Molecular Pathology Laboratory of Bacterial Toxins

Research fields

• Mechanism of action of Shiga bacterial toxins
• Study of the pathogenesis of childhood hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by Escherichia coli strains that release Shiga toxins
• Molecular pathology of ribosomes and translation
• Molecular pathology of cancer

Teaching activity:

Internship for experimental thesis preparation (Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Biology)

Equipment:

Molecular biology:

• Western blotting apparatus (Hoefer-Pharmacia)
• Techne Hybridizer HB-1D, Protein and DNA electrophoresis systems (Biorad e C.B.S Scientific)
• Microcentrifuges (MPW-ALC centrifuge-Eppendorf)
• PCR (Genenco-HJR research, Inc).

Biochemistry:

• FPLC apparatus (Pharmacia) and conventional chromatographic systems