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Symposium Information

Introduction to the Symposium:

The I Brazilian Symposium on Transgenic Technology is a new event in Brazil and is organized by the Center for Development of Experimental Models for Medicine and Biology – CEDEME which is the Animal Facility of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP.
It is aimed at offering researchers, students and those working directly or indirectly with transgenesis an opportunity to get updated in all areas related to animal transgenesis such as:

Site:
The Symposium will take place at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP (http://www.unifesp.br/) located in São Paulo, Brazil.
The lectures will take place at Teatro Marcos Lindenberg.
Address: Rua Botucatu, 862
Vila Clementino
São Paulo, SP.

Dates
March, 10 - 12, 2008 from 9:00 AM - 6PM.

Organizing Comittee
Chair: Prof. Dr. João Bosco Pesquero (UNIFESP)
e-mail: jbpesq@biofis.epm.br
Secretariat:
Dra. Heloisa Allegro Baptista (UNIFESP)
e-mail: allegro@biofis.epm.br
Fabiana L.T. Motta (UNIFESP)
e-mail: fabiana@biofis.epm.br
Prof. Dr. Jorge Luiz Pesquero (UFMG)
e-mail: jlpesquero@yahoo.com.br
Prof. Dr. Ronaldo de Carvalho Araujo (UNIFESP)
e-mail: araujorc@biofis.epm.br
Prof. Dr. Cláudio Miguel da Costa Neto (USP Riberão Preto)
e-mail: claudio@fmrp.usp.br
Dra. Suzana Macedo de Oliveira (UNIFESP)
e-mail: suclin@uol.com.br

Invited Speakers:
Oliver Smithies (USA) - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007
Andras Nagy (Canada)
Aron Geurts (USA)
Denise Calisto Bongalhardo (Brazil)
Elena Popova (Germany)
Elibio Rech (Brazil)
Heden Luiz (Brazil)
Iscia Terezinha Lopes Cendes (Brazil)
Jean-Louis Guénet (France)
José Eduardo Krieger (Brazil)
Lluis Montoliu (Spain)
Louis Guénet (France)
Louis-Marie Houdebine (France)
Marcelo Rubinstein (Argentina)
Michael Bader (Germany)
Mirian Ghiraldini (Brazil)
Natalia Alenina (Germany)
Rodolfo Rumpf (Brasília – Brazil)
Vicente Freitas (Brazil)
Yara Barreira (França)
Ricardo Amaral Remer
Marília Regini Nutti

Prices and deadline:

Registration online:
See INSCRIÇÕES in:
http://proex.epm.br/eventos07/transgenicos/index.html

Simultaneous Translation
There will be simultaneous translation to Portuguese/English and English/Portuguese.

Certificates
Participants at the symposium will receive their certificates at the end of the event. After this date the certificates will be sent by mail.

Contact us:
Please access FALE CONOSCO in:
http://proex.epm.br/eventos07/transgenicos/index.html

For more information please also contact:
Center for Development of Experimental Models for Medicine and Biology – CEDEME Heloisa Allegro Baptista
E-mail: allegro@biofis.epm.br
Mail address: Rua Botucatu, 862
CEDEME – BIOTÉRIO CENTRAL
CEP: 04023-062
Vila Clementino
São Paulo SP
Brazil
Phones: (55) (11) 5576-4530 or 5576-4526

Transport:
How to get to Universidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP:
- Subway: Santa Cruz Station (10 minutes walking)
http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/trajeto/seleciona_estacoes.asp
- Airports:
- Congonhas Airport (15 minutes by car)
http://www.infraero.gov.br/usa/item_gera.php?gi=instempr&menuid=inst
- Guarulhos Airport (60 minutes by car or bus)
(http://www.infraero.gov.br/usa/item_gera.php?gi=instempr&menuid=inst)
- Bus: for bus lines please access www.sptrans.com.br

Accommodation:
Search for Hotels in São Paulo:
http://book.hotelreservations.com/hotels/specials.jsp?cid=165272&specials=true
http://www.hotelreservations.com/
http://www.hotels.com/global_sites.jsp

Hotels with special prices for participants in the Symposium:
Sofitel São Paulo http://www.accorhotels.com.br/guiahoteis/sofitel/hotel_main.asp?cd_hotel=7

Green Place Flat
http://www.greenplaceflat.com.br/

Travel Inn Ibirapuera - Live & Lodge
http://www.travelinn.com.br/hoteis/index.asp?cod_hotel=5

More Hotels close to the Symposium:
Íbis São Paulo Congonhas
http://www.accorhotels.com.br/guiahoteis/IBIS/hotel_main.asp?cd_hotel=128

Bourbon Convention Ibirapuera
http://www.bourbon.com.br/convention/ibirapuera/apresentacao_hotel.php?codHotel=9

Intercity Premium Ibirapuera
http://www.hotel-sao-paulo.com/hoteis154-intercity-premium-ibirapuera

Formule 1 São Paulo Paraíso
http://www.accorhotels.com.br/guiahoteis/formule1/hotel_main.asp?cd_hotel=109

Waldorf flat service
http://www.waldorfflat.com.br/

Hotel Parks  - R. Onze de Junho, 814
Fone: (11) 5549-6987
(prices starting from R$ 33,00 per day)

Hostels in São Paulo:
http://www2.uol.com.br/mochilabrasil/albergue_em_sp.shtml
- Praça da árvore Hostel (the closest hostel to Symposium)
http://www.spalbergue.com.br/ingles/nossohostel.asp
- Pousada dos Franceses:
http://www.pousadadosfranceses.com.br/en-index.htm
- São Paulo Hostell Downtown
http://www.hostel.com.br/english/index.htm

About São Paulo City
http://www.cidadedesaopaulo.com/ingles/index_eng.asp
http://www.visitesaopaulo.com/english/index.asp
http://www.fundacaooscaramericano.org.br/http://www.goinsaopaulo.com.br/englishhome.html