Annual Activities Report 2011 - INCT-Inofar - UFRJ

Annual Report 2011 | INCT-INOFAR
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Events
Member of the INCT-INOFAR Managing Committee, Prof. Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani, of the Institute
of Chemistry of UNESP-Araraquara – who made her name in the history of Brazilian Chemistry by being,
in 2008, the first woman to be elected president of the SBQ – was chosen to give the commencement
conference for the event. As an acknowledgement of her scientific trajectory in Chemistry, the professor
was also honored at the 34 th RASBQ with the Simao Mathias Medal.
“History of the Discovery of Pharmaceuticals” was the theme of the mini-course presented by Prof.
Carlos Alberto Manssour Fraga, INCT-INOFAR associate researcher connected to the Evaluation and
Synthesis of Bioactive Substances Laboratory (LASSBio®) of UFRJ. Aside from presenting an overview
of the chronology of strategies for planning and structurally optimizing prototypes, Manssour presented
the history of the discovery of antibacterial pharmaceuticals like penicillin and sulfas and of innovative
pharmaceuticals, like sildenafil and imatinib.
Chaired by Prof. Eliezer J. Barreiro (UFRJ), INCT-INOFAR coordinator, the theme session
“Pharmaceuticals and Medications” was planned to talk about fundamental concepts of Medicinal
Chemistry that have guided pharmaceutical research in the 20 th century and the trends for the first
decades of the 21 st century. In its presentation, professor Barreiro presented the Fischer & Ehrlich
paradigm in Modern Medicinal Chemistry.
Lidia Moreira Lima (UFRJ), Nelima Romeiro (UFRJ-Macae), Heloisa Beraldo (UFMG), Carlos Viegas
(UNIFAL), Fernando Cunha (USP-Ribeirao Preto), and Luiz Carlos Dias (UNICAMP) were some of
the researchers associated with INCT-INOFAR that were also present in the 34 th Annual Meeting of the
Brazilian Chemistry Society.