Jerson Lima is known for his pioneering research in the field of structural biology, publishing important studies on protein folding and the relationship between protein aggregates and diseases such as cancer, prion diseases and Parkinson's disease.
14 Facts About Jerson Lima
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The son of a Brazilian navy sergeant and a housewife who sold homemade sweets, Jerson Lima grew up in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.
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Jerson Lima was first introduced to the scientific method during high school, when he studied at the Federal Technical School of Chemistry in Rio de Janeiro, which has been renamed the Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro.
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Jerson Lima is married to UFRJ researcher and professor Debora Foguel.
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In 1984, Lima graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro with a Doctor of Medicine degree.
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Jerson Lima began his scientific career while still an undergraduate, joining a laboratory team led by Professor Sergio Verjovski Almeida in the Department of Medical Biochemistry and directed by physician and researcher Leopoldo de Meis.
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In 1987, Jerson Lima completed his PhD in biophysics at the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics at UFRJ, under the advisory of Verjovski Almeida.
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Jerson Lima focused his research on oligomeric proteins and icosahedral viruses, adopting several different methods of fluorescence spectroscopy in his studies.
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Jerson Lima perfected techniques for advanced fluorescence and nuclear magnetic resonance of proteins subjected to pressure in collaboration with Professor Jiri Jonas.
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Jerson Lima has made several scientific contributions to the areas of biochemistry and structural biology as a pioneer in the study of the prion-like and amyloidogenic behavior of the p53 protein and its relationship with different types of cancer.
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Jerson Lima's work has led to advances in the understanding of protein folding, virus assembly, and the mechanisms responsible for the formation of protein aggregates and misfolding.
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Jerson Lima has been a professor at the Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis at UFRJ since 1988.
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Jerson Lima has been a full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences since 1998 and served on the institution's board of directors from 2007 to 2010.
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Jerson Lima has served, from 2014 to 2016, as president of the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.