October 16

16 October 2021 (Saturday)

09:00h Auditorium ES Amphitheatre ES
S8 – SBBq – Proteins in Health and Environment
Chairs: Miguel Castanho (FMUL); José Moura (FCT-UNL)

Invited speakers:

  • Ricardo Louro (ITQB-UNL))

“Metalloproteins fighting infection and climate change: Iron-cold iron, is master”

  • Eduardo Sousa (Federal University of Ceará, Brasil)

“Oxygen heme-based sensors in nature and medicine”

 S9 – SEBBM – Chemical Biology, drug discovery and development
Chairs: Carlos Gutierrez-Merino (UEx); Manuel Aureliano (UAlg)

Invited speakers:

  • Ana Mata Duran (UEx , Spain)

“The emerging role of methylene blue in the interplay between PMCA and biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease.”

  • João Ramalho Santos (UC)

“I want a new drug: Searching for novel modulators of sperm function.”
10:00h Oral Communications – OS8 Oral Communications – OS9
11:00h Coffee Break
11:30h PLENARY LECTURE
José Moura (FCT-UNL)

“Bioinorganic Chemistry and Design of Artificial enzymes”


Chair: Manuel Aureliano Alves (FC_UAlg)
12:30h Lunch
14:45h SS2 – COVID Special Session (Salão Nobre da Câmara Municipal de Évora)

Chairs: Victor Ramos (Diretor da ESDH, UÉv); Graça Soveral (FFUL, Presidente da SPB)
  • Carlos Pinto Sá – Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Évora – Respostas e desafios sociais do município
  • Ana Costa Freitas, Reitora da U. Évora – Respostas e desafios do Ensino Superior;
  • Ricardo Mexia, INSA, Presidente da ANMSP – “Desafios ao nível da Saúde Pública: aprendizagens e estratégias de prevenção”
  • Isabel Pita, Diretora Clínica do HESE – “Desafios para a gestão de um Hospital Público/SNS em Pandemia”;
  • Miguel Castanho, IMM, FMUL – “Desafios de natureza molecular na compreensão da COVID-19: o papel da bioquímica presente e futuro”
17:00h Closing cerimony