Dr Alina Goldberg Cavalleri
Research Associate
- Email: a.v.goldberg-cavalleri@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 3481
- Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 7424
- Personal Website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/microbial_eukaryotes
- Address: Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences
Medical School
Newcastle University
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
Research Interests
Molecular and cellular evolution of microbial eukaryotes
Current Work
The main objective of my post-doctoral project, funded by a Marie Curie Fellowship, is to study the cellular evolution of microsporidia. These are microbial eukaryotes that are important obligate intracellular parasites of other eukaryotes including humans with HIV. My main focus is to determine the structure and functions of the microsporidian mitosome, a tiny remnant mitochondrion, including what it does and how it imports the proteins it needs.
- Goldberg AV, Romanowski V, Federici BA, Sciocco de Cap A. Effects of the Epap granulovirus on its host, Epinotia aporema (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 2002, 80(3), 148-159.
- Sciocco-Cap A, Parola AD, Goldberg AV, Ghiringhelli PD, Romanowski V. Characterization of a granulovirus isolated from Epinotia aporema Wals. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larvae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2001, 67(8), 3702-3706.
