Seminario de Investigación IMAB: Molecular mechanisms of growth and development inhibition in fungi and plants by chitosan

Por Federico Lopez-Moya

El próximo Lunes 21 de octubre, se celebra a las 11:30h en la sala de conferencias del edificio Jerónimo de Ayanz de la UPNA el Seminario de Investigación del IMAB titulado: "Molecular mechanisms of growth and development inhibition in fungi and plants by chitosan"

Resumen: 

Chitosan is a natural polymer with larger biotechnological applications. I am going to talk about chitosan and its properties as a gene modulator and specific mode of action of chitosan on fungi and plants. I have developed a project in which we investigated the role of chitosan during appressorium differentiation on plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryze. I am going to talk about Arabidopsis and other plants investigating the compatibility with chitosan. I have also experience working with chitosan as a natural drug. This causes plasma membrane permeabilization, induction of oxidative stress and alterations in cytoskeleton organization. Recently we are investigating about sustainable solution to manage important pest and diseases inside EU-MUSA project.

Federico Lopez-Moya. I am a researcher in Laboratory of Plant Pathology at University of Alicante. I got my PhD in July 2016. I have experience working with fungal pathogens, model fungi and in plant physiology. I was involved in a project that aimed to determine how chitosan exerts and antifungal action on of important human fungal pathogens. During my formation I applied new technologies like RNAseq and transcriptomics data in collaboration with Prof Louise N Glass (University of CA Berkeley, USA). I study the mode of action of chitosan on the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae in collaboration with Prof. Talbot at TSL, UK. I also have large experience evaluating the response of plants to biotic and abiotic stress, working with tomato, barley, rice and Arabidopsis.

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