00
Room 9
LARC Members Meeting
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Wednesday, August 23rd
08h30-12h00
Room4
IBRO, LARC and SBNeC
Ibero Latin-American Council for Neurosciences Societies
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Portugal. Uruguay representatives
10h45-11h15
Coffee Break
12h00-14h00
Lunch
14h00-16h00
Room 2
Room 3
Room 9
Room 11
Societies deliberative council
Brazilian Society of Biophysics (SBBf)
Brazilian Society of Clinical investigation (SBIC)
LARC Members Meeting
SBNeC
16h00-16h45
Courses
Room Real
SBNeC, SBFTE, SBBq, SBFIS
NEURAL PLASTICITY AND DRUGS OF ADDICTION
Chair: Jorge Alberto Quillfeldt (UFRGS)
 Cannabis and Endogenous Canabioid System
Jorge Alberto Quillfeldt (UFRGS) / Lucas de Oliveira Álvares (UFRGS)
 CNS stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines and MDMA
Vanusa M. N. B. Lanziotti (UDESC)
 Ethanol and opioids
Jair Guilherme Santos Jr (UNIFESP)
Room Rubi
SBNeC, SBBf, SBBq, SBFis, SBFTE, SBI, SBIC, SBNeC, SBBC, SBN, BRAVO, SBEM
THE GAIN IN THE BRAIN LIES MAINLY IN THE STAIN: A USER’S GUIDE TO IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL AND
NON-RADIOACTIVE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUES.
Chair: Janete Aparecida Anselmo Franci (USP-RP)
 So you’ve got an antibody... Fixation of tissue and the importance of titrating the
antibody.
Gloria E Hoffman (University of Maryland, USA)
 Want more use less: Preparing for double labeling.
Gloria E Hoffman (University of Maryland, USA)
 Non-radioactive in situ hybridization: a new twist to an old theme.
Gloria E Hoffman (University of Maryland, USA)
Room Safira
SBNeC
DEPRESSION NEUROBIOLOGY
Chair: Roberto Andreatini (UFPR)
 Depression: Diagnosis, symptoms evaluation and the role of HPA axis
Helena Maria Calil (UNIFESP)
 Depression neurobiology: monoamines, glutamate, NO and other mediatores
Ana Lúcia Severo Rodrigues (UFSC)
 Neurogenesis and depression
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Roberto Andreatini (UFPR)
Room Topázio
SBBf, BRAVO
GENIC THERAPY
Chairs: Nance Beyer Nardi (UFRGS) / Bryan Strauss (USP-SP)
 Vectors for genic therapy
Bryan Strauss (USP-SP)
 Genic therapy aplications
Nance Beyer Nardi (UFRGS)
 AND Vaccines
Ada Maria de Barcelos Alves (FIOCRUZ)
Room 1
SBNeC, SBFis, SBBq, SBFTE, BRAVO
MARKERS FOR NEUROINFLAMMATION: ANALYSIS BY IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
Chair: Elaine A. Del Bel (USP-RP)
 Neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases
Vitor Tumas (USP-RP)
 Neuroinflammation after lesions of dopamine system in rodents models of Parkinson’s
disease and in the weaver mouse.
Rita Raisman-Vozari (INSERM, França)
 Neuroinflammatory processes in human and monkeys’ parkinsonian brain.
Maria Trinidad Herrero (Universidad de Murcia, Espanha)
Room 2
SBNeC, SBFis, SBFTE, BRAVO
USE OF FISHES AS LABORATORY ANIMALS
Chair: Amauri Gouveia Junior (UNESP)
 Fishes as laboratory animals: Advantages and strategies
Amauri Gouveia Junior (UNESP)
 Use of fishes in anxiety animal models
Amauri Gouveia Junior (UNESP)
 Use of fish retina as indicators of environmental mercury intoxication
Soraia Valeria Lameirão (UFPA)
Room 3
SBBf , SBFis, SBFTE, SBBC, SBNeC, SBFTE
INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM DYNAMICS
Chair: Wamberto AntonioVaranda (USP-RP)
 Approaches for measuring intracellular Ca2+.
Ariel Escobar (Texas Tech University, USA)
 Ca2+ regulation in skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle cells.
Ariel Escobar (Texas Tech University, USA)
 Mathematical modeling of intracellular Ca2+ dynamics.
Ariel Escobar (Texas Tech University, USA)
Room 5
SBNeC , SBFis, SBBq, SBFTE, BRAVO
CNS STUDY BY MEANS OF BEHAVIORAL, MOLECULAR AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS
Chair: Cristiane Salum (USP-RP)
 Methods for the study of in vivo of the CNS
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Cristiane Salum (USP-RP)
Neural circuits and neurochemical processes: In vivo analysis
Marcela Bermudez Echeverry (USP-RP)
Neural simulations with realistic computational models
Cristiane Salum (USP-RP)
Room 6
COBEA, SBFis, SBBf, SBFTE, SBNeC, SBBC, SBBN, SBEM
EDUCATION ON THE CARE AND USE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS
Chair: Silvia Colleta Barreto da Costa Ortiz (USP-SP)
 COBEA: A council in favor of the science development for laboratory animals
Silvia Colleta Barreto da Costa Ortiz (USP-SP)
 Ethics protecting those involved in research
Eduardo Pompeu (USP-SP)
 Biosecurity in biotetrio
Célia Virginia Cardoso (FIOCRUZ)
Room 7
SBBC, BRAVO
FLOW CYTOMETRY PRINCIPLES AND RESEARCH
Chair: Roger Chammas (USP-SP)
 Flow cytometry principles
Roger Chammas (USP-SP)
 Cellular phenotype determination by cytometry: Errors, success and applications
Felipe Leite de Oliveira (UFRJ)
 Flow cytometry application for cycle and cellular death evaluation
Andréia Hanada Otake (USP-SP)
Room 8
SBBf , SBNeC
SURVIVAL AT THE ACADEMY: IMPROVING AMONG CHALLANGES
Chair: Mauro de Freitas Rebelo (UFRJ)
 What is expected from a PhD in Brazil
Marcelo Einicker Lamas (UFRJ)
 Creativity and knowledge generation (Simulation of academic follow-up commission)
Mauro de Freitas Rebelo (UFRJ)
 Post-graduation in Brazil and abroad (Simulation from the Ethic Committee)
Milton Ozório Moraes (FIOCRUZ)
Room 11
SBFis, SBBf, SBFTE, SBI, SBIC, SBNeC, SBBC, SBEM, SBBN, BRAVO
HOW TO WRITE A SCIENTIFIC PAPER AND A PROJECT FOR PUBLICATION AND FINANCING
Chair: Dalton Valentim Vassallo (EMESCAM)
 How to write a scientific paper
Walter Araújo Zin (UFRJ)
 Elaboration of a research project and financial request
Dalton V. Vassallo (EMESCAM)
 How do reviewers and editors evaluate a scientific paper for publication in scientific
journals
Lewis J. Greene (BJMBR)
17h00-19h30
Poster session
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20h30-21h00
Opening Session
21h00-22h00
Opening conference
Real Room
SBNeC, SBFTE, SBBq e SBFIS
NEUROPROTECTION, THE NEW AND THE VERY NEW IDEAS
Speaker: Nicolas Bazan (LSU Neuroscience Center, EUA)
Chair: Augusto Paranhos Junior (UNIFESP)
22h00-23h00
Cocktail
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Thursday, August 24
08h30-10h45
Thematic Session/Symposia
Real Room
SBNeC, SBFTE, SBBq, SBFis, SBIC
CANNABIONIDE SYSTEMA AND MEMORY
Chair: Jorge Alberto Quillfeldt (UFRGS)
 Cannabinoids and Work spatial memory
Ester Miyuki Nakamura-Palacios (UFES)
 Cannabionids and adverses memories
Reinaldo N. Takahashi (UFSC)
 Memory mechanisms and cannabinoids
Daniela Martí Barros (FURG)
 Endocannabinioids: Memory modulationa and synaptic plasticity
Jorge Alberto Quillfeldt (UFRGS)
Room Rubi
SBNEC
EVENT SPONSORED BY IBRO AND LARC
NEUROBIOLOGICAL MODELS OF DISEASE
Chair: Eliane Volchan (UFRJ)
 Synaptic alterations in mouse models of ataxia, migraine and epilepsy.
