Biography:
Maria Rangel (www.chel2life.org) 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. She has been working on the design of Iron chelators for: (a) novel strategies to fight Infection; (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 : Evaluation of the capacity of tris(3-hydroxy-4-pyridinonate) iron(III) complexes to correct iron deficiency chlorosis in soybean (Glycine max L.)