The Federação das Sociedades de Biologia Experimental (Federation of Experimental Biology Societies, abbreviated FeSBE) is a Brazilian scientific association which runs a number of the mainstream specialized societies in experimental

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. It was founded in 1985 and currently has the following member societies: *

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(SBFis) * Brazilian Society of Biophysics (SBBf) *

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(SBBq) * Brazilian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (SBFTE) * Brazilian Society of Immunology (SBI) * Brazilian Society of Neurosciences and Behavior (SBNeC) * Brazilian Society of Clinical Investigation (SBIC) There are also 4 associate member societies: * Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabology (SBEM) * Brazilian Society of Cell Biology (SBBC) * Brazilian Society of Nuclear Biosciences (SBBN) * Brazilian Research Association in Vision (BRAVO) FeSBE holds an annual meeting with the societies of

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, biophysics and

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every August, the three first societies responding for 83% of all attendees. The remaining societies

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and nuclear biosciences) have their own separate meetings. The Annual FeSBE Meeting has the same importance of its American counterpart, the Federation of Experimental Biology Societies (

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), although smaller in size. In 2005 the Meeting has had 3,768 participants (74% of which were undergrad or graduate students) and 2,940 posters were presented. About 90% of the participants came from states from the South and Southeast regions. FeSBE is affiliated with the Brazilian Society for Advancement of Science. Its current president is Dr.

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. Former presidents were

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, Sérgio Ferreira, Dora Fix Ventura and Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho.

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