Osvaldo Uchitel (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
 Plasticity of excitatory amino acid transporters in experimental epilepsy
Jose G. Ortiz (Universidade de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)
 Functional properties of genetically modified gabaergic cell lines
Magda Giordano (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
 Neuroinflammation and Excitotoxicity in temporal lobe epilepsy
João Malva (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Room Safira
FeSBE
SCIENTIFIC POLITICS II: BIOSECURITY
Chair: Gerhard Malnic (USP-SP)
 Walter Colli (USP-SP)
 Renato S.B.Cordeiro (CTNBio-FIOCRUZ)
 Rubens Nodari (MMA)
 Ione Engler (MCT)
Room Topázio
SBNeC, SBFis, SBBf, BRAVO
HOW MUCH CAN THE ADULT BRAIN COMPENSATE FOR INJURY?
Chair: Monica Santos Rocha (UFRJ)
CP: Adult macaque V1 reorganization revisited: fMRI and electrophysiology after
retinal lesions.
Stelios M. Smirnakis (Harvard Medical School and Max Planck Institute,
USA/Germany)
MC: V1 Plasticity: Yes or No?
Peter de Weerd (University of Maastricht, Netherlands)
CO: To be announced
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Room 1
SBBf, SBBq, SBFis, SBFTE, SBBC, SBNeC, BRAVO
IONIC CHANNELS AS THERAPEUTIC TARGETS
Chair: Jader dos Santos Cruz (UFMG)
 Channel blocking for voltage Na dependent by terpenoids
Antonio Carlos Cassola (USP-SP)
 Caracterization of purinergic receptors in Leydig cells
Artur Poleto (USP-RP)
 The channel for chloride as pharmacological target
Miguel José Lopes (UFMG)
 Cellular electrophysiology as a tool in the search of bioactive compounds
Demetrius Antonio Machado Araújo (UFPB) / Jader dos Santos Cruz (UFMG)
Room 2
SBNeC, SBFTE
CELLULAR, BIOCHEMICAL, MOLECULAR AND BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF THE NORMAL OR
PATHOLOGICAL GABAERGIC SYSTEM
Chair: Karin da Costa Calaza (UFF)
CP: GABAergic modulation of apprehension organized in the mesencephalic layer
Marcus Lira Brandão (USP-RP)
MC: GABAergic and glutmatergic circuits in the retina
Karin da Costa Calaza (UFF)
CO: to be announced
Room 5
SBBC, SBIC, SBEM, SBBf, SBFis, SBFTE
PROTEIN-CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATION IN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Chair: Maria Cristina Roque Barreira (USP/RP)
CP: Ademilson Panunto Castelo (USP-RP)
MC: Dan K Hsu (Instituição)
MC: Roger Chammas (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
Room 6
SBNeC, SBFis, BRAVO
INTERLATERAL ASYMMETRIES IN BEHAVIOR
Chair: Luiz Eduardo Ribeiro do Valle (USP-SP)
CP: Behavior lateralization and interhemisphere asymmetries
Luiz Eduardo Ribeiro do Valle (USP-SP)
MC: Cerebral hemispheres: Attention and asymmetries in size visual perception
Sérgio Sheiji Fukusima (USP-SP)
MC: The dynamic character of handling: Lateral preference and asymmetries of motor
performance
Luis Augusto Teixeira (USP-SP)
CO: Interlateral asymmetry of the orientation capacity of the visuospatial attention
Beatriz Alves de Castro Barros (USP-SP)
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Room 7
SBBf, SBBc, SBFis, COBEA, SBBN, SBFTE
GENETIC DIVERSITY, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND DISEASES EVOLUTION
Chair: Edson Rondinelli (UFRJ)
 Study of the correlation between genic polymorphisms related to the cardiovascular
system with the degree and precocity of atherosclerotic lesions found in individuals up to
30 years old that undergone to an autopsy
Edson Rondinelli (UFRJ)
 Genetic susceptibility to infectious diseases
Milton Ozório Moraes (FIOCRUZ)
 Genetic diversity of HCV and the host in the response to the treatment and evolution of
chronic hepatitis C
Rosane Silva (UFRJ)
 Polymorphisms of COX2 and cancer
Rosane Viana Jorge (INCA/UFRJ)
Room 8
SBNeC, SBI, SBFis, SBFTE, SBBf, SBBC
MECHANISMS OF CELLULAR AND TRANSCELLULAR PERMEABILITY: CONNEXINS AND ATP
RECEPTORS IN THE NEURAL AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS.
Chair: Maira M. Fróes (UFRJ)
CP: Neuroprotection and gap junctional communication between astrocytes.
Christian Giaume (INSERM, França)
MC: Methylmercury in vitro intoxication leads to membrane permeabilization in monolayered
astrocytes.
Maira Fróes (UFRJ)
MC: Do connexin hemichannels play a role on thymocyte destiny?
Paula C. Fonseca (FIOCRUZ)
CO: Mechanisms of ATP-induced retinal cells proliferation in culture.
Guilherme Rapozeiro França (UFF)
Connexin expression and neural plasticity in the developing retina.
Alexandre Hiroaki Kihara – USP
Room 9
BRAVO
RETINA GLAUCOMA TO BRAIN
Chair: Augusto Paranhos Jr. (UNIFESP)
CP: The function of sub-population of ganglionar retina cells by psychophysical tests
João Antônio Prata Jr. (UNIFESP)
MC: Anatomical evaluation of ganglionar cells in glaucoma
José Paulo Vasconcelos (UNICAMP)
MC: Glaucoma as a neurological disease
Luiz Alberto S. Melo Jr (UNIFESP)
CO: to be announced
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Room 11
SBNeC, SBFis; SBFTE, SBEM
NEUROBIOLOGY IN THE RELATIONSHIP MOTHER-CHILD: THE MOTHER PERSPECTIVE
Chair: Luciano F. Felício (USP-SP)
 Prolactin actions in the maternal brain.
