BIENNIAL REPORT 2011 – 2012 INBEB Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem Headquarters: UFRJ - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Coordinator: Jerson Lima Silva Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, UFRJ Vice-Coordinator: Wanderley de Souza Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, UFRJ INBEB 2009-2010 INBEB 2011-2012 BIENNIAL REPORT 2 SUMMARY Introduction ............................................................................................................................................5 Presentation ..........................................................................................................................................6 Facilities ...............................................................................................................................................7 - Cenabio I .......................................................................................................................................7 - Cenabio II ......................................................................................................................................8 - Cenabio III ..................................................................................................................................11 Members ............................................................................................................................................15 - Brazilian Institutions ...................................................................................................................15 - Associate Laboratories ................................................................................................................16 - Steering committee: ....................................................................................................................17 - Promoting interactions: ...............................................................................................................18 - Cooperation with a Nobel chemistry laureate .............................................................................19 Science highlights .................................................................................................................................21 Overview ............................................................................................................................................22 AL 1 ...................................................................................................................................................23 AL 2 ...................................................................................................................................................33 AL 3 ...................................................................................................................................................41 AL 4 ...................................................................................................................................................57 AL 5 ...................................................................................................................................................63 AL 6 ...................................................................................................................................................71 AL 7 ...................................................................................................................................................75 AL 8 ...................................................................................................................................................81 AL 9 ...................................................................................................................................................85 AL 10 ...............................................................................................................................................109 AL 11 ...............................................................................................................................................115 AL 12 ...............................................................................................................................................121 AL 13 ...............................................................................................................................................125 AL 14 ...............................................................................................................................................129 AL 15 ...............................................................................................................................................135 AL 16 ...............................................................................................................................................143 AL 17 ...............................................................................................................................................149 AL 18 ...............................................................................................................................................153 AL 19 ...............................................................................................................................................161 AL 20 ...............................................................................................................................................167 Scientific meetings and training of human resources .....................................................................175 INBEB Annual Meetings .................................................................................................................176 - 3rd Annual Meeting ...............................................................................................................176 INBEB 2009-2010 INBEB 2011-2012 BIENNIAL REPORT 3 - 4th Annual Meeting ...............................................................................................................177 Faperj Science Fair ..........................................................................................................................178 Science courses and meetings ..........................................................................................................178 - Workshop on microscopy .........................................................................................................178 - Hands-on workshop on fast protein NMR ................................................................................179 - Site training on high pressure NMR ..........................................................................................179 - Workshop: small animal imaging and translational imaging ....................................................180 - Mini Workshop on prions .........................................................................................................180 - Science without Borders in Structure Determination of Excited States ....................................180 - II Brazilian meeting on research integrity, science and publication ethics (II BRISPE) ..........181 - Other symposia, courses and congresses organized ..................................................................181 Regular seminars ..............................................................................................................................183 Training and teaching human resources ..........................................................................................186 - Doctoral theses completed: .......................................................................................................186 - Masters theses completed: .........................................................................................................192 Science education and outreach activities ........................................................................................199 Nucleus for Science Education and Outreach ..................................................................................200 - Vacation (winter and summer) courses .....................................................................................200 - Financial support from FAPERJ ...............................................................................................202 - Vacation courses as a research subject ......................................................................................203 - INBEB‟s partner school wins scientific award .........................................................................203 - Adoption of a school .................................................................................................................204 - INBEB website and social media ..............................................................................................206 Other initiatives from INBEB members ..........................................................................................208 - Audiovisual productions ...........................................................................................................208 Perspectives and future developments ............................................................................................211 INBEB 2009-2010 INBEB 2011-2012 BIENNIAL REPORT 4 Introduction INBEB 2009-2010 INBEB 2011-2012 BIENNIAL REPORT 5 Presentation The National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging is a pioneering initiative