The Federação das Sociedades de Biologia Experimental (Federation of Experimental Biology Societies, in Portuguese language

Portuguese language

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, acronym is FeSBE) is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian scientific association which federates a number of the mainstream specialized societies in experimental biology

Biology

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 and medicine

Medicine

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. It was founded in 1985 and currently has the following member societies:

• Brazilian Society of Physiology (SBFis)
• Brazilian Society of Biophysics (SBBf)
• Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq)
• Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (SBFTE)
• Brazilian Society of Immunology (SBI)
• Brazilian Society of Neurosciences and Behavior (SBNeC)
• Brazilian Society of Clinical Investigation (SBIC)

There are also 4 associate member societies:

• Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabology (SBEM)
• Brazilian Society of Cell Biology (SBBC)
• Brazilian Society of Nuclear Biosciences (SBBN)
• Brazilian Research Association in Vision (BRAVO)

FeSBE holds an annual meeting with the societies of physiology

Physiology

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, pharmacology

Pharmacology

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, neurosciences, biophysics

Biophysics

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 and clinical investigation every August, the three first societies responding for 83% of all attendees. The remaining societies biochemistry

Biochemistry

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 and molecular biology

Molecular biology

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, immunology

Immunology

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, endocrinology

Endocrinology

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, cell biology

Cell biology

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 and nuclear biosciences

Radiobiology

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) have their own separate meetings.

The Annual FeSBE Meeting has the same importance of its American counterpart, the Federation of Experimental Biology Societies (FEBS), although smaller in size. In 2005 the Meeting has had 3,768 participants (74% of which were undergrad or graduate students) and 2,940 posters were presented. About 90% of the participants came from states from the South and Southeast regions.

FeSBE is affiliated with the Brazilian Society for Advancement of Science

Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência

Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência is a Brazilian scientific society created in 1948 by several prominent scientists, with the aim of promoting science, culture and education in the country by means of publications, conferences and political actions on behalf of science's advancement...

. Its current president is Dr. Gerhard Malnic. Former presidents were Eduardo Krieger

Eduardo Krieger

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, Sérgio Ferreira, Dora Fix Ventura and Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho.

Address

FeSBE - Federação de Sociedades de Biologia Experimental

USP - ICB III, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2415

São Paulo - SP

05508-900

Phone/Fax: (11) 3814-8266 / 3091-7369/ 3812-7216

fesbe@org.usp.br