Biography:
Álvaro Rietmann has a BSc. in Biotechnology and is currently working at the Laboratorio de Péptidos Bioactivos, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry and Biological Sciences FBCB, Universidad Nacional del Litoral. He is pursuing a PhD in Biological Sciences, focusing on the study of local amphibians as sources of multi-target molecules for treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. He has participated in 5 research articles in the last 3 years. He is also a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Organic Chemistry, FBCB-UNL.
Title : Characterization of peptide-rich secretions from sex-differentiated odontophrynus americanus with cholinesterase inhibitory, antioxidant, and metal chelating activities