Annual Activities Report 2011 - INCT-Inofar - UFRJ

Annual Report 2011 | INCT-INOFAR
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Events
Science Fair
With a goal of increasing interest
in Chemistry among youth, the
XIII Regional Meeting - SBQ-Rio
promoted a science fair with chemistry
presentations. At the INCT-INOFAR
stand, the Meeting audience could get to
know more about the research activities
in the discovery of a 100% Brazilian
medication, and the initiatives in the
areas of Scientific Awareness and Health
Education. At this occasion, INCT-
INOFAR also conducted a poll on
contraceptive methods and population
control. The results of this poll will be
the basis for the third booklet produced
by the Institute, this time focusing on
the correct use of contraceptives.
Soldiers of the Military Institute of
Engineering and high school students
visited the INCT-INOFAR stand.
INCT-INOFAR
Innovation Medal
At the closing of the XIII Regional Meeting
- SBQ-Rio, INCT-INOFAR awarded
the first INCT-INOFAR Innovation
Medal, an acknowledgement of Institute
researchers who actively participated in
the Discovery of new synthetic routes for
future generic drugs.
Prof. Luiz Carlos Dias and Dr. Adriano
Siqueira Vieira of the UNICAMP Institute
of Chemistry were awarded the medal for
the discovery of a new way to produce
atorvastatin, and Prof. Angelo da Cunha
Pinto and Dr. Barbara Vasconcellos da
Silva, of the UFRJ Institute of Chemistry,
for the new synthesis route of Sunitinib.