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Welcome to the inaugural Drug Discovery Latin America conference and exhibition, held in the colourful city of Rio de Janeiro in the days immediately following the world famous carnival.
The purpose of this meeting is to review the status of drug discovery activities in Latin America and to assist its future development. Business and research leaders from both developed markets and BRIC countries will bring their knowledge and experience to share. Participants will be encouraged to network and explore partnering opportunities.
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 Hakim Djaballah
Director
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre
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 Ralph Garippa
Research Leader
Roche Discovery Technologies
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 John Watson
Director, Pharmacology and Biotechnology
Promega
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 Chiwai Wong
Principal Investigator,
Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health
Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
Aaron Woodley, Exhibition Manager
a.woodley@selectbiosciences.com
+44 (0)1787 315129 |
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Distinguished Faculty
Eliana Abdelhay Head of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Laboratory, National Cancer Institute (INCA)
Fernando Albericio Executive Director, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona
Jorge Bercovich Research and Development Manager, Bio Sidus
Núbia Boechat Head of R&D Group in Medicinal Chemistry, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, FIOCRUZ
Leila de Mendonça Lima Senior Researcher and Head of Lab, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, FIOCRUZ
William Jia VP Research and Associate Professor, Shanghai Innovative Research Centre/University of British Columbia
Kyle Kramer Vice President, Business Development, Puracyp
Jose Krieger Professor, Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo
Bernard Maigret CNRS Research Director, LORIA - Nancy University
Abhijit Ray Director, New Drug Discovery Research, Ranbaxy Laboratories
Miguel Torres Biological Chemist, University of San Carlos
João Viola Head, Division of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute (INCA) | |