Robert S. Brigdes (Tufts University, USA)
 Maternal motivation
Annabel Ferreira (Universidade do Uruguai, Uruguai)
 Maternal behavior: A neuroethological approach
Luciano F. Felício (USP-SP)
 Aggressive maternal behavior and prolactin
Angélica Consiglio (UFRGS)
10h45-11h15
Coffee Break
11h15-12h15
Conferences
Room Rubi
SBNeC, SBFis, SBFTE, SBBq
SOCIAL STRESS: IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE EXPRESSION, DEPRESSION AND DRUG ABUSE.
Speaker: Klaus A. Miczek (Tufts University, USA)
Chair: Rosa Maria M. de Almeida (UFRGS)
Room Safira
SBNeC, SBFis, SBBf, BRAVO
MACAQUE fMRI FOR STUDYING CORTICAL REORGANIZATION.
Speaker: Stelios M. Smirnakis (Harvard Medical School and Max Planck Institute, USA)
Chair: Monica Santos Rocha (UFRJ)
Room Topázio
SBNeC , SBFTE
ROLE OF THE ENDOGENOUS PAIN-CONTROL SYSTEM IN PAIN SYNDROMES DUE TO PERIPHERAL
INFLAMMATION OR NERVE DAMAGE.
Speaker: Horacio Vanegas (IVIC, Venezuela)
Chair: Elaine Aparecida Del Bel (USP-RP)
Room 2
SBBN, SBNeC
CONVENTIONAL NUCLEAR NEUROLOGY
Speaker: Francisco José Braga (USP-RP)
Chair: Valbert Nascimento Cardoso (UFMG)
Room 3
SBIC, SBNeC
MODULATION OF NEURONAL DEATH IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES.
Speaker: Luis Barbeito (Instituto Pasteur, Uruguai)
Chair: Heraldo Possolo de Souza (USP-SP)
Room 4
SBFis
MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION IN NORMAL AND DIABETIC BETA-CELLS.
Speaker: Pierre Maechler (University Medical Centre, Suíça)
Chair: Rui Curi (USP-SP)
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Room 7
SBNeC, SBBC, SBBf, SBFis, BRAVO
MOLECULAR DEVELOPMENT AND REPAIR OF CORTICOSPINAL MOTOR NEURONS.
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Macklis (MGH/HMS Center for Nervous System Repair, USA)
Chair: João R. L. Menezes (UFRJ)
Room 8
SBBC, SBIC, SBBf, SBFis
MESENQUIMAL STEM CELLS OF DIFFERENT TISSUES AND HEMATOPOIETIC MICROENVIRONMENT
Speaker: Maria Isabel Doria Rossi (UFRJ)
Chair: Roger Chammas (USP-SP)
Room 11
SBBf, SBFis, SBBC
PRIMARY CILIA AND POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE.
Speaker: Peter Igarashi (USA)
Chair: Nancy Amaral Rebouças (USP-SP)
12h30-14h00
Lunch
14h00-16h15
Thematic Session/Symposia
Room Rubi
SBNeC, SBFis, SBBf, SBBC, BRAVO
PATHWAYS TO PLASTICITY: FROM PROGENITORS TO INTEGRATION OF NEW CELLS IN THE CNS – I.
Chair: João L. Menezes (UFRJ)
CP: Constitutive and induced neurogenesis: Anatomic and functional integration of new
neurons.
Jeffrey Macklis (Harvard University, USA)
MC: Long term persistence of cortical radial glia in postnatal subventricular zone.
João L. Menezes (UFRJ)
CO: to be announced
Room Safira
FeSBE
SCIENTIFIC POLITICS III: IMPORTATION
Chair: Gerhard Malnic (USP-SP)
 MS/ANVISA
 Silveira Guimarães (Itamaraty)
 Marco Braga (UFMG)
 Importa Fácil (CNPq)
Room Topázio
SBIC, SBEM, SBFTE, SBI, SBBC, SBNeC
ENDOGENOUS CONTROLE OF NO-SINTHASE ACTIVITY
Chair: Heraldo Possolo de Souza (USP-SP)
CP: Control of nitric oxide synthase activity by endogenous methylarginines.
Arturo J. Cardounel (Ohio State University, USA)
MC: Regulation of cell signaling by protein nitrosylation.
Heraldo Possolo de Souza - USP
CO: to be announced
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Room 1
SBEM, SBFis, SBIC, SBBC, SBFTE
ORGANOGENESIS CONTROL AND PANCREAS DIFFERENTIATION: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Chair: Maria Tereza Nunes (USP-SP)
CP: Organogenesis, pancreas differentiation and islet transplantation
Maria Lucia Gianella (USP-SP)
MC: Maturation and functiona adaptations of the beta-pancreatic cells
Silvana Bordin (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
Room 2
SBBf, SBIC, SBFis
LUNG PARENCHYMA REMODELING IN ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME.
Chair: Patricia Rieken M. Rocco (UFRJ) / Marcelo Marcos Morales(UFRJ)
CP: The extracellular matrix of the lung: the forgotten friend.
Paolo Pelosi (University of Insubria, Italy)
MC: Pulmonary and extrapulmonary ARDS: Are they different?
Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco (UFRJ)
CO: to be announced
Room 3
SBFis, SBFTE, SBBq
PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES OF MARINE ANIMALS
Chair: José Carlos de Freitas (USP-SP)
CP: Marine peptide sequence determination using mass spectrometry analyses
Katsuhiro Konno (Instituto Butantan)
MC: Marine organisms as drug resources
José Carlos Freitas (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
Room 4
SBNeC, SBBC, SBFTE, BRAVO
GLUTAMATE: HERO OR VILLAIN IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chair: Rogério Arena Panizzutti (UFRJ)
 Neuroprotector effects of guanosine due to glutamatergic excitotoxicity
Diogo Souza (UFRGS)
 Sinaptic vesicles recycling in glutamatergic neurons of the retina
Cristina Guatimosim Fonseca (UFMG)
 Phosphodiesterase inhibitors in the neuroprotection against injury induced by glutamate
Newton Gonçalves de Castro (UFRJ)
 D-serine neuromodulator: A way between molecule and pathology
Rogério Arena Panizzutti (UFRJ)
Room 5
SBI , SBNeC, BRAVO, SBIC
EXPERIMENTAL EPISTEMOLOGY
Chair: Nelson M. Vaz (UFMG)
 Cognition, language and culture in the process of knowledgement. Logic and
Epistemology
Cristina Magro (UFMG)
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Natural deflection: A minimum theory with maximum consequences. Epistemology in the
evolution
Jorge Mpodozis (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Dynamics of neuronal populations: Implications for a knowledgement theory
Sergio Neuenschwander (Max Plank Insitut, Germany)
Non-cognitive immunology
Nelson M. Vaz (UFMG)
Room 7
SBNeC, SBFis, SBBf, SBBq
MEMORY, SLEEPY AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
Chair: John Fontenele Araujo (UFRN)
CP: Fine syntony of memory cholinergic modulation
Jorge A. Quillfeldt (UFRGS)
MC: Mechanisms associated to memory deficit generated by sleep privation
Debora Hipolide (UNIFESP)
MC: Reverberating, stocking, spreading and reorganizing memories during sleep
Sidarta Ribeiro (IINN-RN)
MC: Memory deficit in dissociation of circadian rhythm of motor activity
John F. Araujo (UFRN)
CO: to be announced
Room 8
SBI, SBNeC, SBFis, SBFTE
IMMUNITY NEUROIMMUNOMODULTION FOR ANIMAL BEHAVIOR OR FROM BEHAVIOR TO IMMUNITY?
