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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Instituto de Química (IQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Costa Rica
Ian Castro-Gamboa holds a Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Organic Chemistry from the Universidad de Costa Rica [UCR] (1993) and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Federal University of São Carlos [UFSCar] (2000). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship (20002002) in the area of electrochemically active compounds, using the HPLC-EqD interface to search for antioxidants in complex natural matrices. He is currently a faculty member at the Institute of Chemistry of São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (IQ-UNESP), where he has coordinated the NMR Platform since 2013. From 2009 to 2010, he conducted a research internship at the University of Florida (USA), focusing on metabolomics and dereplication techniques, using NMR and computational models for the in situ elucidation of bioactive secondary metabolites. His scientific trajectory centers on the fields of evolution, chemotaxonomy, and spectroscopy, with an emphasis on the study of bioactive small molecules derived from higher plants and microorganisms particularly those associated with the rhizosphere. He is also dedicated to the development of integrated analytical methodologies, with a focus on NMR- and mass spectrometry-based dereplication approaches aimed at the rational exploration of biodiversity. He is a founding member of the Latin American Metabolic Profiling Society (LAMPS) and currently serves as Vice-Director of IQ-UNESP for the 20242028 term. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Dengue is a febrile infectious disease caused by the DENV virus, and has become a worldwide health crisis. The transmission of DENV virus by the Aedes aegypit vector in Brazil causes profound impacts on the health system, where vaccines and drugs for these diseases are non-existent. Exploring key mechanisms or targets for DENV virus replication is an essential approach in the development …
This proposal is based on work previously carried out by the researchers, where the potential of Latin American biodiversity is recognized. In this context, Brazil and Colombia are the most biodiverse countries in the world, having a unique source of natural products that can be used in response to multiple needs, including health. The study of biodiversity, associated with its sustainabl…
The project outlined is focused on the background of Science, Technology & Innovation. The leading core of all scientific societies: (a) excellence in basic and applied research; (b) strong human resources formation in all fields involving biodiversity and natural products; (c) cooperation with the industry sector to accelerate technological innovation development based on natural product…
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Antarctica represents one of the last frontiers on Earth. Its climate conditions include low temperatures, a high incidence of ultraviolet radiation during the summer, a lack of sunlight during the winter, and strong seasonal shifts in ice cover. Despite the extreme climate, Antarctica harbors a unique biodiversity dominated by endemic species adapted to the cold. To survive these conditi…
Dengue is a febrile infectious disease caused by the DENV virus, and has become a worldwide health crisis. The transmission of DENV virus by the Aedes aegypit vector in Brazil causes profound impacts on the health system, where vaccines and drugs for these diseases are non-existent. Exploring key mechanisms or targets for DENV virus replication is an essential approach in the development …
The increase in the world's population brings the need for greater energy production, making this one of the greatest challenges for the 21st century. A sustainable alternative is the production of energy using lignocellulosic biomass from the cocoa shell. In 2017, 4.2 million tons of cocoa were produced, of which 85% is made up of waste (cocoa husk, cocoa bean shell, and mucilage), so th…
Fuel production from renewable resources is of extreme importance, especially nowadays. A promising source of biomass for this production is microalgae, photosynthetic unicellular organisms present in almost all aquatic and terrestrial environments, considered the main oxygen producers on Earth. Recently, they have been studied for biomass production based on their high biomass productivi…
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The discovery of new bioactive molecules from natural sources has been decreasing over the years, mainly due to the identification of the main chemotypes, the challenges of a reductionist approach and the incorporation of combinatorial chemistry. To overcome this problem, the chemistry of natural products has targeted the use of new and unexplored natural matrixes, such as endophytic and …
The technological advances of last decades allowed the application of systemic studies into biological sciences, embracing the diverse objects of analysis into a dynamic and multifactorial context. Nowadays, this idea has supported main approaches into the "omics" sciences including functional genomics. In general, this approach aims the understanding of the organisms correlating differen…
The search for bioactive substances in natural products has stimulated integrated approaches in order to provide chemical information about the processes and interactions involved in the pharmacological responses from bioactive matrixes. Among these, metabolomics allows the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the molecular composition of an organism aiming the explanation of biologic…
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