Subjects 2019/1

Interdisciplinary Bases Applied to Health (NOZZLES)

Time Load: 96 hours (6 credits)
Time: 07:30am to11:10am - Tuesday and Thursday (8 classes per week)
Begininng: 03/19/2019 Ending: 07/09/2019

Menu: Structure, formation of biomolecules: chemical bonds and functions, molecular interactions, kinetics and thermodynamics of biological reactions; research methods of biomolecular structures: instrumental techniques applied to structural analysis; relationship structure and function of biological molecules: biological processes involved in cell maintenance, mechanisms involved in the etiology and pathophysiology of infectious, parasitic and inflammatory diseases, fundamentals and application of diagnostic and therapeutic methods, new materials applied to health.

Professor: Wagner Gouvêa dos Santos
Location: Postgraduate Building - PPGCAS Room 6

Seminars

Time Load: 48 hours (3 credits)

Time: defined according to the speakers (Tuesday 01:30pm to 03:10pm)
Beginning: 03/19/2019 Ending: 12/13/2019 (lasting the first two semesters)

Menu: Presentation of seminars by invited professors, interns and students on topics related to the research lines of the program.

Location: Postgraduate Building - PPGCAS Room 6
Professor: Prof. Dr. Roosevelt Alves da Silva

Biomolecular Systems Modeling

Time Load: 64 hours (4 credits)
Beginning: 03/21/2019 Ending: 06/27/2019
Time: 01:30pm to 05:10pm (Thursday)

Ementa: Fundamentals of protein structure and function prediction; Visualization and analysis programs of biomolecular systems. Methods: Comparative modeling; Molecular mechanics for macromolecules; Molecular force field; Structure minimization algorithms; Molecular dynamics; Monte Carlo Method; Molecular anchorage.

Requirement: Algorithm and programming subject.

Professor: Prof. Dr. Roosevelt Alves da Silva
Location: Postgraduate Building - PPGE Room 7

Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Time Load: 48 hours (3 credits)

Beginning: 04/03/2019 Ending: 06/26/2019
Time: 07:30am to 11:10am (Wednesday)

Menu: Physiological basis of the cardiovascular system and regulation of blood pressure. Functional bases for the use of drugs that interfere with the cardiovascular system. Pharmacological interpretation of the effect of drugs (concentration-effect curves, EC50, pD2, Emax). Vascular smooth muscle and importance of calcium in the excitation-contraction process. Endothelium and modulation of vascular tone. Effects of sympathomimetic and sympatholytic drugs, nitric oxide synthase and Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System inhibitors on blood pressure and vascular tone control.

Requirement: None
Professor: Prof. Dr. Rafael Menezes da Costa
Location: Room 15, CA1

Introduction to Organic Spectroscopy

Time Load: 32 hours (2 credits)
Beginning: 04/03/2019 Ending: 06/12/2019
Time: 01:30am to 05:10min (Wednesday)

Menu: Theory and practice in the interpretation of ultraviolet spectroscopy, infrared nuclear magnetic resonance of ¹H and ¹³C and mass spectrometry in Organic Chemistry. Applications.

Professor: Prof. Dr. Liliane Nebo
Location: Postgraduate Building - PPGCAS Room 6

Stress, calorie ingestion and metabolic diseases

Time Load: 32 hours (2 credits)
Beginning: 04/05/2019 Ending: 06/14/2019
Time: 09:00am to 11:50am (Friday)

Menu: Homeostasis, stress, load and allostatic overload concepts; control of food intake; stress-altered food intake changes/allostatic overload; metabolic diseases resulting from exacerbated food intake.

Professor: Prof. Sandra Aparecida Benite Ribeiro
Location: CA 1, Room 4