Glaci Zancan Explained

Glaci Zancan
Birth Date:August 16, 1935
Birth Place:São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Death Place:Criciúma, Santa Catarina (state), Brazil
Fields:biochemistry
Alma Mater:Federal University of Paraná

Glaci Teresinha Zancan (16 August 1935 — 29 June 2007) was a Brazilian biochemist, president of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of the Science (SBPC) from 1999 to 2003.[1] She made her post doctorate at the University of Buenos Aires, when working with Luis Federico Leloir, Nobel prize of Medicine of 1970.[1]

Life

Born in São Borja, the scientist defended the increase of the female participation in research, with the universalization of research in the universities, and among others, participated in the preparation of the "National Plan of Postgrade Studies 2005-2010" coordinated by CAPES.[2]

She established herself in Curitiba, being professor[3] of the Federal University of Paraná.[4] She chaired the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry, vice-president of the SBPC from 1995- 1999 and later president from 1999 to 2003 .[5] In her last years of life, she was member of the CAPES higher board and of the Education Council of the State of Paraná.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glaci Zancan morre aos 72 anos. AGÊNCIA FAPESP. 2016-05-09.
  2. Web site: CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Página Inicial. www.capes.gov.br. 2016-05-06.
  3. Web site: O segredo é provocar os alunos Ciências Nova Escola. revistaescola.abril.com.br. 2016-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20121215172549/http://revistaescola.abril.com.br/ciencias/fundamentos/segredo-provocar-alunos-426194.shtml. 2012-12-15. dead.
  4. Web site: Brasil perde uma de suas maiores pesquisadoras | Comunicação On-line . 2016-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120413083709/http://www.jornalcomunicacao.ufpr.br/node/1420 . 2012-04-13 . dead .
  5. Web site: Unicamp - Sala de Imprensa. www.unicamp.br. 2016-05-06.
  6. Web site: Governo presta homenagem às mulheres paranaenses com o Troféu Glaci Zancan - Notícias - Secretaria da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior. CELEPAR. www.seti.pr.gov.br. 2016-05-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130107/http://www.seti.pr.gov.br/modules/noticias/article.php?storyid=1062. 2016-03-04. dead.