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: * Brazilian Society of Physiology (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 Brazilian commonly refers to: * Brazil, a country * Brazilians, its people * Brazilian Portuguese, its dialect Brazilian may also refer to: * "The Brazilian", a 1986 instrumental music piece by Genesis * Brazilian Café, Baghdad, Iraq (1937) * Bra ...

(BRAVO) FeSBE holds an annual meeting with the societies of

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pharmacology Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur betwee ...

neurosciences Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions, and its disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, ...

biophysics Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena. Biophysics covers all scales of biological organization, from molecular to organismic and populations ...

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

biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

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molecular biology Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecule, molecular basis of biological activity in and between Cell (biology), cells, including biomolecule, biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactio ...

immunology Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of Immune system, immune systems in all Organism, organisms. Immunology charts, measures, and contextualizes the Physiology, physiological functioning of the immune system in ...

endocrinology Endocrinology (from ''endocrine system, endocrine'' + ''wikt:-logy#Suffix, -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the ...

cell biology Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) is a branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of cells. All living organisms are made of cells. A cell is the basic unit of life that is responsible for the living an ...

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 (

FEBS The Federation of the European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) is an international scientific society promoting activities in biochemistry, molecular biology and related research areas in Europe and neighbouring regions. It was founded in 1964 and inc ...

), 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,

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