The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Leandro Jose's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

About Leandro Jose

Cancer metabolism is based on alterations of metabolic activities compared to normal cells, one of the most observed metabolic alterations in several cancers is the increased uptake of glucose to support growth by energy production and the formation of precursors such as nucleotides, amino acids, and lipids. The primary experience of the researcher is in biochemistry, genetics, and metabolism, more specifically, in the characterization of carbon source metabolism.

Tumour progression requires a metabolic rewiring of cancer cells, providing enough energy for metabolism and cellular growth and increasing cancer cells' fitness for proliferation and survival. The Researcher is working on carbohydrate metabolism supporting brain tumour progression and signalling pathways responsible for meningioma development, the most common brain tumours, classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) according to aggressiveness and recurrence as grade 1, 2 atypical, and 3 anaplastic. 

Contact Leandro Jose

+44 1752 583434
leandro.deassis@plymouth.ac.uk