CV Lattes
Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Student of the course of Chemistry Bachelor with an emphasis on technological on UFSCar (Federal University of São Carlos), attending the 9th period. She participated in an extension project as a "Tutorial Education Program" (PET) of the chemistry course and she was a Scientific Initiation in the area of biochemistry, linked to the thematic project "Integrated studies for the control of cutter ants", at the Functional and Structural Biochemistry laboratory (UFSCar). The themmatic project was linked to the agency FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Support Foundation). The student recently awarded a research internship abroad (BEPE) in which she developed a research project entitled "Expression of Acetylcholinesterase from Atta sexdens in Insect Cells" at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena (Germany). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The search for new methodologies for the control of leaf cutting ants has been object of study of the Natural Products Group of the Department of Chemistry of UFSCar, coordinated by Prof. Dr. João Batista Fernandes, in collaboration with researchers from the Center for the Study of Social Insects - CEIS - UNESP, campus of Rio Claro. One of the aspects of the study is to explore the symbio…
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) (EC 3.1.1.7) is the enzyme responsible for catalyzing the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine leading to the release of acetate and choline. In insects, acetylcholine is one of the most important neurotransmitters, and inhibition of AChE produces a generalized synaptic collapse causing the insect death. AChE is, thus, an important target for the de…
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