
DAY 1 (24/11/2022)
7h50 Welcome desk opening / Poster placement
8h30 Opening Ceremony
9h Welcome to I VenoRaima
9h30 Opening Keynote Lecture –Dr. Carl-Wilhelm Vogel (University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
"Cobra Venom Factor: Structure, function, biology, research tool, and lead for drug development"
Section 1: Snakes and Snake Venoms
Chair: Dr. Ernesto Pinheiro Lopes-Júnior
10h Speaker 1 – Dr. Ana Moura da Silva (Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
“Snake venoms from Amazon: Composition and neutralizing capacity of antivenoms in preclinical tests”
10h30 Coffee Break, Networking & Poster Viewing
11h Speaker 2 – Dr. Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin (Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brasil)
“Revealing the unknown genetic and phenotypical diversity of the Bothrops jararaca complex: a preliminary approach to infer evolutionary processes that shaped morphological and venom variation”
11h30 Speaker 3 – Cecilie Knudsen (VenomAid Diagnostics, Lyngby, Denmark)
“Development of a lateral flow assay based on monoclonal antibodies for detection of Bothrops venoms in Brazil”
12h – 14h Lunch Break
14h Keynote Speaker – Dr. José Maria Gutiérrez (Instituto Clodomiro Picado, San José, Costa Rica)
“An overview of the antivenom landscape in Latin America: current situation and challenges"
Section 2: Snakebite Envenomings
Chair: Dr. Isadora S. Oliveira
14h30 Speaker 1 – Dr. Wuelton M. Monteiro (Fundação de Medicina Tropical Doutor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil)
“Mapping of resources, care sectors, and dimensions of access for snakebite treatment in the Brazilian Amazon”
15h Speaker 2 – Dr. Manuela B. Pucca (Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil)
“Snakebite in Roraima: clinical aspects and presenting educational programs”
15h30 Speaker 3– Dr. Felipe Murta (Fundação de Medicina Tropical Doutor Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil)
“The professional sector health care for indigenous affected by snakebite envenomings in Roraima: an analysis of the health providers’ perspective”
16h Coffee Break, Networking & Poster Viewing
16h40 Flash Talks
Chairs: Eweline Mikaely G. Monteiro (International Relation Coordinator – UFRR)
Laudelina F. da Cruz (UFRR Translator)
1- Rommel Correia Monte (undergraduate student)
Crotalus durissus ruruima venomics: advances through a novel mass spectometry method
2 - Mário Jorge das Neves Filho
(undergraduate student)
Revealing the differences of the Crotalus durissus ruruima white and yellow venoms: venom profile and biological functions
3 - Érica da Silva Carvalho
(Ph.D student)
Analgesic and antibiotic therapy in ophidic accidents from 2020 to 2022 in a reference hospital in Manaus
4 - Eleanor Strand
(Professional)
Perspectives on snakebite envenoming care needs across different sociocultural contexts and health systems: a comparative qualitative analysis among us and BR health providers
5 - Luis Enrique Bermejo Galan
(M.D and Master’s degree student)
Acute mesenteric ischemia following lancehead snakebite: a rare case report in Brazilian Amazon
6 - Gabriel Melo Alexandre Silva
(M.D)
Healthcare in snakebite victims: a lookout on a bigger scene
7 - Isadora Sousa de Oliveira
(post-doc)
Discovering monoclonal antibody fragments targeting metalloproteases from Bothrops snake venoms
8 - Isabela Gobbo Ferreira
(Ph.D student)
Pioneering isolation and functional characterization of a vascular endothelial growth factor from Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom
9 - Thais de Almeida Correa Nogueira
(Ph.D student)
Current knowledge on the Kambô (Phyllomedusa bicolor): A medically important and emblematic treefrog from Amazonia
10 - Alícia Patrine Cacau dos Santos
(Ph.D student)
The place of snake envenoming a riverside community in the Brazilian Amazon: a qualitative study
11 - Ernesto Lopes Pinheiro-Junior
(Ph.D, Professional)
Revealing a novel activity of 3-alkylpyridinium compounds from the sponge, Haliclona (Rhizoniera) sarai, on voltage-gated potassium channels
12 - Hiran Satiro Souza da Gama
(Professional)
The professional sector of health care for indigenous peoples
