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Welcome to Stella

We are excited to welcome Stella to the lab! She was born in Americana, SP, Brazil and earned her B.S. in Chemistry from University of Sao Paulo in 2014. She completed her MSc. in 2016 and her Ph.D. in 2020, both in Science at Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo under the supervision of Prof. Marli Fiore. Stella spent 18 months at Moore Lab, SIO (UC San Diego), as a visiting student working in her doctoral project. Her thesis research was focused on the discovery of the BGC and characterizing biosynthetic enzymes in the production of the neurotoxin guanitoxin in cyanobacteria. Stella joined the Chekan Lab in January 2022 and is studying the biosynthesis and enzymology of RiPPs compounds.

24 Jan 2022