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1st International Seminar on Health and Biosciences: PUC invites PUCs
Monday, September 24
9:00 – 10:00h am
Registration
10:00 – 11:00 am
Opening conference: World Class University in Brazil: how do we get there?
Conferencists:
Prof. Ir. Clemente Ivo Juliatto, PhD
Rector of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR (BRAZIL)
Prof. Paulo Otávio Mussi Augusto, PhD
Vice-Rector of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR (BRAZIL)
Prof. Waldemiro Gremski, PhD
Pro-Rector of Research of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR (BRAZIL)
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Welcome to the participants with the presentation of the university PUCPR; Presenting
of the strategic plan to become a World Class University.
11:00- 11:30 am
Coffee break
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Advances in cell therapy using mesenchymal stem cells
Conferencist: Prof. Paulo Roberto Slud Brofman, PhD
Coordinator of the Cellular Technology Core of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
- PUCPR (BRAZIL).
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Advances in the development of cell therapy with stem cells, with emphasis on heart
disease.
12:30 – 14:00 pm
Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 pm
Modulating the immunological synapse to enhance pathogen immunity and reduce
detrimental inflammation
Conferencist: Prof. Alexis M. Kalergis, PhD
Professor of Laboratory of Molecular Immunology of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile – PUCCL (CHILE)
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Recent discoveries on the molecular interactions that promote the formation of the
immunological synapse between T lymphocytes and antigen presenting dendritic cell.
15:30 – 16:00 pm
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 pm
Evaluation of the psychosocial impact of the diagnosis of cancer or AIDS on individuals
Conferencist: Prof. Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, PhD, MsW
Professor of National Catholic School of Social Service of the Catholic University of America –
CUA (USA)
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New strategies to develop instruments to evaluation the psychosocial impact on patients
diagnosed with cancer and AIDS
Thuesday, September 25
9:00 – 10:30h am
Role of ATP in cellular communication, the surge of medical applications
Conferencist: Prof. Juan Pablo García-Huidobro, PhD
Professor of Laboratory of nucleotides of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile –
PUCCL
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Advances in elucidating the roles of nucleotides as extracellular signals from
sympathetic terminals.
10:30 – 11:00 am
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 am
Neurobiology in Alzheimer's Disease
Conferencist: Prof. Nibaldo C. Inestrosa, PhD
Professor of the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Chile – PUCCL
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Recent discoveries on the neurobiology focused to innovative therapeutic approaches
to fight Alzheimer´s Disease.
12:30 – 14:00 pm
Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 pm
Primate conservation and human health: an experience in conservation medicine
Conferencist: Prof. Julio Cesar Bicca Marques, PhD
Professor of Graduate Program in Zoology of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio
Grande do Sul – PUCRS (BRAZIL)
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An integrative look on how non-human primate research and conservation can improve
human health.
15:300 – 16:00 pm
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 pm
Genetics of Infection Diseases
Conferencist: Prof. Marcelo Távora Mira, PhD
Professor of Graduate Program in Health Sciences of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do
Paraná – PUCPR (BRAZIL)
- The new strategies and technological advances used in epidemiological genetic
studies of host susceptibility to infectious diseases.
17:00 am - 18:00 pm
Intersectoral action in health promotion conducted by multiprofessional healthcare teams
Conferencist: Prof. Samuel Jorge Moysés, PhD
Professor of Graduate Program in Dentistry of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná –
PUCPR (BRAZIL)
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Public Health with emphasis on epidemiology, mainly in the following areas: Policy,
Planning and Management Health, Primary Health Care, Family Health and Oral
Health Collective.