Chair: Luiz Carlos de Sá-Rocha (USP-SP)
CP: Neuroimmunological aspects during aging. Importance for the recognition of pathogens
and for the development of diseses
Luiz Carlos de Sá-Rocha (USP-SP)
MC: Behavior associated to disease: An experimental approach
Daniel Wagner Hamada Cohn (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
Room 9
Visual ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Coordenador: Dora Fix Ventura (USP-SP)
CP: Pediatric electrophysiology
Solange Rios Salomão.(UNIFESP)
MC: Geriatric electrophysiology
Adriana Berezovski (UNIFESP)
MC: Luiz Carlos de Lima Silveira (UFPA)
CO: Multifocal ERG and visual field in mercury patients
Mirella Barboni – USP
Spectral sensibility measured by ERG in mammals
Fernando Allan de Farias Rocha (USP-SP)
Sensibility to contrast in patients intoxicated occupationally with mercury gases
psychophysically and electrophysiologically measured
Marcelo Fernandes da Costa – USP
Room 11
SBNeC, SBFTE, SBBq e SBFis, SBBC, BRAVO, SBIC, SBBN
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NEURONAL DEATH AND NEUROPROTECTION: ISCHEMIA
Chair: Carlos Alexandre Netto (UFRGS)
CP: Neuroprotection through genic transference
Rafael Linden (UFRJ)
MC: Treatment of the cerebral ischemic
Agnaldo Rodrigues da Costa (Hospital Albert Einstein)
MC: Perspective of the use of stem cells in the cerebral ischemic
Rosália Mendez-Otero (UFRJ)
CO: to be announced
16h15-16h30
Coffee Break
16h30-19h00
Poster session
19h00-19h45
Courses (see page 10 a 12)
19h45-20h15
Capoeira
20h00-21h00
Dinner
21h00-22h00
Societies Assemblies
Room 1
Brazilian Society of Biophysics (SBBF)
Room 2
Brazilian Society of Clinical Investigation (SBIC)
Real Room SBNeC Anniversary Assembly: 30 years
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Friday, August 25
08h30-10h45
Thematic Session/Symposia
Real Room
SBNeC, SBFTE, SBBq, SBFIS
MEMORY AND EXTINCTION
Chair: Jorge Alberto Quillfeldt (UFRGS)
CP: Consolidation of extinction memory: New wine in old bottles.
James L. McGaugh (University of California, USA)
MC: The art of forgetting
Ivan A. Izquierdo (PUC-RS)
CO: To be announced
Room Rubi
SBNeC, SBFTE, SBBq, SBFis, SBBC, BRAVO, SBIC, SBBN
NEURONAL DEATH AND NEUROPROTECTION. NEONATAL HYPOXIA AND IN THE MEDULLAR LESION
Chair: Carlos Alexandre Neto (UFRGS)
CP: Neuroprotection in in vivo model of cellular death
Christiane Salbego (UFRGS)
MC: Neuroprotection through tactile and environmental stimulation in the hypoxia-ischemia
Carlos Alexandre Netto (UFRGS)
MC: Neuroprotection and neuroplasticity in the spinal medulla submitted to the contused
trauma
Gerson Chadi (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
Room Safira
FeSBE
SCIENTIFIC PLITICS I: SECTORIAL FUNDS
Chair: Luiz Eugênio A.M.Mello (UNIFESP)
 Eliane Bahruth (FINEP)
 Luiz Antonio Barreto Castro (MCT)
 Marco Antonio Zago (USP-RP)
Room Topázio
SBBf, SBI, SBFTE, SBNeC, SBBN, SBEM
BRAZIL AND THE PATENT OF GENES AND NATURAL PRODUCTS
O BRASIL E O PATENTEAMENTO DE GENES E PRODUTOS NATURAIS.
Chair: Celso Lage (UFRJ)
 Patents and basic research in Brazil and in the world: What is in game?
Celso Lage (UFRJ)
 Implications of the assinatura of the International Treat that Regulates the Intellectual
Property (TRIPS) for Brazil
Maria Ester Dalpoz (UNICAMP)
 Patentees of phytodrugs: Implications to research and aproveitamento of the genetic
resources
Alexandre Guimarães Vasconcellos (INPI)
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Room 1
SBBf, SBFis
GENIC CONTROL IN RENAL TISSUE
Chair: Nancy Amaral Rebouças (USP-SP)
CP: Roles of hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 in kidney development and disease
Peter Igarashi (University of Texas, USA)
MC: NHE3 promoter: How the Na+/H+ exchanger gene is regulated in renal tissue?
Nancy Amaral Rebouças (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
Room 2
SBIC, SBFis, SBFTE, SBBf
TYPE V COLLAGEN IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS
Chair: Vera Luiza Capelozzi (USP-SP)
CP: Immunologic features of type V collagen in autoimmune diseases
Natalino Hajime Yoshinari (USP-SP)
MC: Experimental model of Systemic Sclerosis induced by type V collagen
Walcy Rosoglia Teodoro (USP-SP)
MC: Prognostic implication of type V collagen in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Edwin Roger Parra (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
Room 4
SBBC, BRAVO
ANGIOGENESIS AND ITS MODULATION
Chair: Roger Chammas (USP-SP)
CP Regulation of the angiogenic differentiation in vitro by sindecan-4
Verônica Morandi (UERJ)
MC Disintegrins and angiogenesis
Oscar Henrique Pereira Ramos (Instituto Butantan)
Room 6
SBBN, SBIC
USE OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES IN HEALTH SCIENCE: RISKS AND BENEFITS
Chair: Valbert N. Cardoso (UFMG)
CP: Nanobiotechnology and radiotracers
Valbert N. Cardoso (UFMG)
MC: Studies of bacteria translocation using Escherichia coli marked with 99mTechnetium
Simone Odília Fernandes Ortiz (UFMG)
CO: to be announced
Room 7
SBNeC, SBFIS, SBFTE
THE ROLE OF THE SUBSTANTIA NIGRA AND OF THE PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS ON
COGNITION.
