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UFPR researcher develops a method for monitoring pesticides that can be used in inspection
The passion for discovery and science has been part of the life of researcher Elisa Orth since she was a child. She passed from childhood to adolescence in laboratories, curiously seeing the work of the mother and father scientists. Full article at: link.
News
2022
#GCC in Brasilia
Professor Elisa lectures at the Palace of Justice
Professor Elisa participates in the Seminar for Monitoring the Public Notice PROCAD (Academic Cooperation Program in Public Security and Forensic Sciences of CAPES, National Secretariat of Public Security and Federal Police), talking about the results in the area of chemical disasters. The seminar took place at the Palácio da Justiça, in Brasília, on September 21, 2022.
#GCC in Bento Gonçalves
Participation in the BMIC 2022
GCC participates in the BMIC 2022 – XX Brazilian Meeting on Inorganic Chemistry! The professor Elisa spoke about nanofunctionalization for catalysis and postdoctoral student Yane Honorato presented her poster on the selective bifunctionalization of graphene oxide. The event took place between September 12th and 16th in the city of Bento Gonçalves.
#GCC at #IUPAC
Green Chemistry as an ally of Chemical Safety
Professor Elisa presented her work at the 9th IUPAC International Conference on Green Chemistry. The event took place between the 5th and 9th of September in the virtual and face-to-face format (in Athens – Greece). Green Chemistry is a strong aspect of the GCC, which seeks to combine several guidelines of green chemistry in favor of the chemical safety of toxic agents present in chemical weapons and pesticides!
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Willian Takarada's Master's Defense
On August 31, 2022, the GCC formed another master! Student Willian Takarada defended his dissertation: Development of biocatalysts and carboxymethylcellulose-derived gels for the degradation of organophosphates. The work is supervised by Prof. Elisa and co-supervised by Prof. Rilton from BIOPOL. The defense was in person, including the participation of the external member. The committee was composed of Prof. Izabel from UFPR and professor Watson Loh from UNICAMP.
#GCC celebrates its 10 years
GCC anniversary event
On August 8, 2022, we had the commemorative event of the 10th anniversary of the GCC with an afternoon of lectures and testimonials. It was a success! We had the presence of many colleagues, collaborators, friends, in addition to several former GCC and all current members! Long live the GCC and its 10 years!
#GCC at the #CAPES Award
Valmir's thesis is awarded!
It is with great pride that the GCC shares that former student Valmir won an honorable mention in the 2022 CAPES Thesis Award. Mechanistic elucidation in favor of chemical safety" was guided by professor Elisa and co-supervised by Prof. Alfred.Congratulations Valmir and GCC!!
#GCC on #instagram
UFPR scientists, post with Professor Elisa
Get to know this post that UFPR's "MMC – Girls and Women in Science" page made in the series "The UFPR Scientists" with professor. Elisa.
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#GCC on #ReporterJustice
Report on Chemist's Day
Check out in this article a little about what the GCC does: neutralization and detection of agrochemicals and chemical weapons simulants.
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#GCC on #PROFQUI
Giseli's work publication
The most recent GCC publication is in the area of Chemistry Teaching, the result of Giseli's dissertation, supervised by professor Elisa and co-supervised by professor Camila Silveira. This work was the first defended by PROFQUI-Professional Master in Chemistry in National Network-in the GCC, and we hope it will be the first of many! The article came out in the special issue of RVq, about Chemistry for Sustainable Development! Check the article on DOI
Academic Career and Motherhood
Professor Elisa talks to PET – QUÍMICA UFPR
Check out the post that PET Química da UFPR made interviewing professor Elisa about her academic career and motherhood! Link
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Renata Hellinger's Master's Defense
GCC formed the newest female master! At the end of June, Renata Hellinger defended her dissertation entitled: Nucleophilic neutralization of a simulant of the war agent Tabun, which was guided by professor Elisa and co-supervised by professor Caroline D'Oca. The panel had professor Renan - UTFPR Curitiba and professor Marcelo - UFPR. Congratulations Renata and GCC!
#GCC on #OPCW
Professor Elisa attends the 35th OPCW Scientific Council Meeting
Professor Elisa was in The Hague, Netherlands, headquarters of the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) between June 13 and 16, participating in the 35th Meeting of the scientific advisory board of the OPCW. This council is made up of 25 experts from around the world. The OPCW is one of the most important organizations in chemical safety and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. There was a reception together with OPCW Deputy Director General Odette Melono. During the event, Professor Elisa was invited to give a lecture where she talked about the recent advances of the GCC in the field of organophosphate neutralization and detection!
#GCC at #RASBQ in Maceio
News in works and initiatives in favor of female scientists
The GCC participated in various activities at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Chemistry in Maceió (31/05-03/06)! In one of them, Prof. Elisa was invited to speak at the Catalysis session about "Functionalization on demand for catalysis: effects of support, coverage, group identity and neighboring" Results of work by Yane H. Santos (postdoc), André HG Martinez (SI), José GL Ferreira (PG), Willian Takarada (PG) and Mariana H. Nazareno (SI) were presented. With the collaboratin of professors Aldo Zarbin and Rilton Freitas.
