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Dr. Floriano Silva-Jr

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ)

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Prof. Dr. Floriano Paes Silva Jr is a full researcher and an expert in Bioorganic Chemistry and Structural Molecular Biology at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation—FIOCRUZ. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Federal Univesity of Rio de Janeiro in 2005. He has successfully developed a project aiming at the development of a new high-content imaging platform for screening drugs against helminth parasites. He is the head of the Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biochemistry of Drugs, which is a certified laboratory associated with the National Science and Technology Institute of Drugs and Medicines (INCT-Inofar). In addition, he is a member of the International Society for Computational Biology, the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ) and the Brazilian Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society (SBBq).

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Bioorganic Chemistry
Infectious Diseases
Medicinal Chemistry
Molecular Modeling
biochemistry & molecul...

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Prof. Dr. Floriano Paes Silva Jr is a full researcher and an expert in Bioorganic Chemistry and Structural Molecular Biology at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation—FIOCRUZ. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Federal Univesity of Rio de Janeiro in 2005. He has successfully developed a project aiming at the development of a new high-content imaging platform for screening drugs against helminth parasites. He is the head of the Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biochemistry of Drugs, which is a certified laboratory associated with the National Science and Technology Institute of Drugs and Medicines (INCT-Inofar). In addition, he is a member of the International Society for Computational Biology, the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ) and the Brazilian Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society (SBBq).