Prof. Jerson Silva

Prof. Jerson Lima da Silva received his Medical Doctor degree from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 1984 and finished his PhD in Biophysics in 1987 (Institute of Biophysics, UFRJ). He is a Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Institute of Medical Biochemistry at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. His main research interest is the study of the basic factors responsible for protein folding, protein–nucleic acid interactions, and the formation of biological assemblages such as viruses and amyloid aggregates. Prof. Silva has been the recipient of many prizes and awards, including the Scientist of Rio de Janeiro State Award, 2000–2022; Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit, Presidency of the Republic of Brazil, Command in 2002, Great-Cross in 2009; TWAS Prize in Biology 2005, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), 2005; FCW Prize in General Science from Fundação Conrado Wessel, 2010; Gregorio Weber Award (American Biophysical Society-2018); Vital Brazil Medal (2021); and CBMM Prize of Science and Technology (2022), among others. Silva has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences since 1998, Fellow of TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences (since 2006); member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (2021–)(2007–2012); Editorial Advisory Board of FEBS JOURNAL (2012–), Associate Editor of FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE (2021–); Editor of PEERJ journal (2012–); and Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine (Brazil).