Chair: Cláudio da Cunha (UFPR)
CP: The interaction of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus with the basal ganglia and
its role on cognition.
Phillip Winn (University of St. Andrews, Escócia)
MC: The role of the substantia nigra pars compacta on learning and memory
Claudio da Cunha (UFPR)
CO: to be announced
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Room 8
SBNeC, SBBf , SBBq, SBFis, SBFTE, SBI, SBIC, SBEM SBFTE, SBBC
LIPID SIGNALLING, NEW MODELS, NEW CONCEPTS: FROM INSECTS TO MAMMALS.
Chairs: Flávia Carvalho Alcântara Gomes (UFRJ) / Marcelo Einicker Lamas (UFRJ)
CP: LPA3-mediated lysophosphatidic acid signaling in implantation and embryo spacing
Jerold Chun (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
MC: Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA): new roles on nervous system development
Flávia Carvalho Alcantara Gomes (UFRJ)
CO: to be announced
Room 9
BRAVO
CORNEA AND REFRACTIVE
Chair: Eduardo Melani Rocha (USP-RP)
CP: Critical analysis of models of cellular culture for the study of new treatments for the
ocular surface
Eduardo Melani Rocha (USP-RP)
MC: Relationship with the private sector for the development of new technologies for the
cornea and refractive surgery
Paulo Schor (UNIFESP)
MC: Priorities and sources of public resources for research with cornea and refractive
Wallace Chamon (UNIFESP)
CO: to be announced
Room 11
SBNeC, SBFis, SBEM, SBFTE
NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIP: PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHILD
Chair: Aldo B. Lucion (UFRGS)
 Infant programming of the limbic system and fear.
Regina M. Sullivan (University of Oklahoma, USA)
 Infantile stimulation and sweet food ingestion in adult life.
Carla Dalmaz (UFRGS)
 Neonatal stress: Behavioral and molecular effects
Aldo B. Lucion (UFRGS)
 Role of the serotonergics receptors: 5-HT1A, 5-HT1B e 5-HT2A/2C in the maternal
aggressive behavior
Rosa Maria Martins de Almeida (UNISINOS)
10h45-11h15
Coffee Break
11h15-12h15
Conferences
Room Rubi
BRAVO, SBEM, SBIC
RETINAL DEGENERATION AND CHOLESTEROL BIOSYNTHESIS: ANIMAL MODEL STUDIES AND
THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION.
Speaker: Steven J. Fliesler (Saint Louis University, USA)
Chair: Janethe D. de Oliveira Pena (UFU)
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Room Safira
SBNeC, SBFis, SBBq, SBFTE, SBI, SBBf, SBBC
PROTEIN TRANSDUCTION DOMAINS: A NEW APPROACH FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE.
Speaker: Alessandro Negro (Universidade de Pádua, Italy)
Chair: Francesco Langone (UNICAMP)
Room Topázio
SBNeC, SBFis, SBFTE, SBEM
NOVEL ACTIONS OF PROGESTERONE IN THE BRAIN.
Speaker: Jon Levine (Northwestern University, USA)
Chair: Janete Anselmo-Franci (USP-RP)
Room 2
SBBf, SBFis, SBNeC, SBFTE
DEVELOPMENT PLASTICITY OF GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION AT THE CALYX OF HELD.
Speaker: Holger Taschenberger (MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany)
Chair: Ricardo Maurício Leão (USP-RP)
Room 3
SBNeC
MECHANISMS OF TANGENTIAL MIGRATION IN A MODEL OF CORTICAL DYSPLASIA.
Speaker: Sharon Juliano (USUHS, USA)
Chair: Cecília Hedin Pereira (UFRJ)
Room 7
SBBC, SBIC, SBFTE, SBI
MODULATION OF IMMUNITY BY GALECTIN-3´
Speaker: Dan K Hsu (University of California, USA)
Chair: Maria Cristina Roque Barreira (USP-RP)
Room 8
SBBC, SBIC, SBFTE, SBEM, SBBf, SBFis
CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF SKELETAL MUSCLE REGENERATION.
Speaker: Antonio Musaro (Universidade de Roma, Italy)
Chair: Anselmo Sigari Moriscot (USP-SP)
Room 11
SBNeC
EVENT SPONSORED BY LARC AND IBRO
HISTAMINERGIC NEURONS FROM THE TUBEROMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS AND THEIR ROLE IN
BEHAVIORAL AND VEGETATIVE AROUSAL DURING MOTIVATED BEHAVIORS.
Speaker: Fernando Torrealba (Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
Chair: Marcus Lira Brandão (USP-RP)
12h30-14h00
Lunch
14h00-16h15
Thematic Session/Symposia
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Room Rubi
SBNeC, SBFis, SBBf, SBBC, BRAVO
PATHWAYS TO PLASTICITY: FROM PROGENITORS TO INTEGRATION OF NEW CELLS IN THE CNS – II
Chair: Cecilia Hedin Pereira (UFRJ)
CP: Functional integration of adult-born neurons in the existing hippocampal circuits
Alejandro F. Schinder (Instituto Leloir, Argentina)
MC: Plasticity of postnatal subventricular zone cells integrated to an embryonic environment
Cecilia Hedin Pereira (UFRJ)
CO: to be announced
Room Safira
FeSBE
SCIENTIFIC POLITICS: IV: PUBLIC POLITICS
Chair: Gerhard Malnic (USP-SP)
 Erney Plessmann de Camargo (President CNPq)
 Jorge Almeida Guimarães (President CAPES)
 Carlos Henrique Brito Cruz (President FAPESP)
 Luiz Barbeito (Institute Pasteur, Uruguay)
 Armênio Guimarães (President FAPESB–BA)
Room Topázio
FeSBE
SCIENTIFIC POLITICS V: WHAT AND W HY TO PATENT?
Chair: Regina Scivoletto (UNIEMP)
 Why to patent?
Regina Scivoletto (UNIEMP)
 What and how to patent?
Rosana Bernardo (INPI)
 Case report: The experience of a researcher
Kleber Franchini (UNICAMP)
 Case report: The experience of a national entrepreneur
Ogari de Castro Pacheco (Laboratório Cristália)
Room 01
SBFis, SBBf, SBBq, SBFTE, SBIC, SBEM, SBBC, SBBN
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
Chair: Fátima Regina Mena Barreto Silva (UFSC)
 Estrogens and male reproduction
Serge R. Carreau (CNRS, França)
 Hormonal regulation of Sertoli cell proliferation and differentiation
Luiz Renato França (UFMG)
 P2X2 receptors and calcium entry in Leydig cells
Wamberto A. Varanda (USP-RP)
 Thyroid Hormones and testis
Fátima Regina Mena Barreto Silva (UFSC)
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Room 2
SBBf, SBFTE, SBIC, SBFis
RESISTANCE TO MULTIPLE DRUGS
Chair: Márcia Alves Marques Capella (UFRJ)
CP:: Resistance to multiple drugs in the neoplasy
Raquel Ciuvalschi Maia (INCa)
MC: Physiological aspects of the MDR proteins expression in the immune system
Juliana Echevarria Lima (FIOCRUZ)
MC: Physiological aspects of the MDR proteins expressions in the kidney and endothelium
Luiz Sabbatini Capella (UERJ)
CO: to be announced
Room 03
SBNeC, SBFis, SBIC, SBFTE
NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY: FRONTIERS IN THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS.
