Annual Activities Report 2011 - INCT-Inofar - UFRJ

Annual Report 2011 | INCT-INOFAR
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Events
XIII Regional Meeting SBQ-Rio
With the theme “Challenges in Chemistry at the ‘Golden Age’ of Rio de Janeiro”, the XII Regional
Meeting of the Brazilian Chemistry Society – Rio de Janeiro (SBQ-Rio), conducted from July 4 to 7,
2011, at the Military Institute of Engineering (IME), also had INCT-INOFAR researchers among its
speakers. As well as taking part in the event, the Institute researchers were also awarded by SBQ-Rio.
Walter Baptist Mors Medal
The Walter Baptist Mors medal, created in honor of the renowned Brazilian chemist who was a pioneer of
natural products Chemistry, was awarded to the researchers who made the biggest impact in Chemistry
in 2010. Prof. Eliezer J. Barreiro, INCT-INOFAR coordinator, Prof. Angelo da Cunha Pinto, member
of the Managing and Follow-Up Committee (CGA), Prof. Vitor Francisco Ferreira, scientific consultant
for the Institute, and Prof. Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto, INCT-INOFAR UFRJ associate researcher,
were awarded with the medal by SBQ-Rio.
Round Tables
On the XIII Regional Meeting of SBQ-Rio, Prof. Eliezer J. Barreiro led the table “Challenges of the
Pharmaceutical Industry in Brazil” which had the presence of Dr. Nubia Boechat, Farmanguinhos
researcher, and of Tatiana Donato, Servier Laboratories project manager. In their presentations, the
presenters talked about issues such as the generics market and the differences between the public and
private sector markets in medications.
The round table on perspectives for undergraduate and graduate schools in Chemistry in the state of Rio
de Janeiro had the presence of Prof. Luiz Carlos Dias, INCT-INOFAR CGA member. The professor,
who is CAPES Chemistry coordinator, defended that it is necessary to advance in the consolidation of
graduate schools in the North, Northeast, and Midwest regions, as well as strengthening undergraduate
courses in those areas. To him, it is necessary to correct the imbalances, providing extra support to these
regions, and encouraging cooperative research done through networks.