The 11th International Congress of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering (QUIMICUBA 2024) begins today as a space to discuss topics related to history, theory, and the latest applications of chemistry in health and other spheres.
The inaugural event will be held at the University of Havana, with the bestowal of the honorary degree upon Dr. Peter Agre, a renowned scholar from Johns Hopkins University in the United States.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2003, Agre shares the prize awarded by the Swedish Academy of Science for discovering aquaporins, a family of natural water-channel proteins that play a crucial role in various physiological processes and are associated with numerous human health conditions.
As part of QUIMICUBA, the international conference on Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering will be held at the Havana Convention Center. It will be a platform for discussing the latest developments in these fields, with a focus on their impact on Biology, Pharmacy, and Materials.
The Congress also includes the holding of the 6th International Symposium on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; the 9th Latin American Meeting on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry; and the 9th Latin American meeting on Biological Inorganic Chemistry.
This edition of QUIMICUBA will be held after a six-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented its organization in 2021. The event will bring together experts from Belgium, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany, Colombia, Mexico, the United States, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, Russia, Puerto Rico, and Portugal.