Chair: Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim (UFC)
CP: Neurological manifestations of celiac disease
Norman Latov (Cornell University, USA)
MC: Neurological manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease
Francisco de Assis Aquino Gondim (UFC)
MC: Gastrointestinal and Autonomic Disorders associated with neurological diseases.
Miguel Ângelo Nobre e Souza (UFC)
CO: to be announced
Room 4
SBEM, SBFis, SBIC, SBBf, SBBN, SBFTE, SBBC
NEW FOCUS ABOUT HORMONAL REGULATION OF THE GENIC EXPRESSION AND HORMONAL
INTERACTIONS: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPEUTICS
Chair: Maria Tereza Nunes (USP-SP)
CP: Regulated genes by estrogens and triiodotironin in the breast cancer
Célia Regina Nogueira (UNESP-Botucatu)
MC: Tireoidean hormone receptors and its role in the regulation of the genic expression
Tânia M. Ortiga-Carvalho (UFRJ)
CO: to be announced
Room 5
SBBC
ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH.
Chair: Marinilce Fagundes dos Santos (USP-SP)
Posters chosen during the last São Paulo Research Conference: Câncer (november
2005)
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LOSS OF ADAM23, A PUTATIVE NEW METASTASIS SUPPRESSOR GENE, LEADS TO ENHANCED
MIGRATION OF THE MDA-MB-435 BREAST CANCER CELL LINE POSSIBLY BY MODULATING THE
ALFAVBETA3 INTEGRIN ACTIVATION. Verbisck, N. V.; Muras, A. G.; Moura, R.P.; Costa, F.
F.; Melo, F. H. M.; Zanata, S. M.; Sogayar, M. C.; Chammas,R.; Camargo, A. A. Instituto
Ludwig.
CELL CYCLE REGULATION BY NFAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR. Carvalho, L. D. S.; Teixeira, L.
K.; Bastos, N. C.; Caldeira, A. T. N.; Viola, J. P. B. Instituto Nacional do Câncer.
PROLIFERATION, DIFFERENTIATION AND APOPTOSIS: INVOLVEMENT OF CELLULAR PRION
PROTEIN. Arantes, C. P.; Nomizo, R.; Lopes, M. H.; Martins, V. R.; Lima, F.R. Instituto
Ludwig.
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CELL CYCLE CONTROL OF TUMOR CELLS: AN UNSUSPECTED BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF FGF2:
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DEATH CELL INDUCTION AS A RESTRAINING MECHANISM OF ONCOGENE INDUCE
PROLIFERATION. Costa, E. T.; Asprino, P. F.; Armelin, H. A. Universidade de São Paulo
IDENTIFICATION OF EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS REPRESENTING PUTATIVE HUMAN MICRORNA TRANSCRIPTS. Valente, V.; Maia, R. M.; Kodama, K. R.; Molfetta, G.; Zanette, D. D.;
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Dos Santos, A. R. D.; Cunha, M. A. V.; Silva, I. T. da; Pinheiro, D. G.; Pereira, G. S. P.;
Paço-Larson, M. L.; Zago, M. A.; Silva Jr., W. A. Universidade de São Paulo
INCREASED EXPRESSION OF PAWR IS ASSOCIATED WITH BREAST CANCER PROGRESSION.
Bessa, S. A.; Soares, F. A.; Netto, M. M.; Nagai, M. A. Universidade de São Paulo
Room 06
SBNeC, BRAVO
EVENT SPONSORED BY IBRO AND LARC
NEUROSCIENCE IN LATIN-AMERICA, CARIBE AND IBERIAN PENINSULA
Chair: Stevens Rehen (UFRJ, President SBNeC)
 Marta Hallak (President, Latin-American Regional Committee, LARC)
 Jose Ortiz (Representative, Caribe)
 Angel Pazos (Secretary, Spanish Society of Neurosciences)
 Luis Angel Aguilar Mendoza (Neuroscience Society of Peru)
 Francisco Alejandro Munera Galarza (Colombian Society of Neuroscience)
 Omar Macadar (ex-President LARC)
 João Malva (Secretary of the Portuguese Society of Neuroscience)
Room 07
SBNeC, SBFTE, SBBq, SBFis, SBBC, BRAVO, SBEM
NEURON-GLIA INTERACTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NS: BRAZIL GLIA CLUB
Chair: Matilde Achaval (UFRGS)
CP: Neuroglia: 160 years since the discovery of the Virchow treasure
Matilde Achaval (UFRGS)
MC: Mielinizing and potentially mielinizing glia: Roles in the immune system and neural
repair
Leny A. Cavalcante (UFRJ)
MC: Neuron-glia interaction: The human glioblastoma
Vivaldo Moura Neto (UFRJ)
CO: to be announced
Room 08
SBFis, SBIC
METABOLIC CONTROL OF THE CELLULAR FUNCTION
Chair: Rui Curi (USP-SP)
CP: Mitochondria Integrate and generate metabolic signals controlling insulin secretion.
Pierre Maechler (University Medical Center, Switzerland)
MC Oxidative stress and skeletal muscle function
Leonardo dos Reis Silveira (USP-SP)
MC Macrophages function control by fatty acid
Thais Martins de Lima (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
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Room 09
BRAVO, SBNeC, SBFTE
FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGE
Chair: Edson Amaro Júnior (USP-SP)
CP: Functional magnetic resonance and simultaneous EEG
Dráulio Barros de Araujo (USP-RP)
MC: Molecular neuroimage
Rodrigo Affonseca Bressan (UNIFESP)
MC: Functional magnetic resonance: Hyperscanning.
