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:

Vandock, K.P., S.L. Smith and C.F. Fioravanti. 2008. Midgut mitochondrial transhydrogenase in wandering stage larvae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Arch. Insect Biochem. and Physiol. (in press).

Mercer, N.A. and C.F. Fioravanti. 2008. Hymenolepis diminuta: Mitochondrial NADPH->NAD transhydrogenase as an additional phosphorylation site for anaerobic phosphorylation. Exp. Parasitol. 119: 24-29. .

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.