Doctor by the University of Bristol (1996) obtained in the department of Agricultural Sciences. Most of my work deals with the interplay between ion pumps and membranes and how this affects cellular functions. Recently also got interested in the influence of lipids on cell wall maintenance. In addition, I have experience in autophagy, cell death, pyrophosphate metabolism and cancer. The aim of my studies is to understand how non-structural functions of lipids affect eukaryotic cell biology, to help in the development of more effective fungicides and to provide information useful to understand sterol-related rare diseases. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Fungal parasites are among the most important pests affecting crop yields worldwide and are also the cause of some difficult to treat human diseases. In order to control pathogenic fungi, fungicides targeting the biosynthesis of ergosterol are widely used. However, the emergence of field resistances is hampering the efficacy of these compounds. Abnormal sterols of the kind accumulated by …
Parasitic fungi are responsible for ca 70% of plant diseases. Amine fungicides are a class of compounds essential for crop protection since they can control the proliferation of parasites affecting high value crops, for example yellow sigatoka, a parasite responsible for the loss of ca 50% of the banana crop yield in Brazil. The targets of this class of compounds are the enzymes sterol-8…
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