Dr. Albors is a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology & Imunology

Summary:

• Ph.D. in Microbiology 1997 
• At Georgetown Since: 1998
• Lab Capacity for new students?: No
• Contact: alborsa@georgetown.edu

Research Interest:

Our research is mainly focus in the study of Candida albicans pH and iron transcription pathways. Understanding how C. albicans responds to environmental changes in pH and iron, and how this affects the differential expression of the genes involved in the adaptation of the fungus to the new environment.

Publications:

1. Ramon, A.M. and W.A. Fonzi, Diverged binding specificity of Rim101p, the Candida albicans ortholog of PacC. Eukaryot Cell, 2003. 2(4): p. 718-728

2. Porta, A., Z. Wang, A.M. Ramon, F.A. Mühlschlegel, and W.A. Fonzi, Spontaneous second site suppressors of the filamentation defect of prr1_ mutants define a critical domain of Rim101p. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2001. 266(4): p. 624-631.

3. Barkani, A.E., O. Kurzai, W.A. Fonzi, A.M. Ramon, A. Porta, M. Frosch, and F.A. Mühlschlegel, Dominant active alleles of RIM101/PRR2 bypass the pH restriction on filamentation of Candida albicans. Mol. Cell. Biol., 2000. 20(13): p. 4635-4647.

4. Ramon, A.M., M. Montero, R. Sentandreu, and E. Valentin, Yarrowia lipolytica cell wall architecture: interaction of Ywp1, a mycelial protein, with other wall components and the effect of its depletion. Res. Microbiol., 1999. 150(2): p. 95-103.

5. Ramon, A.M., A. Porta, and W.A. Fonzi, Effect of environmental pH on morphological development of Candida albicans is mediated via the PacC-related transcription factor encoded by PRR2. J. Bacteriol., 1999. 181(24): p. 7524-7530.

6. Porta, A., A.M. Ramon, and W.A. Fonzi, PRR1, a homolog of Aspergillus nidulans palF, controls pH-dependent gene expression and filamentation in Candida albicans. J. Bacteriol., 1999. 181(24): p. 7516-7523.

7. Ramon, A.M., E. Valentin, S. Maicas, and R. Sentandreu, Expression of YWP1, a gene that encodes a specific Yarrowia lipolytica mycelial cell wall protein, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Fungal Genet Biol., 1997. 22(2): p. 77-83.

8. Ramon, A.M., R. Gil, M. Burgal, R. Sentandreu, and E. Valentin, A novel cell wall protein specific to the mycelial form of Yarrowia lipolytica. Yeast, 1996. 12: p. 1535-1548.

*Dr. Albors was formerly Ana Ramon