The Institute, in partnership with the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, is inaugurating an exhibition at the Rare Books Library of the Moorish Castle to celebrate the anniversary of... IOC through an artistic lens on scientific production.

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Graduation ceremony for the Postgraduate Programs of IOC (2025). More information.

More information: https://cursosqualificacao.campusvirtual.fiocruz.br/hotsite/cccp2026

Guests:

Robson Caetano: former athlete and Olympic medalist, who will bring the perspective of sports and its role as an ambassador for social projects.

Jacenir Mallet: researcher at IOC and coordinator of FiocRuz Piauí, which will address the importance of research and the leading role of Black people in science.

Priscila Torquato: journalist and reporter for InterTV (Globo Network affiliate), who will share her experience and the role of Black representation in the media.

Mediation:

Vinicius Ferreira, journalist and press officer of IOC

Speaker: Manuel F. Lluberas, entomologist and CEO of Mosquito Den LLC

Moderator: Ademir J Martins Jr, researcher at the Laboratory of Biology, Control and Surveillance of Vector Insects of IOC.

The lecture will be given in English.

9th Research and Innovation Symposium of the IOC. 

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Speaker: Anderson Pereira Antunes, professor at the University of Évora (Portugal)

Mediators: Maurício Luz, researcher at the Education, Environment and Health Laboratory of IOC and Diana Henriques, professor at the University of Évora (Portugal). 

The training is aimed at researchers, professionals and students in the areas of genomics and bioinformatics and offers practical training in the use of the 'CLC Genomics Workbench' software, developed by QIAGEN for analyzing next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. 

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Information and registration via the event website: https://simposioneuroufffio.wixsite.com/2025

Speaker: David L. Sacks, Chief of the Intracellular Biology of Parasites Section of the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases at NIAID/NIH 

Mediation: Herbert Guedes, head of the Clinical Immunology Laboratory of IOC

Event will also be broadcast on Canal IOC on Youtube.

The event is an initiative of the Rio de Janeiro City Hall's Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation and will bring together activities to popularize science and integrate it with society. Laboratories of IOC participate in the event with various actions.

Speaker:

João Batista Calixto, CEO of the Center for Innovation and Clinical Trials (Cienp) and full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC)

Debaters:

Adriana Boueri Battaglia, manager of the Health Department of the Study and Project Financing Agency (Finep);

Jorge Almeida Guimarães, professor emeritus at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), former president of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) and the Brazilian Company for Industrial Research and Innovation (Embrapii);

Patricia Neves, project manager for the implementation of the RNA platform at Fiocruz for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);

Reinaldo Guimarãe, vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Public Health (Abrasco) and researcher associated with the Center for Bioethics and Applied Ethics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ);

Vitor Paiva Pimentel, economist and manager of Sector Strategy for Health at the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES);

Thiago Moreno, specialist researcher at the Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS/Fiocruz); and

Igor Ferreira Bueno, director of the Department of Industrial Complex and Innovation in Health at the Ministry of Health.

Speaker: Fernanda Cristina de Oliveira Firmino, biologist at the National and International Reference Laboratory for Triatomine Taxonomy. IOC

Speaker: Fernando Ariel Genta, head of the Laboratory of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology at IOC

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The event will celebrate the anniversary of IOC with debates on relevant topics in research and innovation and a dive into institutional history. The Institute's 8th Research and Innovation Symposium will be associated with the commemorative event.

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The meeting will be attended by Jerônimo Alencar, head of the Diptera Laboratory at IOC.