Jose Ignacio Ibeas
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
Biography
Jose Ignacio Ibeas completed a Biology degree in 1991 at Malaga University in Spain and a PhD at the same University in 1996. His PhD work was focused in studding the yeasts involved in sherry wine production. Then he moved to Purdue University in Indiana to study the antifungal properties for the plant PR protein Osmotin. Since 2003 he is Professor at Pablo de Olavide University in Spain were he is Head of the Molecular Biology Department and Principal Investigator for the Fungal Biotechnology group. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and is collaborating as reviewer for many journals and for the Spanish Evaluation Agency.
Abstract
Abstract : N- and O-glycosylation are essential for Ustilago maydis virulence