Edson Amaro Júnior (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
16h15-16h30
Coffee Break
16h30-19h00
Poster session
19h00-19h45
Courses (see page 10-12)
19h45-20h15
Capoeira
20h00-21h00
Dinner
Fesbe Deliberative council
21h00-22h00
Room Topázio
SBBf, SBBq, SBFis, SBFTE, SBI, SBIC, SBNeC, SBBC, SBEM, SBBN, COBEA
Round table: New challenges of Post-graduation in Biological Sciences. Repercussions of
the Congress of Capes. Biological Sciences II of 2006
Chair: Adalberto Vieyra (UFRJ) / Gerhard Malnic (USP-SP)
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Saturday, August 26
08h30-10h45
Thematic Session/Symposia
Salão Rubi
SBBf, SBFis, SBFTE, SBBc, SBEM, SBBN, SBIC, COBEA
ADVANCES IN GENIC TERAPY
Chairs: Marcelo M. Morales (UFRJ) / Rafael Linden (UFRJ)
 Genic therapy in repair diseases of AND
Carlos Menck (USP-SP)
 Genic therapy in metabolic diseases
Roberto Giugliani (UFRGS)
 Genic terapy of cancer with bi-cistronics vectors
Eugênia Constanzi-Strauss (USP-SP)
 Therapeutic vaccines of AND
Luiz Carlos de Souza Ferreira (USP-SP)
Room Safira
SBNeC, SBFTE, SBFis, SBBf, SBBq
NEUROCHEMICAL INTERATIONS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chair: Roberto Paes-de-Carvalho (UFF)
CP: Liberation modulation of glutamate by Cainato and neuropeptides Y receptors:
Implications in the neuronal excitability
João Malva (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
MC: The Search for the physiological glutamatergic stimulus to stimulus to study cellular
signaling in neurons culture
Guido Lenz (UFRGS)
MC: Neurochemical development of the retina: Interactions between glutamatergic
purinergic systems and nitric oxide
Roberto Paes-de-Carvalho (UFF)
CO: to be announced
Room Topázio
SBFTE, SBFis, SBIC, SBBC
REDOX SIGNALING: IMPLICATIONS IN PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY.
Chair: Rita Tostes (USP-SP)
CP: Reactive oxygen species as mediators of calcium and angiotensin II signaling.
Rhian Touyz (University of Ottawa, Canadá)
MC: Protein disulfide isomerase: a novel regulatory protein of vascular smooth muscle cell
NAD(P)H oxidase.
Lucia Rosseti Lopes (USP-SP)
MC: Exosomes as redox signaling particles
Mariano Janiszewski (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
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Room 1
SBBf, SBFis
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS IN RENAL TUBULES
Chair: Gerhard Malnic (USP-SP)
CP: Vasoactive peptides and renal excretion of potassium
José B. O. Amorim (UNESP-São José dos Campos)
MC: Advances in the compression of the ion tubular transport
Aníbal G. Lopes (UFRJ)
MC: Oxidative stress and kidney
Antonio Carlos Seguro (USP-SP)
CO: to be announced
Room 3
SBBC
BI-DIRECTIONAL MOLECULAR DIALOG AT THE MATERNAL-FETAL INTERFACE.
Chair: Estela Bevilacqua (USP-SP)
 Inteferon-gamma as a signaling molecule at the maternal-fetal interface.
Estela Bevilacqua (USP-SP)
 The extracellular matrix at the maternal-fetal interface.
Telma Zorn (USP-SP)
 Uterine NK cells: roles played at the maternal-fetal interface.
Áureo Yamada (UNICAMP)
 Tissue interactions at the maternal-fetal interface.
John Aplin (University of Manchester, Reino Unido)
Room 05
BRAVO, SBNeC, SBBC, SBFTE, SBBN, SBBf
STEM CELLS IN VISION
Chair: José Álvaro Pereira Gomes (UNIFESP)
 Limb epithelial stem cells
José Álvaro Pereira Gomes (UNIFESP)
 Vertebrate retina Stem cells
Dania Emi Hamassaki-Britto (USP-SP)
 Medulla and retina stem cells
Eduardo Navajas (UNIFESP)
Room 06
SBBN, SBIC
USE OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES IN HEALTH SCIENCES: RISKS AND BENEFITS
Chair: Mario Bernardo Filho (UERJ)
CP: Aplication of radioactive isotopes in health sciences
Mario Bernardo Filho (UERJ)
MC: Analysis of potential riskis in the use of radioactive isotopes
Ademir Amaral (UFPE)
CO: to be announced
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Room 07
SBNeC, SBFTE, BRAVO
CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION: FROM MOLECULES TO BEHAVIOR.
Chair: Daniela M. Barros (FURG) / Marco A. M. Prado (UFMG)
CP: Neurochemical and behavioral alterations in a novel genetic model of cholinergic
dysfunction.
Marco A. M. Prado (UFMG)
MC: Blocking the inhibition of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in Alzheimer
Disease.
Margaret Haiganouch Magdesian (UFRJ)
MC: Cholinergic system, memory and oxidative stress.
Daniela M. Barros (FURG)
CO: to be announced
Room 08
SBNeC e SBBf , SBBq, SBFis, SBFTE, SBI, SBIC, SBEM SBFTE, SBBC
LIPID SIGNALLING, NEW MODELS, NEW CONCEPTS: FROM INSECTS TO MAMMALS.
Chair: Flávia Carvalho Alcantara Gomes (UFRJ) / Marcelo Einicker Lamas (UFRJ)
CP: Leukocyte Lipid Bodies in Innate Immunity: Impact on Lipid Metabolism and
Intracellular Signaling.
Patricia T. Bozza (FIOCRUZ)
MC: Is lysophosphatidylcholine a key molecule in vector-borne diseases transmission?
Georgia Atella (UFRJ)
MC: Ceramides and their role in the modulation of ion transport in kidney proximal tubule
cells.
Marcelo Einicker Lamas (UFRJ)
CO: to be announced
Room 09
SBBf, SBFis, SBNeC, SBFTE
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF CENTRAL NEUROTRANSMISSION
Chair: Ricardo Maurício Leão (USP-RP)
CP: Release kinetics, quantal parameters and their modulation during short-term
depression at a developing synapse in the rat CNS.
Holger Taschenberger (MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany)
MC: CNTS afferents sensitive to cholecystokinin.
Vander Baptista (UFMT)
MC: GABAergic tonic inhibition of glutamatergic transmission in a nucleus involved in the
auditory processing of the songbird.
Ricardo Maurício Leão (USP-RP)
CO: to be announced
Room 11
SBBf, SBBq, SBBN, SBBC, SBIC, SBFTE
SCIENTIFIC CRITERIA TO SEARCH LIFE OUTSIDE THE EARTH
Chairs: Claudia Lage e Marcelo Einicker Lamas (UFRJ)
 The concepts of life and which aspects could be used for its tracing
Claudia Lage (UFRJ)
 Alternative chemistry for life in the galactic habitability zones
Carlos Alexandre Wuensche (INPE)
 Stars astrobiologically interesting
Gustavo Porto de Mello (UFRJ)
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The biomollecules present in the cosmic neighborhood
Sergio Pilling (LNLS)
10h45-11h15
Coffee Break
11h15-12h15
Conferences
Room Rubi
BRAVO, SBFis, SBFTE
SIGNALING CROSS ROAD IN NEUROPROTECTION: SIGNIFICANCE IN AGE RELATED MACULAR
DEGENERATION, STROKE AND ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE.
Speaker: Nicolas Bazan (LSU Neuroscience Center, USA)
Chair: Augusto Paranhos Jr. (UNIFESP)
Room Safira
SBNeC, SBFis, SBBf, BRAVO
CORRELATES OF SELECTIVE ATTENTION IN EXTRASTRIATE CORTEX: CONVERGING EVIDENCE FROM
FMRI, PRIMATE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND PRIMATE LESION EXPERIMENTS.
