Professor Luiz R. Travassos and the study of surface structures of fungal pathogens

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Carlos Chagas. Curitiba, PR, Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes (IMPG). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes (IMPG). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Taxonomia, Bioquímica e Bioprospecção de Fungos (LTBBF). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes (IMPG). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes (IMPG). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes (IMPG). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

Brazilian medical mycology considerably expanded in the last decades due to the efforts of several pioneers who started and expanded mycology during the twentieth century. In this manuscript, we highlight some of the contributions of one of these pioneers: Professor Luiz R. Travassos, who started his career in the field of microbiology in the 1960s. We will discuss his contributions to the areas of medical mycology and glycobiology, with a focus on glycosphingolipids, sialic acids, and surface enzymes.

Keywords in Portuguese

Luiz R. Travassos
Fungos
Glicoconjugados
Superfície celular

Keywords

Luiz R. Travassos
Fungi
Glycoconjugates
Cell surface

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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia

Citation

RODRIGUES, Marcio L. etal. Professor Luiz R. Travassos and the study of surface structures of fungal pathogens. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, p. 1 - 5, Feb. 2023.

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10.1007/s42770-023-00916-4

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1517-8382

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/57911

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