Ernani Pinto is a professor of Environmental Toxicology at University of São Paulo (USP). He received his Ph.D. (2002) degree from Chemistry Institute - USP. He worked in the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (USP) from 2003 to 2019. Currently, he is a full professor at the Centre of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA-USP). He was a visiting scientist in Sweden (University of Uppsala) and Germany (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) through STINT and CAPES-DAAD, respectively. He has particular expertise in environmental and agriculture toxicology, analytical chemistry, water quality. waste and water treatment plants (WWTP and WTP), toxins and peptides from cyanobacteria, chromatography and mass spectrometry to develop methods and analyze relevant metabolites from different biological matrices. Additionally, his research interests include aspects of metabolomics and proteomics involved in environmental toxicology. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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CENA/USP, Specialized Institute and Integration Body of the University of São Paulo, had, in December 2020, its own body of 32 Professors hired in RDIDP. With regard to professors in RDIDP, there are 9 Professors (27.2%), 12 Associate Professors (36.4%) and 12 PhD Professors (36.4%), working in three Scientific Divisions. Among the Associate Professors, seven are MS 5.3 Professors. These …
The anthropic action has accelerated the eutrophication of aquatic environments, increasing the occurrence of cyanobacterial blooms that raise concerns about the possible production of cyanotoxins. Blooms compromise water quality of the reservoirs and cause disturbances in the water treatment plants (WTP). The investigation of metabolites produced by cyanobacteria in blooms, aiming at the…
In December 2019, CENA / USP, the Specialized Institute and Integration Body of the University of São Paulo, had its own staff of 31 Professors hired in RDIDP, of which 9 are Full Professors (29.0%), 13 Associate Professors (42 , 0%) and 9 PhD Professors (29.0%), assigned to three Scientific Divisions. Among the Associate Professors, 12 obtained the title of Free Lecturer more than 5 year…
n December 2020, CENA/USP, the Specialized Institute and Integration Agency of the University of São Paulo, had its own body of 32 Faculty, divided into three Scientific Divisions. Regarding RDIDP professors, there are 9 Full Professors (28.1%), 12 Associate Professors (37.5%) and 11 PhD Professors (34.4%), located in three Scientific Divisions. Among the Associate Professors, 11 obtained…
Occurrence of microalgae and cyanobacteria blooms in both freshwater and marine environments frequently occur, often with the release of toxic metabolites (e.g., microcystins, saxitoxins, okadaic acid and its congeners, pectenotoxins, and ichthyotoxins). Other classes of bioactive non-toxic natural products, however, have also been observed for these species but their biochemical and phys…
Co-occurrence of toxic cyanobacteria blooming in different aquatic environments in several regions of Brazil (Northeast, Center east, Southeast and South) has already been registered. Among the negative consequences, the production of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is of major importance. The most commonly VOCs are geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol, which resist to conventional water trea…
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Aquatic ecosystems have been increasingly degraded due to human activities worldwide. The proliferation of toxic cyanobacteria, caused by the intensification of the eutrophication process generally coincides with pollution by pesticides, mainly due to runoff and leaching. In this way, aquatic organisms are directly exposed concomitantly to different contaminants. Therefore, this study wil…
With the worldwide reduction of fish stocks in oceans and freshwater, the aquaculture activity is gaining more importance and prominence in the world scenario for offering quality fish. However, in freshwater environment, changes in environmental conditions caused by fish farming may modify the composition of primary producers such as cyanobacteria, which in certain situations produce met…
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) encompass a constant challenge in environmental, economical and biosafety issues due to several impacts caused in the affected ecosystems by them, in particular that ones involving the production of phycotoxins. Seafood contamination has commonly led to human poisoning and also to expressive losses in the fisheries and aquaculture industries, printing a current…
Some cyanobacterial species can produce different types of bioactive peptides (cyanopeptides), such as aeruginosins, cyanopeptolins, microginins, microviridins, anabaenopeptins and microcystins. Microcystins are well known in the scientific literature as hepatotoxins that inhibit phosphatases type 1 and 2A. Microginins are reported as inhibitors of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) …
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