Education and Research
The Institute develops basic and applied biomedical research in many areas, including molecular biology, immunology and epidemiology and has a graduate research training program in collaboration with other institutions, in the areas of biotechnology and infectology. Besides its research laboratories, production units and specialized library, it operates an animal breeding center for providing subjects for research and production of sera. The Instituto Butantan also operate the "Hospital Vital Brazil", a specialist hospital that offers free treatment for poisonous animal stings and bites. The institute also accepts donations of serpents, arthropods and other animals captured by the public and by a network of collaborating centers and individuals.
The following research laboratories are part of the Butantan Institute:
- Arthropods
- Herpetology
- Cellular biology
- Immunogenetics
- Immunopathology
- Viral Immunology
- Immunochemistry
- Genetics
- Dermatology
- Pathophysiology
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Pharmacology
- Microbiology
- Parasitology
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Applied Toxinology
- Biotechnology Center
Important Brazilian scientists who have worked in the Butantan Institute are: Vital Brazil, Isaias Raw, Samuel Pessoa, Willy Beçak. The Institute has strong collaborative ties with the Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, and with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro.
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