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BEIRÃO, Paulo

Coordinator, Global Research Council

Paulo Beirão graduated in Medicine at UFMG (1972), master's and doctorate from the Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, UFRJ (1976 and 1980 respectively), and post-doctorate from the University of Leicester, U. K. (1993). He is currently Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, UFMG. Was Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania and Jefferson Medical College (1976-1977) and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester (1992-1993). He was president of the Brazilian Society of Biophysics (1994-1996) and the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2006-2008), and is vice-president of the Brazilian Society of Toxicology. Was Dean Researcher of UFMG (1998-2002) and under his management was elaborated the project of creation of the technological park of UFMG (BH-TEC). He was president of the Board of Trustees of FAPEMIG (2010-2011), and received honors and distinctions from students, government of Minas Gerais and the Federal government. He is Commander of the National Order of Scientific Merit and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He is director of Agricultural Sciences, Biological and Health at CNPq. 

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14:00-15:30 25 NOVEMBER
PLENARY SESSION III. “SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY”