Sobre o AC Camargo

With over a half a century of experience, Hospital A.C.Camargo is today the largest cancer hospital in Latin America. More than 14,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed and treated each year at its facilities.

Over 800,000 patient consultations and procedures including 10,000 surgeries are performed per year. The Hospital and its world-class team treat more than 800 types of medically identified tumors and has a long-standing tradition and international reputation in generating and sharing knowledge.

The 50-year-old residency program has trained more than 1,000 residents or about 50% of the country’s oncologists. Its graduate course in oncology has received the highest possible rating given by the Ministry of Education in Brazil and its tumor bank ranks among the top twenty tumor collections in the world.

The hospital’s research activities played a crucial role in some of the country’s most important research, including the Human Cancer Genome project, which led to the world’s second largest contribution to our current knowledge of the human transcriptome. In the last five years, the A.C.Camargo's strong research program has produced over 645 publications in leading journals, with the highest average impact index in South-America.

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About the Course

Improvements in quality of life provided by access to health care, better education and nutrition have increased dramatically the life expectancy for populations. Novel and important challenges have arisen, because diseases that were not common 100 years ago now became a large burden to society. The increase in financial and personal burden for families, because of aging-related diseases, will likely drain most of our society's resources in 20 years.

Among these illnesses, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis are still incurable and research in these areas needs to advance to improve their treatments and consequently the quality of life.

Basic sciences revealed that common molecules that orchestrate cellular physiology can be modified causing cancer and neurodegeneration. These molecules can promote alterations in metabolism, cell survival, response to stressful conditions, replication and senescence pathways. Translational science is responsible to convert this novel information into diagnosis and treatment for these diseases.

The goal of the Second São Paulo Advanced School in Translational Sciences is to offer a scenario to discuss molecular medicine, from basic to translational aspects, in both cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. This is also an initiative of the Brazilian National Institute for Science and Technology in Oncogenomics (INCITO) and the National Institute for Translational Neuroscience (INNT). The program gathered some of the world experts in the biology and treatment of these devastating diseases in an exceptional environment of learning and information sharing based on cutting-edge science. The school will offer outstanding opportunities for networking to a new generation of scientists and will inspire them to pursue careers in translational research in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Date: June 19th to June 24th, 2011.

Purpose of course: To provide update in more recent translational research involving a number of areas of knowledge such cell signaling, cancer research, neurosciences, neurodegenerative diseases, pain, genomics, proteomics and drug-development, encouraging the development of collaborative research projects among Brazilian and foreign scientists.

Target audience: Post-graduate, master's degree, doctor's degree, post-doctorate fellows, and young professors interested in Translational Sciences in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases directed at human health applications. The course will take 60 hours and issue credits valid for any Brazilian graduate course and general foreign graduate courses (www.capes.gov.br).

Pre-requisites:
• Fluency in English;
• Availability to attend in the whole course (June 19th to 24th, 2011);
• Submission of a scientific abstract that is accepted by an internal committee;
• A recommendation letter from the candidate's supervisor.

Number of students/ participants to be selected: One hundred, with 50 from Brazil and 50 from abroad.

Hours of activities: 60 (sixty).

Scientific Program: Classes, oral presentations of selected projects, poster presentation, debates and meetings with the expert. A detailed updated program and the invited speakers may be found at website of the course: www.accamargo.org.br/schooolscience2011

Venue:
Anfiteatro José Ermírio de Moraes
Rua Professor Antônio Prudente, 211 - Liberdade - São Paulo - SP - Brazil

Note: For approved participants, the organization will cover all costs with return fares from the candidate's place of the residence to São Paulo, in addition to accommodation in double apartments plus meals during the event. Any extra expenses (minibar, telephone calls, others restaurants, internet etc.) WILL NOT be covered.

Course Coordination:
Vilma Regina Martins, PhD.
Hospital A.C.Camargo, São Paulo.
and
Marco Antônio Maximo Prado, PhD.
Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Organizing Committee:
Sergio Ferreira, PhD - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.
Stephen Ferguson, PhD- Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
Marc G. Caron, PhD - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Caroline, USA.

