The CAPES/STINT project is an international cooperation between Brazil and Sweden designed to study “Metabolic derangements and brain metabolic control underlying cognitive decline”. The project is coordinated at UFSC by the PPGBQA professors Joana M. Gaspar and Andreza F. de Bem in collaboration with Brazilian universities such as UnB, UFRJ, UFRGS and Universities from Sweden, Lund University and Linköping University. From May 31st to June 2nd, four seminars with researchers from Brazil and Sweden will discuss the theme “Brain dysfunction in metabolic disease models” Zoom meeting ID: 622 42208743
Study published by a group of professors from UFSC and UDESC, led by Prof. Dr. Rosely Peralta (Department of Chemistry, UFSC), and with the participation of Professor Dr. Hernán F. Terenzi (Graduate Program in Biochemistry) was on the cover of the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (April 2021). The work illustrates the application of a new bioinspired complex of dinuclear copper (II), which mimics the function of the enzyme catechol oxidase and also acts as an artificial nuclease, capable of producing DNA fragments similar to those formed by restriction enzymes, The complex may have several applications as a tool in research and diagnosis. More information can be found in the article by R. A. Peralta et al. and also in the article produced by Agecom/UFSC.
The Ph.D. candidate Vânia Aparecida Mareze received the best poster award at the Latin American Bioinorganic Congress (April 2021). The work “Synthesis of a hybrid artificial nuclease: 434 phage repressor linked to a metal complex via cysteine to dehydroalanine conversion followed by aza-Michael addition of an NH2-coordinating ligand ” is part of her thesis and was chosen among 50 national and international studies. The results highlight the obtention of a highly specific hybrid nuclease, which represents the first step towards new artificial DNA cleavage agents.
Congratulations to Vânia, to the advisor Hernán F. Terenzi and the entire LABIME team!
The Graduate Program in Biochemistry selected the thesis “IMPACT OF EMERGING WATER POLLUTANTS ON ENERGY METABOLISM, ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSES AND CALCIUM INFLUX IN THE RAT (Rattus norvegicus) AND FISH TESTICLE (Danio rerio) by Dra. the Program to represent the PPGBQA at the CAPES Thesis Award 2021.
The thesis was supervised by Profa. Dr. Fátima Regina Mena Barreto Silva and co-supervised by Dr. Allisson Jhonatan Gomes Castro and analyzed the effects of pollutants emerging from water on the reproductive functions in rats and fish.
Metabolic and morphological analyzes in the testicles showed that both the compounds present in the effluent from the paper and cellulose industry, as well as the larvicide pyriproxifene, have the potential to affect the normal progression of spermatogenesis. Thus, this study points out that pollutants commonly present in water bodies have the potential to deregulate important mechanisms for male fertility.
The main article of the thesis “Pyriproxyfen induces intracellular calcium overload and alters antioxidant defenses in Danio rerio testis that may influence ongoing spermatogenesis” was published in the journal Environmental Pollution (impact factor 6,5) in 2021.
Dear students, we have released the enrollment calendar for the first semester of 2021 (2021/1):
Registration period for regular students: April 29 to May 02 – online registration through the Graduate Academic Control System ( CAPG ): www.capg.ufsc.br
Enrollment of students from other UFSC programs: after May 04: requests should be sent to the e-mail: academico.sipg@contato.ufsc.br
Enrollment in isolated disciplines (people outside UFSC): after May 05: registration on the Graduate Academic Control System (CAPG): https://capg.sistemas.ufsc.br/inscricao/
Guidelines for enrollment in isolated discipline:
Access the address https://capg.sistemas.ufsc.br/inscricao/
Perform the registration to access the system, if you do not have any previous registration.
On the fill-in screen, select the “master” level. Under “Dedication to the program”, select “partial”. Under “Interest in stock exchange”, select “no”. Do not nominate any advisor. Then upload the documents required to perform the isolated registration, which are: e-mail copy of the authorization of the teacher responsible for the discipline , registration form in isolated discipline , copies of the identity card, CPF and diploma of the undergraduate course or undergraduate school history if you are still studying. Upon availability of vacancies. Enrollments will be confirmed or not by email sent by the secretariat. Observation: if the file of the enrollment form in isolated discipline does not open, click with the right button and select “open in incognito window”. Or use another browser.
The semester courses will be informed on the link: https://ppgneuro.posgrad.ufsc.br/disciplinas/disciplinas-do-semestre/
The Coordination of the Graduate Program in Biochemistry at the Federal University of Santa Catarina states that, on 05/04/2021, the election to choose the new Council will take place, as per the announcement below:
Edital 004.2021.CCB – Eleição para Membros do Colegiado Delegado PPGBQA
DATE: may 4, 2021
SCHEDULE: All day
ELECTION PLACE: Election will be held by e-mail: ppgbqa@contato.ufsc.br
The Laboratory of Bioenergetics and Oxidative Stress (LABOX / UFSC) coordinated by Profa. Dr. Alexandra Latini and the Clinical team coordinated by Prof. Dr. Ramiro Zepeda of the University of Chile recently approved a research project that seeks to improve the understanding of the progression and sequels of the COVID-19 viral infection (ANID – Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo – approximately $ 100,000.00).
The project entitled “Metabolic markers of severity prognosis in patients affected by COVID-19” aims to validate a profile of clinical and biochemical markers based on metabolic function as a quantifiable tool in the course of the disease. We believe that this knowledge will help to reduce the mortality rate associated with COVID-19 and optimize the resources of the public health system. The project involves Graduate students from the Graduate Programs in Biochemistry and Medical Sciences.
At the moment, Ph.D. candidate JENNYFFER SOUZA from the Graduate Program in Biochemistry UFSC is developing the project in the Hospital de Rancagua, Rancagua, Chile. Learn more about the survey at the link below:
http://www.hospitalrancagua.cl/index.php/noticias4/664-bioquimica-brasilena-colabora-en-proyecto-de-investigacion-del-hrlbo
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