F2023 - BCEM 561 - Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology | ||||||||||
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W2024 - BCEM 413 - Laboratory Techniques II | ||||||||||
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W2024 - CMMB 451 - Molecular Analysis of Biological Systems | ||||||||||
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I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I am a proud graduate of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). My background is in biology and biochemistry. After obtaining my PhD I moved in 2000 to Canada to initiate postdoctoral studies in Dr CR McMaster's lab, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Five years later I moved to Calgary to open my own research group to study lipid metabolism, supported by a University Faculty Award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary.
Research Area: Lipid metabolism and signaling in eukaryotes
Research Interests:
Biotechnological and medical applications, from biofuel production to vaccine development, rely on the knowledge provided by fundamental lipid research.
Lipids are key components of cellular membranes playing structural and signalling roles. Cells also use lipids as an efficient and safe way to store energy.
We use budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a model organism and a combination of approaches from the fields of Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics to investigate:
Our research program focuses on