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Corpo Docente

Scientists Institutions
Dirce M. CarraroA.C. Camargo Hospital.
Don Cleveland University of California USCF/Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
E Dias-NetoA.C. Camargo Hospital.
Elena Pasquale Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Eric Klann New York University Center for Neural Science
Fulvio Scorza Federal University of São Paulo.
Fernando A. Soares A.C. Camargo Hospital.
Fernando Mello Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gabriela Chiosis Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Glaucia HajjA. C. Camargo Hospital
Guido J.R. Zaman Merck, Sharp & Dohme
Ivan IzquierdoCatholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Jay T. GrovesUniversity of California/ HHMI.
John D. ScottUniversity of Washigton/HHMI
John MacDonaldRobarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Marc G. CaronDuke University Medical Center, Durham, North Caroline, USA
Marco A.M. PradoRobarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Marcus Vinicius GomezFederal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Martin CammarotaCatholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Michael SalterSickKids Research Institute.
Rafael Linden Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ricardo R. BrentaniA.C. Camargo Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
Roberto Lent Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sergio FerreiraFederal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Silvia RogattoA.C. Camargo Hospital.
Stephen FergusonRobarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Terry SnutchBrain Research Centre, Canada.
Vania Prado Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Vilma R. MartinsA.C. Camargo Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
William Klein Northwestern University, Illinois

 

