Biography:
Maria Rangel is an Associate Professor at University of Porto. She is a Bioinorganic Chemist whose research interests are focused in the role of metal ions in living organisms. In recent years she has worked on the design of Iron chelators for: (a) novel strategies to fight Infection through Fe deprivation; (b) treatment of Fe Overload and (c) Fe Sensing. Her interest in Iron Biology has been extended to Plant Nutrition and she is currently developing projects that aim the understanding of mineral nutrition processes and the design of Fe-chelates to address agricultural problems related with Fe deficiency.
Title : Effect of tris(3-hydroxy-4-pyridinonate) iron(III) complexes in iron deficiency chlorosis