08h30 - 10h30  

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Abrahão de Moraes Auditorium: RECENT ADVANCES IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOPHYSICS

Chair: Guilherme Menegon Arantes

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FROM INSPIRATION TO INNVATION: THE KEY ROLE OF BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOPHYSICS IN THE DESIGN OF NEW BIOACTIVE MOLECULES - Mariana Quezado UFMG

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​OPTIMIZING PET BIORECYCLING SOLUTIONS THROUGH ELECTRONICALLY POLARIZABLE SIMULATIONS Marcelo D. Polêto USP​

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PURSUING THE STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR CARBOHYDRATES BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS - Hugo Verli UFRGS 

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COMPUTATIONAL BIOENERGETICS OF RESPIRATURY COMPLEXES Guilherme Menegon Arantes USP

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Adma Jafet Auditorium: ADVANCES IN ASYMMETRIC LIPID BILAYERS 

Chair: Thais Enoki

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THE HYPOTHESIS OF LIPID RAFTS WHEN VIEWED FROM THE PRESPECTIVE OF ASYMMETRIC BILAYERS - Thais Enoki IF-USP

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ELECTROPORATION OF MEMBRANES WITH CHARGE ASYMMETRY - Karin A Riske Unifesp

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ADVANCED SAXS MODELING OF LIPID BILAYERS: FROM SYMMETRIC TO ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANES - Francesco Spinozzi Un. Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

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DIFFERENTIAL STRESS IN ASYMMETRIC LIPID MEMBRANES - Markus Deserno Carnegie Mellon University, USA

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10h 30 - 11h  Coffee Break​

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10h50 - 11h Physicantus Coral

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11h - 12h Abrahão de Moraes Auditorium: Plenary 2 -  PHOTOSENSITIZED OXIDATION OF LIPID MEMBRANES AND THE FORMATION OF INTRACELLULAR ELECTROPHYLES. CONSEQUENCES TO PHOTOMEDICINE AND TO PHOTOPROTECTION- Mauricio da Silva Baptista USP

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12h  - 13h30  Lunch

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13h30 - 15h30

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Abrahão de Moraes Auditorium: BIOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL TWEEZERS AND ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY

Chair: Adriana Fontes

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OPTICAL TWEEZERS AND APPLICATIONS IN SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY - Márcio Rocha UFV

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MALARIA IN THE SPOTLIGHT: OPTICAL TWEEZERS TO ELUCIDATE PARASITE ATTACHMENT TO RED BLOOD CELLS - Viola Introini European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

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BRIDGING THE GAP IN MECHANOBIOLOGY: OPTICAL TWEEZERS UNITING PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY - Bruno Pontes UFRJ

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DIABETES VERSUS COGNITIVE DECLINE: EXPLORING BIOPHYSICAL CHANGES IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS - Luciana Magalhães Rebelo Alencar  UFMA

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Adma Jafet Auditorium: MECHANISM OF DISEASES - UPDATE ON MULTI-ORGAN DAMAGE IN COVID-19

Chair: Diogo B. Peruchetti

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RENAL DISEASE IN COVID-19: INSIGHTS FROM SARS-CoV-2 SPIKE PROTEIN - Celso Caruso Neves UFRJ

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THERAPIES WITH STEM CELLS AND EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FOR COVID-19 Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco UFRJ

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CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF BETA-CORONAVIRUS INFECTION: INTEGRATING MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND IN VIVO OUTCOMES - Virginia S. Lemos UFMG

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LESSONS LEARNED DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: FROM A PULMONARY PERSPECTIVE TOWARD DERIVATION AND VALIDATION OF PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR RELEVANT CLINICAL OUTCOMES - Pedro Leme Silva UFRJ

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15h30 - 16h  Coffee Break

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16h - 18h

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Abrahão de Moraes Auditorium: CARLOS CHAGAS AWARD

 

Chair: Antonio José da Costa Filho

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Carlos Chagas award - Molecular biophysics:

 

EXPLORING CONFORMATIONAL STABILITY AND ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY IN VARIANT FORMS OF L-ASPARAGINASE TYPE 2 FROM Escherichia coli - Anna Catharinna da Costa Novaes UFRJ

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STRUCTURAL BASIS OF NUCLEIC ACID RECOGNITION BY THE N-TERMINAL COLD SHOCK DOMAIN OF THE PLANT  GlYCINE-RICH PROTEIN AtGRP2 - Karina de Carvalho Pougy UFRJ

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STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE SARS-CoV INTERNAL FUSION PEPTIDE: BIOPHYSICAL MECHANISM OF MEMBRANE FUSION Marcos Joel Hernández Peña UENF

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Carlos Chagas award - Biophysics of biological systems:

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POLYMER-BASED THIN FLMS FOR PSORIASIS TREATMENT: INSIGHTS INTO FORMULATION DESIGN -  Agatha M. Pelosine UFABC

 

ELEVATED SYSTEMIC LEVELS OF ANGIOTENSIN-(1-7) MODULATE RENAL DYSFUNCTION OBSERVED IN THE EARLY PHASE OF DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE  - Laura Barroso Ferreira de Oliveira UFMG

 

GOLD NANOPARTICLES IMPAIR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC ASPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE MALARIA Sara Aparecida Santos Alves UFRJ​​

 

Adma Jafet Auditorium: BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Chair: Lucas Bleicher

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THE CASE OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES ENCRYPTED IN HUMAN PROTEINS: BIOPHYSICAL, BIOTECHNOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSIDERATIONS - Guilherme D. Brand University of Brasilia

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FROM RNA TO DNA: A COMPLEX SCENARIO FOR THE INFORMATION MOLECULE IN PRIMITIVE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS -Savio Torres de Faria UFPB

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HARNESSING PROTEIN EVOLUTION FOR BIOCATALYST DESIGN - Richard John Ward USP Ribeirão Preto

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EVOLUTION AND BIOPHYSICS OF THE URIC ACID DEGRADATION PATHWAY - Lucas Bleicher UFMG

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18h - 19h30 Mário Capello Space: Poster Session

 

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