In addition, GCC was also in the coordinated session of Organic Chemistry. The work"Novel lipophilic 2,4-D analogues by Ugi Reaction: synthesis and kinetic insights"presented by doctoral student Giuliana Pavaneli, supervised by Prof Caroline D'Oca from the Medicinal and Agrochemical Organic Synthesis Group (SOMA-UFPR), with the collaboration of the GCC: doctoral student Alex and Profª. Elisa assisted in the kinetic elucidation.
Profª. Elisa also participated in the organization of the symposium"Why should women scientists care about media visibility?", along with Rossimiriam Freitas and Carolina Andrade. The symposium had the participation of journalist Raíssa França (Maceió) and professors Juliana Fedoce (UNIFEI), Glaucia Gonzaga (UFF) and Anna Benite (UFG). This is one of the activities organized by the Women's Center SBQ, of which professor Elisa co-founded it (together with Rossimiriam Freitas) in 2019 and has actively participated in the coordination since then. This edition of RASBQ was also the first time that the event had the Espaço Família, offering a ball pool, microwave, sofas, painting material, assembly toys, etc.
Prof. Elisa at Math workshop
Girls in Math!
Prof. Elisa participates in the I Workshop of the Laureates of the Girls' Mathematics Tournament - promoted by SBM - Brazilian Society of Mathematics talking about her trajectory and research!
#GCC at ACS Applied Nano Materials
New group article!
Check out the recent GCC publication regarding the selective bifunctionalization of graphene oxide in ACS Applied Nano Materials (impact index = 5,097). In this work, it was shown that a higher degree of functionalization is not always desirable: it must be "on-demand" depending on the application. Here for the neutralization of organophosphates, an interesting neighborhood effect was observed. The work is the result of Yane's thesis, which had IC André and the collaboration of Prof. Aldo Zarbin. Check it out at DOI
#GCC has thesis nominated for CAPES Award
Valmir's thesis nominated to compete for the CAPES Thesis Award
The Graduate Program in Chemistry at UFPR (PPGQ-UFPR) chose Valmir's thesis to compete for the CAPES thesis Award. Valmir was part of the GCC, where he did his IC, master's and doctorate. The thesis chosen, entitled "Neutralization of organophosphate pesticides and analogues with imidazole derivatives: mechanistic elucidation in favor of chemical safety" yielded 8 articles, 1 book chapter and 2 patents. More important than these incredible indicators are the advances that this thesis has provided in terms of chemical safety. Good luck Valmir!
Note: arts of student representation of @ppgq.ufpr.
Prof. Elisa in the Healthy Minute
#GCC at OPCW
Minute to Inspire - WOMEN IN SCIENCE
Check out the video "Minute to inspire - Women in science" with Prof. Elisa, produced by "Minuto Saudável".
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Advisory Board Meeting
Professor Elisa participated in the 34th Meeting of the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board, which took place remotely from March 15th to 17th. At this meeting, the upcoming workshops and the board report to be sent to the 5th Review Conference (takes place every 5 years among OPCW member states) were discussed. The next meeting that will take place in June of this year should be in person in The Hague-Holland!
Qualified!
José's Doctoral Qualification
03/24/2022: First GCC face-to-face defense after 2 years. José's Doctoral Qualification! The panel had the illustrious participation of Prof. Fernanda Simas, Prof. Marcelo D'Oca and Prof. Rilton Freitas! The day was also marked by the birthday of our dear student. The GCC wishes double congratulations!!
#GCC celebrates Women's Day!
Fight like a woman!
On women's day, the GCC was stamped like this: with strong and powerful speeches of resistance and struggle. Long live these women and all women who honor this fight! Happy women's day! From left to right: Maria Helena (post-doc), Yane (post-doc), Elisa (supervisor), Renata (master's student), Patrícia (master's student) and Mariana (IC)..
#GCC celebrates Women's Day!
Fight like a woman!
Professor Elisa participates in RIC TV's series of reports on Women's Day Week. Long live the women!
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Her speech is from 3:19 min
#GCC at OPCW
Professor Elisa on the OPCW Advisory Board
Since January 2022, Prof. Elisa is on the scientific advisory board of the OPCW-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The OPCW, which won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, is based in The Hague-Netherlands and is an independent organization that plays a key role in promoting chemical safety worldwide. The OPCW's Scientific Advisory Board plays a key role, reporting to the Director-General, providing expert advice on science and technology to the Conference, Executive Board or Member States of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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#GCC with new review!
New review published!!
GCC publishes a new review entitled: Organophosphorus chemical security from a peaceful perspective: sustainable practices in its synthesis, decontamination and detection. The review was published in Green Chemistry (impact index 10.18) and was written in collaboration with the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - Nobel Prize 2013). From the GCC, the work counts in addition to Prof. Elise, with Dr. Valmir, Dr. Yane and Master's student Renata. It also had the collaboration of the group led by Prof. Julien from the COBRA Laboratory in France. Check it out at DOI
#GCC with new article!
New Article!
The latest GCC publication is out in the Journal of Hazardous Materials (Impact Index: 10.58) entitled: Residue-derived biocatalysts for pesticide degradation. This work is the result of José Ferreira's dissertation in collaboration with Willian Takarada's IC work. Today, Willian Takarada is doing his Master's at and José Ferreira is doing his PhD at the GCC.
Check out the full article on DOI
Congratulations Jose and Will!