Denise Pires is a professor in the Program of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics within the Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her main scientific research interest is in the understanding of molecular aspects of thyroid hormone biosynthesis and new therapeutic approaches for advanced thyroid cancer. Denise presents a collaborative network with thyroid researchers around the world, including France. Since her post-doctoral fellowship in Jacques Pommier’s laboratory in Paris, France (1995), she maintains collaborative efforts in France-Brazil axis.
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Photos
Check out the photo gallery of the 1st br.BIO.fr.
Watch the conferences
Watch the 1st French-Brazilian Symposium on Biosciences.
The conference was recorded and transmitted live on USTREAM.tv.
The videos are stored at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/br-bio-fr—21st-mars-2012—paris/videos and can be watched on your computer or mobile device.
br.BIO.fr prize
br.BIO.fr has the pleasure to announce a prize for the best oral presentation, supported by EDP Sciences.
Thus, prepare yourself!
Interview with Prof. Nicole Le Douarin
Prof. Nicole Le Douarin (Académie des Sciences) tells the history of the UNESCO Chair in form and developmental biology, established in 1999 at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (Brazil) with professor Vivaldo Moura Neto.
For more, check her lecture live at the opening session of the 1st French-Brazilian Symposium on Biosciences br.BIO.fr.