Speaker: Peter de Weerd (University of Maastricht, Holanda)
Chair: Mônica Santos Rocha (UFRJ)
Room Topázio
SBNeC, SBEM, SBFis
EVENT SPONSORED BY LARC AND IBRO
NEUROENDOCRINE BASIS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.
Speaker: Alonso Fernández Guasti (Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados, Mexico)
Chair: Aldo Bolten Lucion (UFRGS)
Room 1
SBFTE, SBNeC e SBI
NEUROIMUNOMODULATION
Speaker: João Palermo-Neto (USP-SP)
Chair: Luiz Carlos de Sá-Rocha (USP-SP)
Room 2
FeSBE
THE ACTIVITIES OF IBRO ON THE ETHICIAL USE OF ANIMALS.
Speaker: Sharon Juliano (USUHS, USA) Chair of the Committee on Animals in Research
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
Chair: Silvia Colleta Barreto da Costa Ortiz (COBEA)
Room 3
SBBC, SBI, SBFTE, SBEM, SBFis, SBBf
THE ROLE OF LIPID RAFTS IN THE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN MOSTOCYTES
Speaker: Constance Oliver (USP-RP)
Chair: Maria Célia Jamur (USP-RP)
Room 8
SBBN, SBNeC
NEW TRENDS AND NEW TRACERS IN NUCLEAR NEUROLOGY.
Speaker: Luc Mortelmans (Catholic University of Leuven)
Chair: Francisco José Braga (USP-RP)
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Room 11
SBBf , SBFTE, SBFis
ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CA DYNAMICS AND CARDIAC ARRYTHMIAS.
Speaker: Ariel Escobar (Texas Tech University, USA)
Chair: Wamberto Antonio Varanda (USP-RP)
12h30-14h00
Lunch
14h00-16h15
Thematic Session/Symposia
Real Room
SBNeC, BRAVO, SBBC, SBBf, SBIC, SBFTE, SBFis
NEURAL STEM CELLS: INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MECHANISMS IN THE NEURONAL DIFFERENTIATION
Chair: Alysson Muotri (The Salk Institute, USA)
 Epigenetic factors in the regulation of the neuronal differentiation
Alysson Renato Muotri (The Salk Institute, USA)
 The role of retrotransposons L1 in the cerebral development
Maria C. N. Marchetto (The Salk Institute, USA)
 The signalization Wnt via and the neuronal differentiation of the stem cells
Dieter Chichung Lie (GSF, Research Center for Environment and Health, Germany)
 Plasticity of multipotents stem cells originating from dental pulp
Irina Kerkis (Instituto Butantan)
Room Topázio
SBNeC, SBFis, SBIC
FUNCTIONAL REORGANIZATION AFTER STROKE IN HUMANS.
Chair: Claudia D. Vargas (UFRJ)
CP: Residual Functional Architecture of the Motor System After Stroke: Lessons from fMRI.
Nick Ward (University College London, Inglaterra)
MC: New Rehabilition Methods that can Boost Brain Plasticity After Stroke.
Pascal Giraux (MCU-PH Service de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation, France)
CO: to be announced
Room 01
SBBC, SBFis, SBEM
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLE
Chair: Anselmo S. Moriscot (USP-SP)
 Cellular and molecular aspects of the skeletal muscle regeneration
Antonio Musaro (University of Rome, Italy)
 Regulation of the syntheses and degradation of proteins in the skeletal muscle
Isis Ketellhut (USP-RP)
 Prion effects in the skeletal muscle
Mario M. Bianchin (USP-RP)
 Action of the thyroid and thyroidmimetic hormones in the skeletal muscle
Anselmo S. Moriscot (USP-SP)
Room 02
SBBC, SBIC, SBFis, SBI
HEMATOPOIESE AND THE MEDULAR MICROENVIRONMENT
Chair: Márcia Cury El-Cheikh (UFRJ)
CP: Identification and characterization of the predecessor of the medulla mastocytes
Maria Célia Jamur (USP-RP)
MC: Medulla and the hematopoietic niches
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Alex Banduíno (UFRJ)
MC: The role of lymphocytes T in the hematopoiese
Adriana Bonomo (INCA)
CO: to be announced
Room 03
SBFis, SBFTE, SBNeC
SPECIALIZATION COURSES IN THE BIOLOGICAL AREA: EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES
Chair: Ana Karenina Azevedo Martins (USP-SP)
 Ivana Brito (USP-SP)
 Luis Felipe Souza da Silva (USP-RP)
 Bayardo Baptista Torres (USP-SP)
 Marcelo Lazzaron Lamers (USP-SP)
Room 04
SBNeC (SBFis, SBBf, BRAVO, SBFTE)
NEUROSCIENCE AND EDUCATION & EDUCATION IN NEUROSCIENCE
Chair: John Fontenele Araujo (UFRN)
 Scientific divulgation in neuroscience in Brazil
Suzana Herculano-Houzel (UFRJ)
 Neuroscience in High School: A study of the content of the didactic book
John Fontenele Araujo (UFRN)
 Neuroscience in graduation: A question of order
Luiz Menna Barreto (USP-SP)
 The formation of the neuroscientist: The reality of post-graduation in neuroscience in
Brazil
Adalberto Ramon Vieyra (UFRJ)
Room 08
SBBf, SBIC, SBFis
ION HOMEOSTASIS AND DISEASES WHAT IS THE LINK
Chair: Marcelo M. Morales e Celso Caruso Neves (UFRJ)
CP: What a ClC-5 knockout mouse can tell us about renal disease (Dent's disease).
Sandra E. Guggino (Johns Hopkins University)
MC: Novel Regulation of the Albumin Endocytosis in Proximal Tubule Cells: Impact in renal
proximal tubules ion transport.
Celso Caruso Neves (UFRJ)
MC: Kinase-mediated regulation of active calcium transport in polarized cells.
Adalberto Vieyra (UFRJ)
MC: Chloride channels and ion homeostasis: role of CFTR and ClC-2.
Marcelo M. Morales (UFRJ)
CO: to be announced
Room 9
MOLECULAR IMAGE
Chair: Carlos Alberto Moreira (USP-SP)
 Mollecular image in magnetic resonance
Edson Amaro Jr. (USP-SP)
 Molecular image in psychiatry
Rodrigo Bressan (UNIFESP)
 Genomic and molecular image
Carlos Alberto Moreira Filho (USP-SP)
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16h15-16h30
Coffee Break
16h30-19h00
Poster session
19h00-20h00
Dinner
20h30-21h00
Real Room
Closing session
CLOSING CONFERENCE
Award Neuroscience Brazil
Carlos Eduardo Guinle da Rocha Miranda (Brazilian Academy of Sciences)
Chairs: Stevens Rehen e Leny Cavalcante (UFRJ)
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