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Programação

June 19th
Day 1 June 20th
Day 2 June 21th
Day 3 June 22nd
Day 4 June 23rd
Day 5 June 24th
Day 6
09:30 – 09:45 Vilma R. Martins & Marco Antonio M. Prado – Opening remarks.
09:45 – 10:15 Carlos Henrique deBrito Cruz – Introducing FAPESP
10:15 – 11:00 Ricardo R. Brentani – Introducing the AC Camargo Hospital and the National Institutes of Science
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 Opening conference
Don Cleveland (University of California USCF/Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)
Guarding the genome: aneuploidy and tumorigenesis
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Membrane and cell signaling compartmentalization
14:00 – 15:00 Jay T Groves – (University of California/ HHMI) – Mechanisms of signal transduction in cell membranes.
15:00 – 16:00 John D Scott – (Washington School of Medicine/HHMI) Cell signaling in space and time
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break.
16:30 – 17:30 Marc Caron – (Duke University) – Brain Monoamines/GPCR Systems: New approaches for CNS disorder therapies?
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome Cocktail.
Molecular Mechanisms in pain.
08:30 – 09:30 Michael Salter – (SickKids Research Institute) – Exploring neuron-microglia signalling in pain plasticity.
09:30 – 10:30 Terry Snutch – (Brain Research Centre, Canada) – Novel agents targeting voltage-gated calcium and sodium channels for pain intervention.
10:30 – 11:30 Coffee break and poster view (P1.1 to P1.32)
11:30 – 12:30 Marcus Vinicius Gomez – (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) – Brazilian toxins targeting channels involved in pain.
Mechanisms and therapy in neurodegeneration
12:30 – 13:30 Don Cleveland (University of California USCF/Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)
From Charcot to Lou Gehrig: mechanisms and therapy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:00 John MacDonald – (Robarts Research Institute, Canada)
TRPing from NMDA receptors to Stroke and Alzheimer’s Dementia: Dysregulation of non-selective cation channels and changes in excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus.
16:00 – 17:00 Selected Student’s oral presentations (1)
16:00 – 16:15 Lionel Muller Igaz (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) Neurodegeneration in transgenic mice conditionally expressing human TDP-43 in nucleus and cytoplasm
16:15 – 16:30 Martin Roffe (Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil) The GCN2-IMPACT module of translational control regulates neurite outgrowth
16:30 – 16:45 Pyia Lahiry (University of Western Ontario) Elucidating the genetic basis of a novel degenerative brain disorder by combining autozygosity mapping with whole exome sequencing
16:45 – 17:00 Francisco Pan-Montojo (Technical University Dresden, Germany) Transsynaptic transport of alfa-synuclein between enteric and sympathetic neurons in a new in vitro experimental setup mimicking the physiological innervation of the gut
17:00 – 18:30 Meet the expert happy hour.
Genome and transcriptome
08:30 – 09:30 Silvia Rogatto – (A.C. Camargo Hospital) – Molecular approaches to identify biological markers of response to chemotherapy in cancer patients.
09:30 – 10:30 Dirce M. Carraro – (A.C. Camargo Hospital) – Deciphering the transcriptome of breast cancer.
10:30 – 11:30 Coffee break and poster view (P2.1 to P2.32)
11:30 – 12:30 Emmanuel Dias-Neto – (A.C. Camargo Hospital) – miRNA regulatory networks
Drug discovery in diseases
12:30 – 13:30 Gabriela Chiosis (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) Modulation of heat shock proteins as a therapeutic approach in neurodegenerative diseases
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:00 Elena Pasquale – (Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute) – Emerging Strategies to Target the Eph Receptor Family of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases for Disease Therapy.
16:00 – 17:00 Guido J.R. Zaman – (Merck, Sharp & Dohme) – Drug Discovery process in general (assay development, high-throughput screening, structural biology and lead optimization).
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break and poster view (P2.1 to P2.32)
Cellular signaling in brain development and cognition
08:30 – 09:30 Martin Cammarota – (Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) – On dopamine, BDNF and retrieval...and other factors controlling memory persistence.
09:30 – 10:30 Eric Klann – (New York University Center for Neural Science) Translational control: Molecules, synapses, behavior, and neurological disorders
10:30 – 11:30 Coffee break and poster view (P3.1 to P3.31)
11:30 – 12:30 Ivan Izquierdo – (Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Why some consolidated memories last for a couple of days and others last for a lifetime
Cellular signaling and Neurotransmitter systems
12:30 – 13:30 Vania Prado – (Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada) – Mouse models of cholinergic hypofunction: novel tales of an old neurotransmitter.
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:00 Fernando Mello – (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Müller cells in identity crisis: To be or not to be a dopaminergic neuron.
16:00 – 17:00 Fulvio Scorsa (Federal University of São Paulo) Epileptogenesis and antiepileptogenesis: an experimental approach
17:00 – 18:30 Meet the expert Happy hour
Molecular pathology and new therapeutic candidates
08:30 – 09:30 Fernando A. Soares – (A.C. Camargo Hospital) – Connecting traditional morphology with molecular pathology: the pathway to new tumor classification.
09:30 – 10:30 Vilma R. Martins – (A.C. Camargo Hospital) – Prion protein signaling in Glioblastomas: a new therapeutic approach?
10:30 – 11:30 Coffee break and poster view (4)
11:30 – 12:30 Rafael Linden – (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – Subcellular localization of transcription factors: Target for neuroprotective gene therapy and implications for Neurosciences and Oncology
Drug targets
12:30 – 13:30 Guido J.R. Zaman (Merck, Sharp & Dohme) Identification of beta-arrestin biased ligands of the parathyroid hormone receptor, a class B G protein-coupled receptor
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:00 Gabriela Chiosis (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) Modulation of heat shock proteins as a therapeutic approach in cancer
16:00 – 17:00 Selected Student’s oral presentations (2)
16:00 – 16:15 Massod Rahimi (National Institute of Health, NCI-CCR) Localization of Rspo2 confers differential transforming and invasive capabilities in mouse mammary epithelial cells.
16:15 – 16:30 Amanda G. dos Santos Silva (A.C. Camargo Hospital, Brazil) Germline mutations encompassing the PIP gene in patients with high cancer predisposition
16:30 – 16:45 Friedrich Mathias Ilmer (MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA) Canonical Wnt-signaling and TRAIL – a new combination-alliance against pancreatic cancer stem cells
16:45 – 17:00 Diana M. Merino (University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children) Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of choroid plexus tumors identifies somatic aberrations in chromosome 1 associated to tumorigenesis
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee break and poster view (P4.1 to P4.30)
Nervous system evolution and signal transduction in neurodegenerative diseases
08:30 – 09:30 Roberto Lent – (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Challenging some dogmas of quantitative neuroscience on evolution, development and pathology of the brain
09:30 – 10:30 Stephen Ferguson– (Robarts Research Institute, Canada) Role of Desensitization and Endocytosis in the Regulation of G protein-coupled Receptor Signaling in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break.
11:00 – 11:30 Selected student’s oral presentations (3)
11:00 – 11:15 Theresa Rachel Bomfim (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) IRS-inhibition links impaired insulin signaling in Alzheimer’s and type diabetes: protection by anti-diabetic drugs.
11:15 – 11:30 Ana Teresa F.N. Tavares (Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa & Gulbenkian Institute) Angiogenesis in atherosclerotic lesions: Investigating the function and therapeutic application of the DII4-Notch signaling pathway.
11:30 – 12:30 Glaucia Hajj (A. C. Camargo Hospital) The control of protein synthesis in Prion and Alzheimer’s Diseases
12:30 – 13:30 Marco Prado (Robarts Research Institute, Canada) STI1-Prion protein complex as a potential target in Alzheimer’s and Prion diseases
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
Alzheimer’s Disease
15:00 – 16:00 Sergio Ferreira– (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Aß oligomers, synaptic plasticity and mechanisms of pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s disease
Closing lecture.
16:00 – 17:00 William Klein– (Northwestern University, Illinois) Molecular basis for the cause, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
17:00 – 17:30 Marco Prado and Vilma Martins Closing remarks
17:30 Farewell cocktail
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Selected Participants

It is a pleasure for us to announce the list of attendees of the 2nd São Paulo School of Translational Science.

