Published : 06-12-2022
Palestinian refugee Mohamed Ibrahim Zaydan has actively contributed to antiviral vaccine production, including coronavirus vaccines, in Brazil.
Along with a plethora of researchers and experts, Mohamed is working on producing efficient vaccines at the Butantan Biological Institute, in the western part of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
The refugee was born and raised in AlNeirab Camp, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. He studied chemistry at Aleppo University and got his diploma in biochemistry with an honour. He moved to Lebanon before he reached Brazil to pursue his academic career.
He learned Portuguese in 14 months and worked with Baxter international medicines company. He managed a project to connect advanced analyzers with the United States of America.
Instituto Butantan, where Mohamed was recruited as a researcher, is a public institution affiliated with the São Paulo State Secretariat of Health and considered one of the major scientific centers in the world. Butantan is the largest immunobiologicals and biopharmaceuticals producer in Latin America (and one of the largest in the world). It is world-renowned for its collection of venomous snakes, as well as those of venomous lizards, spiders, insects and scorpions. By extracting the reptiles' and insects' venoms, the Institute develops antivenoms and medicines against many diseases, which include tuberculosis, rabies, tetanus and diphtheria.
Palestinian refugee Mohamed Ibrahim Zaydan has actively contributed to antiviral vaccine production, including coronavirus vaccines, in Brazil.
Along with a plethora of researchers and experts, Mohamed is working on producing efficient vaccines at the Butantan Biological Institute, in the western part of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
The refugee was born and raised in AlNeirab Camp, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. He studied chemistry at Aleppo University and got his diploma in biochemistry with an honour. He moved to Lebanon before he reached Brazil to pursue his academic career.
He learned Portuguese in 14 months and worked with Baxter international medicines company. He managed a project to connect advanced analyzers with the United States of America.
Instituto Butantan, where Mohamed was recruited as a researcher, is a public institution affiliated with the São Paulo State Secretariat of Health and considered one of the major scientific centers in the world. Butantan is the largest immunobiologicals and biopharmaceuticals producer in Latin America (and one of the largest in the world). It is world-renowned for its collection of venomous snakes, as well as those of venomous lizards, spiders, insects and scorpions. By extracting the reptiles' and insects' venoms, the Institute develops antivenoms and medicines against many diseases, which include tuberculosis, rabies, tetanus and diphtheria.
