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Brazilian biomedical scientist
Helena Bonciani Nader (born November 5, 1947) is a Brazilian biomedical scientist based at the
Federal University of São Paulo . She served as president of the
Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science from 2011 to 2017. She works in
glycobiology , specialising in the characterisation of
proteoglycans . She is a member of
The World Academy of Sciences .
Early life and education
Nader was born in
São Paulo .
[1] She spent her childhood in
São Paulo and
Curitiba .
[2] She was a high school student in the
United States . She studied biomedical sciences at the
Federal University of São Paulo and graduated with a
bachelor's degree in 1970.
[1] She simultaneously earned a bachelor's degree in education at the
University of São Paulo , before beginning her doctoral studies in molecular biology. She was supervised by
Carl Von Peter Dietrich .
[3] Nader earned a doctorate at the
Federal University of São Paulo in 1974.
[1] She was a postdoctoral researcher at the
University of Southern California .
Research and career
Nader returned to the
Federal University of São Paulo , where she was made a professor in 1989.
[3] Nader studies
glycobiology , investigating
proteoglycans , a complex class of glycoconjugates.
[1] She studies how
proteoglycans such as
heparan sulfate are involved in
hemostasis .
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[6] Her work involves
nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and fragment analysis.
[7] She holds visiting professorships at
Loyola University Medical Center and
The W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center .
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Nader is an advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion in science and engineering.
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[2] She has been a member of the
Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science since 1969, and took part in resistance to the military dictatorship.
[3] She was appointed president of the
Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science in 2011.
[9] She was the third woman to hold the position, after
Carolina Bori and
Glaci Zancan .
[10] She held the position for three terms, handing over the position in 2017.
[3]
[10] During her time as president, she encouraged the allocation of oil royalties to science and technology.
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On March 29, 2022, she was elected president of the
Brazilian Academy of Sciences .
[11]
Awards and honours
Books
2015 Sulfated Polysaccharides (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Post Genomic Era)
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References
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"Interview with Helena Nader, researcher and president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC)" . EURAXESS . 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
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"Em 8 de março, homenageamos Helena Nader: mãe, mulher, pesquisadora e defensora da ciência brasileira – ABC" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
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"Helena Nader" . www.unifesp.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
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"Helena Bonciani Nader — IEA USP" . www.iea.usp.br . Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
^ Nader, Helena B.; Sampaio, Lucia O.; Cavalheiro, Renan P.; Jarrouge, Thais R.; Regatieri, Caio V.; Dreyfuss, Juliana L. (September 2009).
"Heparan sulfate proteoglycans: structure, protein interactions and cell signaling" . Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências . 81 (3): 409–429.
doi :
10.1590/S0001-37652009000300007 .
ISSN
0001-3765 .
PMID
19722012 .
^ Colburn, P.; Buonassisi, V.; Dietrich, C. P.; Nader, H. B. (1987-06-01).
"Heparin sequences in the heparan sulfate chains of an endothelial cell proteoglycan" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 84 (11): 3565–3569.
Bibcode :
1987PNAS...84.3565N .
doi :
10.1073/pnas.84.11.3565 .
ISSN
0027-8424 .
PMC
304915 .
PMID
2954157 .
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"Helena Nader ministra palestra sobre biologia celular e estrutural no ICB | Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas | USP" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
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"Entrevista: Helena Nader" . revistapesquisa.fapesp.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from
the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
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"Helena Nader assume a presidência da SBPC" . ANPG (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
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"Presidente da SBPC por três mandatos faz um balanço de sua gestão – SBPC" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
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" 'Precisamos de uma revolução na educação', diz 1ª mulher a presidir Academia Brasileira de Ciências" . Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-30 .
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"Helena Bonciani Nader" . SBPC net . Retrieved 25 September 2020 .
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"CNPq realiza cerimônia virtual de entrega do Prêmio Almirante Álvaro Alberto para Ciência e Tecnologia" . No. 6496. SBPC. Journal da Ciência. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020 .
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"Helena Nader" . acienciaqueeufaco.mast.br . Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
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"Helena Bonciani Nader - Biblioteca Virtual da FAPESP" . bv.fapesp.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12 .
^ Marques, Fabricio (26 March 2020).
"Helena Nader vence o Prêmio Almirante Álvaro Alberto" . FAPESP. Agência FAPESP. Retrieved 25 September 2020 .
^ Sulfated Polysaccharides . Gama, Miguel,, Nader, Helena Bonciani,, Rocha, Hugo Alexandre de Oliveira. New York [New York]. 2015.
ISBN
9781634830027 .
OCLC
917551702 .{{
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