International applicants and applicants from outside the State of São Paulo will have all costs covered (hotel, transportation and meals).
IMPORTANT REMINDER for international participants: Brazil does require VISA for certain nationalities. Please, check the specific requirements in the Brazilian Embassy at your country. It takes between 10 to15 days to have a visa, so this has to be done immediately. We are not allowed to cover costs related to your VISA"

Participants from the State of São Paulo (not included the city of São Paulo) that have FAPESP fellowships will need to use their “Reserva Técnica” to pay for their expenses since FAPESP does not allow us to pay hotel and transportation costs for those that have FAPESP grants.

Hotel, transportation and meals (lunch and dinner) will not be covered for participants that live in the city of São Paulo and for students from the A.C.Camargo Hospital.

Registration Name Country
13 Camila Miranda Lopes-Ramos Brazil
16 Piya Lahiry Canada
17 Danielle de Almeida Braggio Brazil
18 Ciric Chi Wing To Canada
20 Martin Roffe Brazil
25 Fabiana Andrade Caetano Canada
26 Raquel Brandão Haga Brazil
27 Ana Teresa Fernandes Nunes Tavares Portugal
29 Jillian Belrose Canada
30 Gabriela Pintar de Oliveira Brazil
31 João Paulo Oliveira da Costa Brazil
32 Heloisa Helena Zaccaron Milioli Brazil
37 Elen Pereira Bastos Brazil
38 Loredana G Stoica Ghita USA
39 Sarah Franco Vieira de Oliveira Brazil
41 Ariane Fidelis Busso Brazil
45 Cláudia Malheiros Coutinho Camillo Brazil
48 Scott Wellnitz USA
49 Danielle Queiroz Calcagno Brazil
50 Amanda Goncalves dos Santos Silva Brazil
54 Tatiane Cristina Rodrigues Brazil
55 Giovanna de Brito Brazil
57 Daniela Zimbardi Brazil
58 Mariana Maschietto Brazil
63 Mariana Bisarro dos Reis Brazil
65 Adriana Bulgarelli Brazil
66 Ana Lívia Silva Galbiatti Brazil
67 Alice Muglia Thomaz da Silva Brazil
68 Felipe Fidalgo de Carvalho Brazil
70 Flavio Henrique Beraldo Canada
72 Yukie Sato Kuwabara Brazil
75 Natália Bromberg Brazil
76 Luciane Tsukamoto Kagohara Brazil
78 Breno Satler de Oliveira Diniz Brazil
80 Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos Brazil
82 Alfredo Maurício Batista De Paula Brazil
83 Katiuchia Uzzun Sales USA
86 Tatiana Alves Americo Brazil
88 Ricardo Ramires Fernandez Switzerland
89 Francisco Pan-Montojo Germany
92 Iaci Nunes Soares Canada
97 Roberta Pereira de Melo Guimarães Brazil
98 Newton Shydeo Brandão Miyoshi Brazil
103 Beatriz de Melo Maia Brazil
106 Ashbeel Roy Canada
107 Maíra Assunção Bicca Brazil
108 Fábio Cassarotti Parronchi Navarro Brazil
114 Marilene Hohmuth Lopes Brazil
120 Kathryn Ana Bortolini Simão da Silva Brazil
125 Damiana Giacomini Argentina
128 Gabriela Trevisan dos Santos Brazil
130 María Verónica Baez Argentina
132 Gisele Genovez Cavallazzi Brazil
134 Felipe Núñez Argentina
140 Anca Flavia Savulescu Israel
141 Catherine Kielar UK
143 Ana Cecília Feio dos Santos Brazil
147 Jacqueline Brown South Africa
149 Vanessa Morais Freitas Brazil
150 Ricardo Abadie Guedes Brazil
152 Michele Christine Landemberger Brazil
157 Fabiana Morales USA
160 Ana Carolina dos Santos Ferreira Brazil
164 Chrissie Lee USA
166 Hind HAFSI France
167 Deise Souza Vilas Bôas Brazil
171 D. Lorena Franco Argentina
172 Massod Rahimi USA
175 Nataliya Zhukova Canada
180 Filipe Carvalho Matheus Brazil
187 Aderbal Ruy Teodoro da Silva Brazil
188 Diana M. Merino Canada
191 Carolina Sens Abuázar Brazil
192 Paula Pierozan Brazil
194 Emma G. Duerden Canada
196 Carolina A. Cunha de Azeredo Braga Brazil
197 Gisele da Silva Seixas da Silva Brazil
198 Pedro Edson Moreira Guimarães Brazil
199 Zanlin Yu Israel
200 Theresa Rachel Bomfim Brazil
201 Guilherme Monteiro Gomes Brazil
202 Laura Beatriz da Silva Cardeal Brazil
203 Georgina A Cardama Argentina
204 Gerusa Duarte Dalmolin Brazil
206 Alexandre dos Santos Rodrigues Brazil
208 Carla Letícia dos Santos Bandeira Brazil
211 Andressa Radiske Brazil
214 Marcia Cristina Pena Figueiredo Brazil
216 Christopher Wood Mexico
221 Maria Ines Almeida USA
222 Natália Gindri Fiorenza Brazil
224 Nina C. Hartman USA
225 Saeid Amini-Nik Canada
228 Bruno Henrique Silva Araujo Brazil
230 Andrius Masedunskas USA
233 Allan Acab USA
234 Ling-Qiang Zhu China
237 Helena Cimarosti UK
239 Joseph Mathew Antony Canada
242 Modupe Ogunrombi South Africa
245 Ariadna Mendoza-Naranjo UK
249 Maike M. Schmidt Germany
250 Carol Dazil San Martin Rovirosa Chile
251 Marcilei Eliza Cavicchioli Buim Brazil
252 Jason Pitt USA
253 Matthias Ilmer USA
256 Robert Ta Canada
258 Beguelin, Guillermo Zenon Argentina
261 Hemerson Iury Ferreira Magalhães Brazil
262 Lorena Di Lisio Madrid
263 Bruno Coelho Cavalcanti Brazil
265 Fernanda Ayala Brazil
266 Ligia Petrolini de Oliveira Brazil
267 Bruna Roz Rodrigues Brazil
268 Arthur William Alvarenga Brazil
269 Giovana Tardin Torrezan Brazil
270 Bruna Durães de Figueiredo Barros Brazil
276 Thaís Amaral e Sousa Brazil
278 Leticia Méndez Acuña Uruguay
281 Daiane Gil Franco Brazil
282 Iara Kretzer Brazil
283 Lionel Muller Igaz Argentina
284 Claudia Gonzaga Jauregui USA
285 Sharotka M Simon USA
286 Juliano Jampietro Brazil

