Victor Gonzalez Menendez
Senior Scientist Mycrobiology · Fundacion MEDINA
Biography
Víctor González-Menéndez obtained his PhD in Pharmacy from University of Granada in 2019. He has a BSc Degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of León, Spain, a MSc degree in Drug Research, Development, Control and Innovation from the University of Granada, and a degree in advanced mycology from the International University of Andalucía. He joined Fundación MEDINA in 2010, and currently he is Senior Scientist at the Microbiology Department and Manager of the Fungal Collection. He is responsible of the identification and isolation of new fungi, and especially in the scale-up fermentation, metabolomic and phylogenetic analysis of fungal communities. He is focused on developing fungal phytopathogens biocontrol assays to discover new potential biopesticides from microbial natural products. He is co-author of more than 30 papers, 5 patents and many oral and poster communications.
Education
PhD in Pharmacy from University of Granada in 2019
Recent Scopus Publications
- Leaf litter associated fungi from South Africa to control fungal plant pathogens
- MDN-0057 to MDN-0060, a Family of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics against Gram-Negative Pathogens Produced by Ophiosphaerella korrae
- Bovistols E and F, New bis-Sesquiterpenes Isolated From Psathyrella microrhiza CF-117891
- Glycinocins E-H, Antimicrobial Lipopeptides Produced by a Streptomyces Strain
- Onychocolone A produced by the fungus Onychocola sp. targets cancer stem cells and stops pancreatic cancer progression by inhibiting MEK2-dependent cell signaling
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-6284
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55256248800