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Helena Nader

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Helena Nader
Alma materFederal University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo
Scientific career
InstitutionsFederal University of São Paulo
University of Southern California
Thesis Heparithm sulfates. Isolation, characterization, properties and alterations in pathological conditions (mucopolysaccharidoses)  (1974)

Helena Bonciani Nader (born November 5, 1947) is a Brazilian biomedical scientist based at the Federal University of São Paulo. She served as president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science from 2011 to 2017. She works in glycobiology, specialising in the characterisation of proteoglycans. She is a member of The World Academy of Sciences.

Early life and education

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Nader was born in São Paulo, to a family of Syrian, Lebanese and Italian descent.[1][2] She spent her childhood in São Paulo and Curitiba.[3] She was a high school student in the United States. She studied biomedical sciences at the Federal University of São Paulo and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1970.[1] She simultaneously earned a bachelor's degree in education at the University of São Paulo, before beginning her doctoral studies in molecular biology. She was supervised by Carl Von Peter Dietrich.[4] Nader earned a doctorate at the Federal University of São Paulo in 1974.[1] She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern California.

Research and career

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Nader returned to the Federal University of São Paulo, where she was made a professor in 1989.[4] Nader studies glycobiology, investigating proteoglycans, a complex class of glycoconjugates.[1] She studies how proteoglycans such as heparan sulfate are involved in hemostasis.[5][6][7] Her work involves nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and fragment analysis.[8] She holds visiting professorships at Loyola University Medical Center and The W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center.[5]

Nader is an advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion in science and engineering.[1][9][3] She has been a member of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science since 1969, and took part in resistance to the military dictatorship.[4] She was appointed president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science in 2011.[10] She was the third woman to hold the position, after Carolina Bori and Glaci Zancan.[11] She held the position for three terms, handing over the position in 2017.[4][11] During her time as president, she encouraged the allocation of oil royalties to science and technology.[4]

On March 29, 2022, she was elected president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.[12]

Awards and honours

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Books

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  • 2015 Sulfated Polysaccharides (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Post Genomic Era)[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Interview with Helena Nader, researcher and president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science (SBPC)". EURAXESS. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  2. ^ "Helena Nader: A ciência brasileira ainda não reflete o nosso povo". revistapesquisa.fapesp.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  3. ^ a b "Em 8 de março, homenageamos Helena Nader: mãe, mulher, pesquisadora e defensora da ciência brasileira – ABC" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  4. ^ a b c d e Fagundes, Ana Carolina. "Helena Nader". www.unifesp.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  5. ^ a b "Helena Bonciani Nader — IEA USP". www.iea.usp.br. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  6. ^ Nader, Helena B.; Sampaio, Lucia O.; Cavalheiro, Renan P.; Jarrouge, Thais R.; Regatieri, Caio V.; Dreyfuss, Juliana L. (September 2009). "Heparan sulfate proteoglycans: structure, protein interactions and cell signaling". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 81 (3): 409–429. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652009000300007. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 19722012.
  7. ^ Colburn, P.; Buonassisi, V.; Dietrich, C. P.; Nader, H. B. (1987-06-01). "Heparin sequences in the heparan sulfate chains of an endothelial cell proteoglycan". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84 (11): 3565–3569. Bibcode:1987PNAS...84.3565N. doi:10.1073/pnas.84.11.3565. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 304915. PMID 2954157.
  8. ^ "Helena Nader ministra palestra sobre biologia celular e estrutural no ICB | Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas | USP" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  9. ^ "Entrevista: Helena Nader". revistapesquisa.fapesp.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  10. ^ "Helena Nader assume a presidência da SBPC". ANPG (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  11. ^ a b "Presidente da SBPC por três mandatos faz um balanço de sua gestão – SBPC" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  12. ^ "'Precisamos de uma revolução na educação', diz 1ª mulher a presidir Academia Brasileira de Ciências". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  13. ^ "Helena Bonciani Nader". SBPC net. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  14. ^ a b c d "Helena Nader — en". www.iea.usp.br. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  15. ^ "CNPq realiza cerimônia virtual de entrega do Prêmio Almirante Álvaro Alberto para Ciência e Tecnologia". No. 6496. SBPC. Journal da Ciência. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  16. ^ a b c "Helena Nader". acienciaqueeufaco.mast.br. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  17. ^ "Helena Bonciani Nader - Biblioteca Virtual da FAPESP". bv.fapesp.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  18. ^ Marques, Fabricio (26 March 2020). "Helena Nader vence o Prêmio Almirante Álvaro Alberto". FAPESP. Agência FAPESP. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  19. ^ Sulfated Polysaccharides. Gama, Miguel,, Nader, Helena Bonciani,, Rocha, Hugo Alexandre de Oliveira. New York [New York]. 2015. ISBN 9781634830027. OCLC 917551702.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
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