VIII BIOCHEMISTRY ACADEMIC JOURNEY
22 TO 26 OCTOBER | UFSJ | DIVINÓPOLIS - MG
The VIII Biochemistry Academic Journey is an initiative of professors and students of the undergraduate course in Biochemistry, as well as the post-graduate programs of the Federal University of São João del-Rei Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu.
The event aims to offer postgraduate students, biochemistry students and all other interested parties a dynamic event of interaction with professionals who work in the private labor market, whether in industries or research centers, as well as in the public labor market, acting in education and research. Renowned researchers in the field will be able to provide participants with a more comprehensive and enterprising vision through lectures and mini-courses offered by them.
This interaction aims to expand the student's horizon, offering them different approaches to related subjects, introducing new concepts, themes and trends in scientific research and the labor market. In addition, it is expected that the contact with professionals in the market, provides a greater amplitude for the professional biochemist, which is demanded in many countries in the world, but in Brazil, being a recent area, it is yet not very known.
Previous work aiming to expand the entrepreneurial perspectives in the region of Divinópolis has also been working very well. Thus, another ambition of this Academic Week would be to increase such perspectives fomenting the working capital, expansion of the economy and development not only regional, but of the country as a whole.
Undergraduate in Biochemistry
"In 2008 the course of Biochemistry was implemented in brazil at the Federal University of Viçosa. In 2008 it was implemented in the Federal University of São João del Rei (Dona Lindu campus) and in 2011, the State University of Maringá created the third Brazilian undergraduate course in biochemistry. It should not be confused with either the undergraduate degree in pharmacy or biotechnology.
Undergraduate biochemistry courses are traditional in several countries such as Portugal, Spain, UK, Chile, Canada, Australia and the United States, where it is one of the 10 most valued and highest-paying careers. In Brazil, Bachelor in Biochemistry is already part of companies, laboratories, industries and public agencies such as Tial, GranBio, Natura, Valee, Souza Cruz, Aspen pharma, Pratti Donaduzzi, Lanagro, Inmetro, BioManguinhos/Fiocruz, SAAE- Viçosa, CNPEM and Public Universities ".
Source: Bioquímica Brasil.
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The Biochemistry
Biochemistry is an area of human knowledge that seeks to explain life at the molecular level. With this, biochemists seek to understand, beyond the chemical nature of biomolecules, the processes involving their actions, formations, degradations and regulations. This knowledge is a prerequisite for the understanding of all biological functions for the purpose of survival, adaptation or modification of an organism, they being healthy or suffering some kind of pathology.
The deep understanding of these functions can generate several contributions to scientific development. For example, the perception of triggering reactions of biological disorders not only allows a better understanding of the mechanism of action of certain diseases but also allows possible treatments for them; The understanding of the chemical structures of biomolecules and their cellular interactions has helped the human being to understand the processes of life, to discover, develop and optimize drugs, thereby solving medical and biological problems; In addition to several other examples that could be cited about the benefits of this science.
Biochemistry is related to a science valued in practice: it generates powerful techniques as a foundation not only for itself, but for several other fields of knowledge. The use of biological, mathematical, physical, chemical and computational methods in the study of phenomena associated to living beings, traditionally addressed only in the biological sciences, has brought, and continues to bring, returns to areas such as Chemistry and Medicine. For no other reason, all Nobel laureates in these areas in recent years had, if not completely, at least something related to Biochemistry, which proves how promising this area of study is for the scientific field and for society as a everything.
Federal University of São João del-Rei
In recent years the innovative and technological culture was leveraged at the Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ). Several programs have been developed, disciplines have been created and prizes have been received not only by teachers but mainly by students. The innovation of the Biochemistry course at UFSJ is recognized by several universities inside and outside the state of Minas Gerais, by companies and also by startup accelerator programs.
An example of this is the researcher Fernanda Maria Policarpo Tonelli, a graduate of the first group of biochemists who, in August of 2017, received the For Woman in Science award from the L'ORÉAL Foundation. Her research aimed the bio-production of substances, such as the growth factor, using Nile tilapia that can help promote millions of dollars a year in the country's public health system, which shows our researchers’ involvement and interest about growth and development of the nation.
In 2016, the UFSJ was named by the INPI (National Institute of Industrial Property) as the 40th placed in the rank of patent deposit among the 5000 thousand depositors, leaving behind traditional institutions. Between January and July of 2017, sixty-five patent deposits were made, 33% of which came from the Biotechnology area, especially Alexandro Sobreira Galdino, who deposited five of them only this year.
Most interesting is that such patents are generating great returns. For example, the startup Probiofull, founded in 2016 through a patent registered by Professor Juliana Magalhães, received the startup award highlighted by FIEMG LAB, showing another strong example of the innovative culture that has been implemented at the Dona Lindu Center-West Campus (CCO).
Initiatives such as CellType, created by Biochemistry student Aline Brito de Lima, also stand out for their innovation and development. The startup seeks to help people with cancer with a personalized and more precise diagnosis was one of the 8 selected by the program BioStartup Lab and proves once again the social role of the biochemist. Also, in 2017, four of the fifteen startups developed throughout UFSJ for the Empreenda. Em Ação! conducted by the Federal University of Ouro Preto were awarded as the best.
For these and several other actions, the UFSJ already begins to reap the benefits of its efforts: The Technological Innovation Group (GRITE) founded by professors of biochemistry in 2013 to foster innovation and technological development, received this year in April, by the Divinopolis Municipality a Congratulatory Motion for their work.
