CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Eduardo Afonso da Silva Junior in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Over 10 million years ago, the leaf-cutting ants provide fresh plant material for fungi that they cultivate for food. Various microorganisms can parasitize their nests, and ants developed a series of defenses against these invaders. However, these defense mechanisms are not effective against specialized garden-parasite fungi of the genus Escovopsis. These insects have associated with othe…
The leaf-cutting ants provide fresh plant material for fungi that they cultivate for food in gardens inside their nests. These ants have associated with bacteria that produce antibiotics to protect their colonies against invaders. The natural products produced by these bacteria were selected by ants during thousands of years of evolution and may be useful for drug discovery. In this ongoi…
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