Professor Luiz R. Travassos and the study of surface structures of fungal pathogens.
Marcio Lourenço RodriguesDaniela S AlvianoLucimar F KneippCeluta S AlvianoEliana Barreto-BergterLeonardo NimrichterPublished in: Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] (2023)
Brazilian medical mycology considerably expanded in the last decades due to the efforts of several pioneers who started and expanded mycology during the twentieth century. In this manuscript, we highlight some of the contributions of one of these pioneers: Professor Luiz R. Travassos, who started his career in the field of microbiology in the 1960s. We will discuss his contributions to the areas of medical mycology and glycobiology, with a focus on glycosphingolipids, sialic acids, and surface enzymes.