Project funded under FP7
Contract number: 217190
Programme: Cooperation
Instrument: CSA (Support)
Ms. Elena Fabiano
1992-2000 Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Biochemistry, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay.
2000-2009 Research Scientist, Department of Microbial Ecology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay. Unit Associated to the School of Sciences, Universidad de la República, Montevideo.
2009- Associate Professor. Biochemistry and Microbial Genomics. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable. Ministry of Education and Culture. Uruguay.
(i) Main field: Bacterial Physiology: Metal homeostasis in bacteria
(ii) Other field: Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria: Bacteria-plant interaction
iii) Current research interest: A) Functional metagenomics: construction of metagenomics libraries from symbionts of termite guts in order to obtain enzymes of interest. B) Bacteria-plant interaction: i) elucidation of factors involved in Herbaspirillum seropedicae –rice interaction; ii) search and use of beta-rhizobia associated to native leguminous trees. C) Metal homeostasis in bacteria: regulatory systems involved in iron and manganese homeostasis in bacteria, iron/heme transport in rhizobia.
Email:
efabiano@iibce.edu.uy
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598-2-4871616
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582-2-4875548
Address:
Av. Italia 3318
11600 Montevideo
Montevideo
Uruguay
