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)

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
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Optical and Atomic Force and microscopy Dr. Lia Pietrasanta (Univ. Buenos Aires – UBA/Argentina)
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Computational Biology Dr. Vanesa Galassi (Univ. Cuyo/Argentina) and Dr. Marcelo Costabel (Univ. Nac. Sul / Argentina)
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X Ray Crystallography Dr. Victor Castro and Dr. Alejandro Buschiazzo (Instituto Pasteur / Uruguay)
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Optical Tweezers Dr. Natalia Wilke (Univ. Cordoba / Argentina)
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Fluorescence Dr. Falomir Lockhart (Inst. Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata / Argentina) and Dr. Leonel Malacrida (Inst. Pasteur / Uruguay)
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Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy (FTIR) Dr. Fernando Dupuy – Univ. Tucuman / Argentina
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Circular Dichroism Dr. Juliana Ioneda / Nat. Synchrotron Lab - CNPEM. Brazil
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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
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Atomic force and other microscopy Dr. Lia Pietrasanta – UBA/Argentina
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NMR Metabolomics Dr. Thelma A. Pertinhez (Univ. Parma/Italy), Dr. Iola F. Duarte (Univ. Aveiro/Portugal).
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X-Ray Diffraction Dr. Andrey W. Bullock - LNLS/CNPEM – Manacá Synchrotron beamline –LNLS/CNPEM
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Micro and nano FTIR Dr. Raul Freitas - LNLS/CNPEM – Imbuia Synchrotron beamline
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Synchrotron radiation Circular Dichroism Dr. Juliana Ioneda - LNLS/CNPEM - Cedro beamline.