Helena Nader

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.

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

Early life and education

Nader was born in São Paulo.[1] She spent her childhood in São Paulo and Curitiba.[2] 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.[3] 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

Nader returned to the Federal University of São Paulo, where she was made a Professor in 1989.[3] Nader studies glycobiology, investigating proteoglycans, a complex class of glycoconjugates.[1] She studies how proteoglycans such as heparan sulfate are involved in hemostasis.[4][5][6] Her work involves nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and fragment analysis.[7] She holds visiting professorships at Loyola University Medical Center and The W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center.[4]

Nader is an advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion in science and engineering.[1][8][2] 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.[3] She was appointed President of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science in 2011.[9] She was the third woman to hold the position, after Carolina Bori and Glaci Zancan.[10] She held the position for three terms, handing over the position in 2017.[3][10] During her time as president, she encouraged the allocation of oil royalties to science and technology.[3]

Awards and honours
  • 2002 Class Commander of the National Order of Scientific Merit[10]
  • 2005 Honorary Professorship at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro[11]
  • 2008 Grand Cross Class of the National Order of Scientific Merit[10]
  • 2009 President of the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology[10]
  • 2010 Moacyr Álvaro Gold Medal[12]
  • 2011 President of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science[9]
  • 2013 Brazilian Navy Merit Medal Tamandaré[12]
  • 2016 Nuclear National Energy Commission, Felippe Sheep Medal[13]
  • 2018 Brazilian Society of Cell Biology, Classics in Cell Biology[13]
  • 2018 Federation of Experimental Biology Societies, Science Service Award[13]

Books
  • 2015 Sulfated Polysaccharides (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Post Genomic Era)[14]
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References
  1. "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. "Em 8 de março, homenageamos Helena Nader: mãe, mulher, pesquisadora e defensora da ciência brasileira – ABC" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  3. Fagundes, Ana Carolina. "Helena Nader". www.unifesp.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  4. "Helena Bonciani Nader — IEA USP". www.iea.usp.br. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "Helena Nader ministra palestra sobre biologia celular e estrutural no ICB | Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas | USP" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  8. "Entrevista: Helena Nader". revistapesquisa.fapesp.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  9. "Helena Nader assume a presidência da SBPC". ANPG (in Portuguese). 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  10. "Presidente da SBPC por três mandatos faz um balanço de sua gestão – SBPC" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  11. "Helena Nader — en". www.iea.usp.br. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  12. "Helena Nader". acienciaqueeufaco.mast.br. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  13. "Helena Bonciani Nader - Biblioteca Virtual da FAPESP". bv.fapesp.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  14. Sulfated Polysaccharides. Gama, Miguel,, Nader, Helena Bonciani,, Rocha, Hugo Alexandre de Oliveira. New York [New York]. ISBN 9781634830027. OCLC 917551702.CS1 maint: others (link)
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