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Massuo Jorge Kato
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Química (IQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Undergraduate studies in Chemistry at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1981), master's in Chemistry at Universidade de São Paulo (1984) and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Universidade de São Paulo (1989). Carried out a sabbatical at Institute of Biological Chemistry (WSU, Pullman, WA, USA; 1992-93) and at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (Jena, Germany, 2016). Has experience in Chemistry of the Natural Products working on isolation and structural determination of secondary compounds, ecophysiology and evolution of natural products. Supervise students in the Graduate Program in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Internunities in Biotecnology. Member of the Editorial board of Phytochemistry (2002-2018), Frontiers in Plant Science (Plant Metabolism and Chemodiversity), The Open Bioactive Compounds Journal, Revista Facultad de Cienciajs Basicas and Encyclopedia of Life Support System (UNESCO) on Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy, The Eclética Química Journal and Plants. Editor of the Research Topic The ecology of plant chemistry and how it drives multi-trophic interactions in Frontiers in Plant Science. Coordinator of the Thematic Project ?Dimensions US-Biota São Paulo: chemically mediated multi-trophic interaction diversity across tropical gradients? (2015-2020). Current Head of Department of Chemistry of IQUSP. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Research grants
- Platform for bioprospecting the mechanism of action of antimicrobial molecules: proof of concept and validation, AP.PIPE
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There is a global crisis involving an increasing antibiotic resistance, especially against the ESKAPE pathogens (bacterial species which display resistance to currently used antibiotics: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter sp). Therefore, it is imperative the development and identification of n…
- VIDA-FROG: valorization of molecules isolated from aquatic Portuguese amphibians, AP.R
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The objective of this study is the integration of experiences in the identification and characterization of bioactive compounds (peptides from animal origin and secondary compounds from plants). Studies involving synergism between peptides and amides based on natural products may contribute to understand structure-activity relationship and to the describe biological processes involved in …
- Chemically mediated multi-trophic interactions, AV.EXT
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The main activities of the visiting researcher Lee A. Dyer are associated to the development of the Thematic Project "Dimensions US-Biota São Paulo: chemically mediated multi-trophic inter-action diversity across tropical gradients" (Process FAPESP: 2014/50316-7; 2015-2020). This project is being developed in a direct partnership with this collaborator and was approved within the context …
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Scholarships in Brazil
- Bioactive peptides from aquatic Portuguese amphibians, BP.PD
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In this project we will uncover the potential of molecules which form part of the innate immune response from Portuguese amphibians. This will increase knowledge of the value of Portuguese biodiversity, as well as tackling three major health problems. We will isolate new Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) from two amphibian species native to Portugal. Amphibian secretions are a rich source of …
- Chemical communication between Piper species and Eois species, BP.PD
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The project aims to investigate the insect-plant interaction between Eois moths and Piper species, with an emphasis on the characterization of olfactory proteins (ORs, OBPs, CSPs, IRs, GRs) involved in the attraction and recognition of host plants. The investigation of the transcriptome of the Eois sp antennas will allow the selection of olfactory receptors that will be functionally chara…
- Biotransformation of secondary compounds by Lepidoptera, BP.IC
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The species Piperaceae have large taxonomic diversity (~ 4 thousand species), high diversity of secondary metabolites (amides, chromenes, meroterpenos, lignoids and polyketides), as well as great diversity of associated arthropods (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Hemiptera). The application of quantitative methods of sampling of these species and their association with insects along latitudes…
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Scholarships abroad
- Arginine depletion as a defense mechanism in maize against the larval pests Spodoptera frugiperda and S. littoralis, BE.PQ
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Some plant proteins have been detected in frass of caterpillars (i.e. post-digestion), suggesting that they are particularly resistant to digestive proteases and can play a role in continuous post-ingestion defense. Some of them are JA-responsive, some of them clearly implicated in plant defense. Depletion of specific amino acids has been proposed as a plant defense mechanism, in tomato b…
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