affected by snakebite envenoming’s in Brazilian Amazonia: an
analysis the health provider’s perspective
13 - Alexandre Vilhena da Silva Neto
(Master’s degree student)
Assessment of antivenom administration in Brazil
18h – 20h Poster Presentation
18h – 21h Cultural Market & Networking
DAY 2 (25/11/2022)
8h30 Keynote Speaker – Dr. Luis Fernando García Hernándes (Eastern Regional University Center (CURE), University of the Republic, Treinta y Tres, Uruguay)
"Relationship between diet and venom: Case studies on spiders and scorpions"
Section 3: Arachnid-derived venoms
Chair: Dr. Felipe A. Cerni
9h Speaker 1 – Dr. Eliane C. Arantes (Universidade de São Paulo – FCFRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil)
“Tityus serrulatus: a trajectory of more than 30 years of discoveries”
9h30 Speaker 3 – Dr. Lúcia Helena Faccioli (Universidade de São Paulo – FCFRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil)
“Mechanisms of the scorpion venom-induced inflammatory response”
10h Keynote Speaker – Dr. Vidal Haddad Júnior (UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil)
“Envenomings by non-usual arthropods”
10h30 Coffee Break, Networking, & Poster Viewing
11h Keynote Speaker – Dr. Steve Peigneur (KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium)
"Functional Characterization of ion channel toxins from the longest animal on Earth"
11h30 Keynote Speaker – Dr. Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci (Duke University, Durham, USA)
“Using artificial intelligence and secondary data to address healthcare resource allocation in remote settings: The Amazon Forest case”
12h – 14h Lunch Break
Section 4: Therapeutic potential of venom-derived toxins
Chair: Dr. Manuela B. Pucca
14h Keynote Speaker – Dr. Beatriz Rossetti Ferreira (Universidade de São Paulo - EERP-USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil) and Odônio dos Anjos Sales (Manager diretor at TTI of Brazil)
“The legacy of Dr. Sérgio H. Ferreira: captopril, adventures and more...”
14h30 Speaker 1 – Dr. Rui Seabra Ferreira Jr (CEVAP-UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil)
“From Venom to Drugs: An amazing trip!”
15h Speaker 2 – Dr. Maria Elena de Lima (PPG Sta. Casa de BH, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
“PnPP-19, a synthetic and nontoxic peptide derived from a Phoneutria nigriventer toxin, is a potential drug to treat erectile dysfunction and glaucoma.”
15h30 Speaker 3 – Dr. Denise V. Tambourgi (Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
“Loxoscelism: from basic research to a clinical trial”
16h Serpent Brazil app launch (Dr. Jacqueline Sachett, Universidade Estadual do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil)
16h30 Keynote Closing Lecture – Dr. Jan Tytgat (KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium)
“A molecular and evolutionary basis that elucidates the selective love affair of scorpion toxins with voltage-gated sodium channels”.
17h10 Toxins & Special Issue Launch – Dr. Maria Elena de Lima & Dr. Manuela B. Pucca
17h30 Snakebite Roraima Honors & Awards (Categories: Academics, Master, PhD, Pos-doc, Flash Talks)
18h15 Closing Ceremony
18h30 Cocktail & Networking
DAY 3 (26/11/2022)
Optional social activities:
5h - 17h Cachoeira do Evandro
Organized by Clube Native
(not included in the registration: see VenoRaima Website)
21h Doce Veneno: the most venomous party of Brazilian Amazon
Organized by MED XXVIII and CAMED (not included in the registration: see VenoRaima Website)
Others
Monte Roraima by Helicopter
Organized by Clube Native (not included in the registration: see VenoRaima Website)
Important Information:
Name tags:
Participants are required to wear their name tags throughout the congress.
Participantes devem usar seus crachás de identificação durante o congresso.
Coffee breaks:
Coffee breaks will be offered during the breaks indicated on the timetable.
Coffee breaks serão servidos durante os intervalos indicados no programa.
Certificates:
All delegates that have >70% of presence will be able to download their certificate in the VenoRaima website after 30 days of the event.
Todos os participantes com >70% de presença poderão fazer o download do seu certificado no site do VenoRaima após 30 dias do evento.