ATTENTION:

Selected attendees MUST confirm their acceptance no later than April 29th by sending an e-mail to globalmeeting@accamargo.org.br. This e-mail has to inform that the participant will participate during the whole period of the event (June 19th to 24th, 2011). If a selected participant fails to confirm his/he acceptance, he/she will be replaced by a new participant, which will be informed by email in May 2nd.

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Processo Seletivo

In order to be selected for this course, candidates should:


Fifty percent of the candidates will be selected from universities located outside of Brazil. Selected candidates are preferentially PhD students or post-doctoral fellows, as well as professors and researchers bellow 40 years old, with a good publication record. The selection of the candidates will be made based upon the information given in the registration form contained in the course website (www.accamargo.org.br/schoolscience2011).

The deadline for sending the registration form is April 20th, 2011, and selected candidates will be informed by email in April 27th, 2011. Selected candidates should confirm their interest following instruction received by e-mail no later than April 29th. Please pay attention to these deadlines. Registration forms received after April 20th, 2011 will not be considered. Candidates that fail to confirm their presence until April 29th won't be able to participate.

Selection results: Results of the selection procedure will be available at website www.accamargo.org.br/schoolscience2011 from April 27th, 2011.

Note:For approved participants, the organization will cover all costs with return fares from the candidate's place of the residence to São Paulo, in addition to accommodation in double apartments plus meals during the event. Any extra expenses (minibar, telephone calls, others restaurants, internet etc.) WILL NOT BE COVERED.

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Get to know São Paulo

São Paulo is a metropolis of all races

Over the last 100 years, the city has received thousands of immigrants from Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany), Japan and the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and other Arab countries). Today, no less than 8 of its 18 million citizens are their descendants.

