ProfessorAlicia Ponte-sucre
From Assistant Professor to Full Professor
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Orcid identifier0000-0001-8135-0763 (opens in a new tab)
- From Assistant Professor to Full ProfessorUniversidad Central de Venezuela
- Numerary MemberVenezuelan Academy of Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences
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- Lab of Molecular Physiology, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Physiological Sciences, Instituto de Medicina Experimental, Of. 228, Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Interests:
The leitmotiv of her research has been to understand fundamental processes involved in essential functions for life homeostasis and preservation. APS main focus in research is the comprehension of the physiological mechanisms responsible for drug susceptibility or resistance in the metabolically flexible parasites Leishmania and Trypanosoma. Her integrated approach to such an important field of research originates from her broad training through areas of study including biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, physiology and pharmacology in diverse model systems.
Her interests have been focused towards the biochemical characterization of i) enzymes associated with parasite metabolism, ii) membrane transporters essential for parasite survival or involved in the development of resistance to drugs, and iii) proteins involved in cellular differentiation and parasite-host interaction. Additionally she has analyzed functional phenomena involved in host-parasite interactions and characterized natural products and target-oriented designed compounds as potential therapeutic agents. All these studies have been performed using Leishmania as a model.
The leitmotiv of her research has been to understand fundamental processes involved in essential functions for life homeostasis and preservation. APS main focus in research is the comprehension of the physiological mechanisms responsible for drug susceptibility or resistance in the metabolically flexible parasites Leishmania and Trypanosoma. Her integrated approach to such an important field of research originates from her broad training through areas of study including biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, physiology and pharmacology in diverse model systems.
Her interests have been focused towards the biochemical characterization of i) enzymes associated with parasite metabolism, ii) membrane transporters essential for parasite survival or involved in the development of resistance to drugs, and iii) proteins involved in cellular differentiation and parasite-host interaction. Additionally she has analyzed functional phenomena involved in host-parasite interactions and characterized natural products and target-oriented designed compounds as potential therapeutic agents. All these studies have been performed using Leishmania as a model.