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GI-1682 - MARINE TOXINS: MECHANISM OF TRANSDUCTION, THERAPEUTIC USES AND DETECTION METHODS   [4652]

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Code: GI-1682
Short Name: FARMATOX
Name: Marine toxins: Mechanism of transduction, therapeutic uses and detection methods
Department: Departamento de Farmacoloxía, Farmacia e Tecnoloxía Farmacéutica
Web: http://www.farmatoxresearchgroup.com
Contact: BOTANA LOPEZ, LUIS MIGUEL - luis.botana@usc.es
Telf.982-252242
Fax: 982-252242
Research field
  • Development of functional assays for the rapid detection of marine phycotoxins
  • Antiallergic and antineoplastic drugs, study of their mechanism of action in normal and tumour cells.
  • Antiallergic drugs and signal transduction in mast cells, lymphocytes and intestinal cells.
  • Neurotoxic and paralytic toxic blooms: development of detection methods, toxicological studies.
  • Toxic blooms of diarrhoeic and liphophylic nature: development of biochemical and functional detection, study of their toxicity and their pharmacological target.
  • Development of functional methods of the absortion in intestine.
  • Development of optical biosensor-based methods for phycotoxins.
Technology services
  • Development of kits to detect phycotoxins.
  • Identification of pharmacological activities in screening and HTS
Key words
  • Mast cell, Lymphocyte, Phycotoxin, Allergie, Transduction signal, Cancer, Okadaic, Saxitoxin, Yesotoxin, Palitoxin, Enterocyte
Researchers
Name Position PIID ORCID Contact:
BOTANA LOPEZ, LUIS MIGUELCoordinador584310000-0003-2153-6608Tel./Ext.: 982-252242
Fax: 982-252242
E-Mail: luis.botana@usc.es
ALFONSO RANCAÑO, MARIA AMPAROMembro581840000-0003-1572-9016
ALVARIÑO ROMERO, REBECAMembro1860060000-0001-8796-1389
BOTANA LOPEZ, ANA MARIAMembro58430
CAMIÑA GARCIA, MARIA MERCEDESMembro1860290000-0002-0179-7280
GONZALEZ JARTIN, JESUS MARIAMembro1929420000-0003-2882-504X
LOUZAO OJEDA, MARIA CARMENMembro595230000-0002-3072-0637
RODRIGUEZ VIEYTES, MARIA MERCEDESMembro60222
VALE GONZALEZ, MARIA DEL CARMENMembro605190000-0002-9842-6223
VILARIÑO DEL RIO, NATALIAMembro606400000-0001-6055-6359
CAO CANCELAS, ALEJANDROIFP
CASTEDO CALDEIRO, NOELIAIFP
CASTEDO CALDEIRO, NOELIAIFP
RODRIGUEZ SANTOS, LUISIFP
IP Principal Investigator, IFP Training Research, PA Supporting Researchers and Technicians
External collaborators
Name Institution
Juan Manuel Vieítes Baptista de Sousa  ANFACO-CECOPESCA
Jordi Molgo   Institut Fédératif de Neurobiologie Alfred Fessard
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