CurTo 2025

Welcome to Current Topics in Biochemistry 2025 (CurTo 2025)

🗓 October 15–17, 2025
📍 Auditorium of the Center for Biological Sciences (CCB), UFSC – Florianópolis, Brazil

The Current Topics in Biochemistry Symposium is back for its fifth edition! Organized by the Graduate Program in Biochemistry at UFSC, CurTo 2025 aims to promote exchange across scientific disciplines and highlight recent advances in biochemistry. The event fosters collaboration among graduate students, researchers, and professionals in the field.

This year’s program will feature: Lectures by invited speakers; Oral presentations; Poster sessions

Topics will include:

  • Bioenergetics and metabolism

  • Molecular and environmental toxicology

  • Structural biochemistry

Abstract submission deadline: September 15th

* Spots are limited due to the auditorium’s capacity. Make sure to secure your registration even before submitting your abstract. Only abstracts from researchers/students registered for the event will be accepted.

In addition, we are proud to present the second edition of our scientific photography contest and exhibition, “Curto Art”, celebrating science through an artistic lens.

For more information, please contact us at:
📧 curto.bioquimica@gmail.com  @ppgbqa.ufsc (instagram)

Abstract submission

Deadline: September 15th

After registering for the event, abstracts must be submitted following the template below to the email address curto.bioquimica@gmail.com

 e-mail title: Abstract CurTo 2025 – name
CurTo-Abstract-template_2025

 Organizing Committee

Prof. Ariane Z. Pacheco de Souza
Prof. Joana Gaspar
Prof. Juliana Minardi Nascimento
Prof. Manuella Kaster
Prof. Marcelo Farina

Glorister Alves AltĂŞ
Gabriela Karasiak
Caibe Alves Pereira
Karina Luduvico
Camila Lisarb
Melania Santer
Pedro Borges
Laura Borga
Nicole Sartori Gil 
Barbara Santos
Eloiza Dal Molin
Tamires Silva
Mackaullen Gomes
Rafael Vieira
Leonardo Viana de Lima
Sofia Alves Rodrigues
Gabrieli Muller Duarte

** photo by Eduardo Machado Schiller