Alejandra Garcia Maruniak
Nationality: Bolivian
Phone: 352-392-1901 ext. 203 (Office)
Fax: 352-392-0190
Email to:ale@ifas.ufl.edu
EDUCATION
- 1984. B.S. Biology, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil
- 1989. M.S. Genetics. State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.THESIS: Mixed infection of Diatraea saccharalis (Fabr., 1794) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) with two baculoviruses.
- 1995. PhD. Genetics. State University of Campines (UNICAMP), Brazil: DISSERTATION: Study of the genetic variability of Anticarsia gemmatalis nuclear polyhedrosis virus.
Research Experience
- 1983. Research training in fruit fly behavior. USP, Brazil
- 1984 - 1986. Research assistant in microbiology. USP, Brazil
- 1986 - 1989. M.S. student in baculovirus genetics. UNICAMP, Brazil
- 1990 - present. Biological Scientist: molecular virology. University of Florida (UF), USA
PUBLICATIONS
- Refereed papers: 4
- Chapter in books: 1
Note: Before 1996 Alejandra Garcia Maruniak published under
the name Alejandra Garcia-Canedo.
- Barbosa, H.R. & Garcia-Canedo, A. M. G. (1989). A concentração de fosfato no crescimento de Beijerinkia derxii cultivada com N2 ou NH4+ como fonte de nitrogenio. Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo, 13: 399-402.
- Funderburk, J.; Maruniak, J.; Boucias, D. & Garcia-Canedo, A. (1992). Efficacy of baculoviruses and their impact on pest management programs. In: Pest Management in Soybean. Copping, L. G.; Green, M. B. & Rees, R. T., eds. pp 88-97.
- Tomlinson, S.; Ueda, E.; Maruniak, J. E.; Garcia-Canedo, A.; Bjes, E. S & Esser, A. F. (1993). The expression of hemolitically active human complement protein C9 in mammalian, insect and yeast cells. Protein Expression and Purification, 4: 141-148.
- Coler, R. R.; Boucias, D. G.; Frank, J. H.; Maruniak, J. E.; Garcia-Canedo, A. & Pendland, J.C. (1993). Characterization and description of a virus infecting the house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera:Muscidae). Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 7: 275-282.
- Maruniak, J. E.; Garcia-Canedo, A. & Rodrigues, J. J. S. (1994). Cell lines used for the selection of recombinant baculovirus. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 30A: 283-286.
- Garcia Maruniak, A.; Pavan, O. H. O. & Maruniak, J. E. A variable region of Anticarsia gemmatalis nuclear polyhedrosis virus contains tandemly repeated DNA sequences. Virus Research (in press).
Meeting Presentations
- 1985 Congresso Brasileiro de Microbiologia. São Paulo, Brazil.
- 1988 Reuniao Anual de Genetica de Microorganismos. São Paulo, Brazil.
- 1988 Encontro Nacional de Microbiologia Ambiental. São Paulo, Brazil.
- 1989 Congresso Nacional de Genetica. Fortaleza, Brazil.
- 1991 Society for Invertebrate Pathology. Arizona, USA.
- 1992 World Congress on Cell and Tissue Culture. Washington D.C., USA.
- 1992 Society for Invertebrate Pathology. Heidelberg, Germany.
- 1993 Society for Invertebrate Pathology. North Carolina, USA.
- 1995 Society for Invertebrate Pathology. Ithaca, New York, USA.
Revised May 1996 [Beginning]