Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Eduardo R. Zimmer

Ph.D.

          

Assistant Professor in Pharmacology
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Brazil

“We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct.”

Niels Bohr

Affiliations

  • Adjunct Professor, McGill University
  • Affiliated Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
  • Associate Researcher, Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraInS), Brazil
  • Graduate Program in Biological Sciences: Biochemistry, UFRGS, Brazil
  • Graduate Program in Biological Sciences: Pharmacology and Therapeutics, UFRGS, Brazil

Selected Awards | Honors

 2021   One To Watch Award, Alzheimer’s Association

 2020   Terceira Chamada Pública de Apoio à Pesquisa Científica, Instituto Serrapilheira

 2019   Comenda Ordem da Cruz Missioneira, Câmara dos Vereadores de Santo Ângelo

 2018   Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) Travel Award, Alzheimer’s Association

 2017   II Prêmio Cientistas e Empreendedor do Ano Instituto Nanocell, Instituto Nanocell

 2016   Jovem Pesquisador Brazil/UK scientific collaboration: The future of molecular imaging, British Council, Newton Foundation and CNPq

 2016   Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) Travel Award, Alzheimer’s Association

 2016   Prêmio Capes de Tese em Ciências Biológicas II, CAPES

 2015   Latin American Training Program (LATP) Associate, Society for Neuroscience

 2014   Travel Award with the Institute of Aging, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

 2013   Alzheimer’s Imaging Consortium (AIC) Travel Award, Alzheimer’s Association