Cell and Molecular Biophysical techniques course

Organizers: Dra Maria Gabriela Rivas (Univ. Nacl del littoral/responsible for the AUGM Biophysics Center) and Dra Eneida de Paula (Unicamp)

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The “Cell and Molecular Biophysical techniques course” was organized in collaboration with the Biophysical module of AUGM (Associação Universidades grupo de Montevideo - http://grupomontevideo.org/site/), UNICAMP and CNPEM. The course was planned in two parts: theoretical (April-June/2023) and practical (to be held in Campinas, SP-Brazil, from 16-19th of October/2023). In Part 1 different techniques were covered such as fluorescence, circular dichroism, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Computational Biology, optical tweezers, Fourier Transform InfraRed, Atomic force microscopy.

Part 2 practical classes will happen at University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Brazilian Synchrotron light laboratory (LNLS/CNPEM), as a satellite event of the XLVII SBBf congress. In this “hands-on” course 20 graduate students from Latin America will have the opportunity to run different measurements in the facilities of UNICAMP and CNPEM.

Program classes/professors

Part 1 - Virtual

via Zoom, from April to June/2023

Optical and Atomic Force and microscopy Dr. Lia Pietrasanta (Univ. Buenos Aires – UBA/Argentina)
Computational Biology Dr. Vanesa Galassi (Univ. Cuyo/Argentina) and Dr. Marcelo Costabel (Univ. Nac. Sul / Argentina)
X Ray Crystallography Dr. Victor Castro and Dr. Alejandro Buschiazzo (Instituto Pasteur / Uruguay)
Optical Tweezers Dr. Natalia Wilke (Univ. Cordoba / Argentina)
Fluorescence Dr. Falomir Lockhart (Inst. Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata / Argentina) and Dr. Leonel Malacrida (Inst. Pasteur / Uruguay)
Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy (FTIR) Dr. Fernando Dupuy – Univ. Tucuman / Argentina
Circular Dichroism Dr. Juliana Ioneda / Nat. Synchrotron Lab - CNPEM. Brazil
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Dr. Ana Paula Valente – Univ. Fed. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Part 2 - Practical

(at Campinas, Brazil: UNICAMP and CNPEM) - October 16 – 19, 2023

Atomic force and other microscopy Dr. Lia Pietrasanta – UBA/Argentina
NMR Metabolomics Dr. Thelma A. Pertinhez (Univ. Parma/Italy), Dr. Iola F. Duarte (Univ. Aveiro/Portugal).
X-Ray Diffraction Dr. Andrey W. Bullock - LNLS/CNPEM – Manacá Synchrotron beamline –LNLS/CNPEM
Micro and nano FTIR Dr. Raul Freitas - LNLS/CNPEM – Imbuia Synchrotron beamline
Synchrotron radiation Circular Dichroism Dr. Juliana Ioneda - LNLS/CNPEM - Cedro beamline.