Ph. D., University of California, Los Angeles

   

Office:     448 Life Sciences Building

Phone:   1-419-372-2634

Email:     cfiorav@bgsu.edu

   

Research:

Comparative biochemistry of parasitic helminths

   

 

   

Research Interests:

The mitochondrial physiology and biochemistry of anaerobic systems, control mechanisms in anaerobic energy generation, anaerobiosis in invertebrates, and isoprene biochemistry in parasitic helminths.

Selected Publications:

Mercer, N.A. and C.F. Fioravanti. 2007. Hymenolepis diminuta: Mitochondrial NADPH->NAD transhydrogenase as an additional phosphorylation site. In preparation.

Park, J. and C.F. Fioravanti. 2006. Catalysis of NADH->NADP transhydrogenation by adult Hymenolepis diminuta mitochondria. Parasitol. Res. 98: 200-206.

Green, J.B. and C.F. Fioravanti. 2005. Cytochrome c peroxidase: characterization of a mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme in Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda). Abst. 114th Ann. Meeting, Ohio Acad. Sci. p. 40.

Mercer, N.A., J.R. McKelvey and C.F. Fioravanti. 1999. Hymenolepis diminuta: Catalysis of transmembrane proton translocation by mitochondrial NADPH->NAD transhydrogenase. Exp. Parasitol. 91: 52-58.

Fioravanti, C.F., D.J. Walker and P.S. Sandhu. 1998. Metabolic transition in the development of Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda). Parasitol. Res. 84: 777-782.

Walker, D.J., W. Burkhart and C.F. Fioravanti. 1997. Hymenolepis diminuta: Mitochondrial NADH->NAD transhydrogenation and the lipoamide dehydrogenase system. Exp. Parasitol. 85: 158-167.

Olesen, J.B., C.A. Heckman, A. Lukinius, D.W. Schwab, D.V. Upite and C.F. Fioravanti. 1997. HACH: A polymer designed to optimize protein antigen localization. Microsc. Microanal. 3: 321-331.