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My research interests are wide ranging. In bioinorganic chemistry, these extend from models for zinc, molybdenum and non-heme iron metalloprotein active sites, to design of metal complexes as artificial restriction enzymes for molecular biology to the mechanisms of iron transport and storage in microorganisms to the design and synthesis of new metallodrugs to the study of isotopic fractionation of iron in microorganisms. A recent area of interest is in marine science and the relationship between harmful algal blooms (the so called red tides) and iron and boron metabolism in phytoplankton and bacteria symbiotic with them. This is a collaborative project between us and workers at UC Santa Barbara and at the Scottish Association for Marine Science. Finally, I am interested in materials science and the rational synthesis of solid state materials using a building block approach.
Prof. C.J. Carrano, an inorganic chemist by training, has extensive experience in elucidating the function and roles of inorganic trace elements in biological systems. He received his BS in Chemistry from UC Santa Barbara in 1972, his PhD from Texas A&M in 1976 and did postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley from 1976-79. He has 40+ years of academic experience at the University of Vermont, Texas State University and San Diego State University including 20+ years as Department Head at the latter two institutions. He is the author of over 180 peer reviewed publications, is an associate editor of the journals BioMetals and Molecules, and was honoured by being elected as a Fellow in Chemistry by the AAAS in 2011, the RSC in 2013 and the Hanse-Wissenschaftkolleg (HWK) in 2019. Although understanding the mechanisms of uptake and storage of iron in both marine and terrestrial microbial and algal systems are long term interests, more recently his laboratory has been involved in looking at the marine bioinorganic chemistry of other trace inorganic elements namely boron and the halogens.
- Speaker
- Prof Carl Carrano
- Venue
- Meston Lecture Theatre 2
- Contact
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Dr Eve Wildman, eve.wildman@abdn.ac.uk