【報告題目】Mode of action of Cry toxins and synergism between Cry and Cyt proteins

【報告人】Professor Alejandra Bravo

【報告時間】2013年４月１日（星期一）9:30-11:30

【報告地點】　EON体育4平台１號樓１０５會議室

【聯系人】何亞文👌🏽，　34207941, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

報告人簡介🤸🏻‍♀️：

María Alejandra Bravo de la Parra (born on 29 April 1961) is a Mexicanbiochemist who was laureated with the 2010 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Award for Women in Science – Latin America for her work on a bacterial toxin that acts as a powerful insecticide.[1] Bravo has co-authored numerous papers with her husband Dr. Mario Soberon.

Bravo is a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Microbiology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[4] She holds a bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in Basic Biomedical Research from the same university and she is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.[5]

Bravo獲得歐萊雅-聯合國教科文組織世界傑出女科學家成就獎，本科，碩士，博士均在墨西哥國立自治大學從事基礎生物醫學研究，是墨西哥科EON4的成員。

近期發表文章：

Mario Soberón and Alejandra Bravo (2013). Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal three-domain Cry toxins: mode of action, insect resistance and consequences for crop protection. (FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS)

Mario Soberón and Alejandra Bravo (2011). Domains II and III of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin remain exposed to the solvent after insertion of part of Domain I into the membrane. (THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY)

Alejandra Bravo and Mario Soberón (2010). Role of alkaline phosphatase from Manduca sexta in the mechanism of action of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin. (THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY)

Alejandra Bravo and Mario Soberón (2009). Domain II Loop 3 of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab toxin is involved in a “Ping Pong” binding mechanism with Manduca sexta Aminopeptidase-N and cadherin receptors. (THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY)

Mario Soberón and Alejandra Bravo (2007) . Engineering modified Bt toxins to counter insect resistance. (SCIENCE)