In the heart of the city, next to a large network of hotels, commercial centers, parks, cinemas, theaters and museums, A.C.Camargo Hospital offers the infrastructure necessary for the comfort of its patients and visitors.



São Paulo is the great engine of the Brazilian economy

With 18 million inhabitants, São Paulo has 72 shopping centers and 240 thousand shops.

São Paulo annually receives 2 million international tourists, 73% come for business, 14% for leisure and 13% for other reasons, including, health treatment.

With over one hundred general hospitals and 25 thousand beds, 450 hotels and 45 thousand apartments, the metropolis also has leisure activities for all style, with:



São Paulo also stands out for its gastronomy. The city has four airports, two of them operating international flights of 39 companies flying to/from over one a hundred cities in all continents.

Attire for the course is casual day wear, and we would remind that the course will be held inside hospital facilities, so please avoid use shorts, tanktop shirt, caps, and sandals.

Do not forget to bring at least one set of casual evening wear for dinner-time events.

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FAQ

1) Do I have to pay something for attending the course?

The selected participants will have all their expenses covered, including air-tickets to/from São Paulo, hotel (in bedrooms for two people) and meals during the period of the course. We will also be providing transportation form the São Paulo airport to the hotel, and vice-versa.

Expenses related to the issuing of your VISA, taxi (either at your home country or in Brazil) as well as extras (such as phone calls, internet use, alcoholic beverages, etc…) will not be covered for students or for invited speakers.

2) Who is eligible to participate? What are the criteria used for selecting the participants?

This course is opened to graduate students and young professors (below 40-years-old) that are interested in translational sciences and in scientific collaborations with Brazilian scientists. Selected participants should be fluent in English, able to stay in Sao Paulo for the whole period of the course (June 19th to June 24th, 2011) and should have a scientific abstract recommended by our scientific committee. This abstract will be presented in the format of a poster or during an oral presentation sections.

In order to register for this event all you have to do is to fill the form available at www.accamargo.org.br/schooolscience2011. This form has to be sent on or before April 20th, 2011. If you are selected, you will receive an email by April 27th. This email has to be replied, confirming your acceptance until April 29th. If we do not receive the email confirming the acceptance by the specified date, other applicants will be selected.

3) Do I need a VISA for attending the course?

As a general rule, Brazil requests VISAS based on the principle of reciprocity of treatment given to Brazilian citizens. So, if your country of citizenship requires a VISA from a Brazilian to enter your country, it is likely that Brazil will require a VISA from you. You DO need a visa (either for tourism or business, even if you are coming for a short period) BEFORE entering Brazil if you are a citizen of countries such as the United States, Canada, Japan and Mexico.

A list of exempt countries can be found at www.brazilsf.org/visa_by_country.htm
PLEASE be sure to verify whether a VISA will be required for your trip.

If the immigration authorities request your address while in Brazil, please use the addresses given in the link for the hotels booked for speakers or for the general participants.

4) What is the official language of the event?

The official language of the school is English. All presentations, questions and discussions should be given in English.

5) Will simultaneous translation be available?

No, because fluency in English is one of the selection criteria for participation in the course.

6) What is not included for the selected participants/invited speakers?

We will not cover any types of extra expenses, including but not limited to: phone calls, internet, alcoholic beverages, laundry, mini-bar, etc. Before buying or using something ask the organizers if it will be covered.

7) What should I do regarding my air-tickets?

Transportation will be provided for all selected participants. Please wait an email contact from our travel agency. Please don't buy your own ticket, as we can not reimburse any unauthorized expense.

8) hotel(s) will be used for the selected participant and invited speakers?

The Hotels will be announced latter

9) How will I know the dates and general information regarding my trip?

You will be contacted by the provided email with particular information regarding your trip. General information will be given on this website.

10) Will I receive any certificate at the end of this course?

Yes, a certificate will be issued at the end of the course, and given to the participants that signed all presence lists circulated during the event. Many institutions around the world will accept this certificate, especially if there is an agreement between your institution and CAPES (www.capes.gov.br/cooperacao-internacional). These credits may be used by master’s or PhD students. Please check this out with your graduate course.

11) What happens if I am not able to attend the whole course?

You will not be selected to participate if you can not participate during the whole period (June 19th to June 24th, 2011).

12) What is the period and time of the event?

The course will be held from 19 to 24th June 2011, from 8:30am to 6:30pm.

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