Prof. Dr. Rafael Espiritu

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBiochemistry,Biophysical Chemistry
Keywordsexocytosis, membrane repair, ESCRT, fluorescence microscopy, necroptosis
Honours and awards

2017: Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japan

2017: National Academy of Science and Technology Talent Search for Young Scientists (2nd Place)

2016: Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers

2013: Student Presentation Award, The Chemical Society of Japan

2007: 10th Place, Chemist Licensure Examinations, Philippines

Current contact address

CountryPhilippines
CityManila
InstitutionDe La Salle University
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ana Jesus Garcia-SaezInterfakultäres Institut für Biochemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2017

Programme(s)

2016Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2020Rafael Espiritu: Myricetin Preferentially Binds to Interfacial Regions in Domains 1 – 3 to Inhibit Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins: A Molecular Docking Study. In: ChemRxiv, 2020,
2019Lohans Pedrera, Rafael A. Espiritu, Uris Ros, Anja Schmitt, Stephan Hailfinger, Ana J. García-Sáez: Ferroptotic pores induce Ca2+ fluxes and ESCRT-III activation to modulate cell death kinetics. In: bioRxiv, 2019,
2019Rafael A. Espiritu, Lohans Pedrera, Uris Ros: Tuning the way to die: implications of membrane perturbations in necroptosis. In: Aleš Igli?, Michael Rappolt, Ana J. García-Sáez, Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly. Elsevier, 2019.