Del Poeta Research Lab

Maurizio Del Poeta

Maurizio Del Poeta, MD

  • Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Renaissance School of Medicine

Office: (631) 632-4024

Email: edumaurizio.delpoeta@stonybrook.edu

Stony Brook University
130 Life Sciences Bldg.
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5222

Research Program

Department

Research Interest

With the increasing number of immunodeficient subjects and the extension of their lifespan due to medical advances, there has been a concomitant rise in the number of life-threatening fungal infections. Current antifungal treatments are often inadequate due to delayed diagnosis, side effects, and drug resistance. Dr. Del Poeta’s research team studies sphingolipid metabolism and signaling in fungal and mammalian cells to identify new markers for early diagnosis and specific microbial enzymes or molecules essential for infection — with the goal of developing new antifungal targets.

Education

  • MD, Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ancona, Italy, 1992
  • ID Fellow, Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA, 1995
  • ID Fellow, Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, University of Ancona, Italy, 1996

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