• 1977 BS Biochemistry
  Cornell University

• 1982 MS Forest Products, Biochemistry, Plant Breeding
  University of Minnesota

• 1994 Ph.D. Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Plant Breeding
  Cornell University

The ER-Golgi v-SNARE Bet1p is required for cross-linking alpha-agglutinin to the cell wall in yeast.

Glyphosate Inhibits Melanization of Cryptococcus neoformans and Prolongs Survival of Mice following Systemic Infection.

• Kipnis P, Thomas N, Ovalle R, Lipke PN. 2004. The ER-Golgi v-SNARE Bet1p is required for cross-linking alpha-agglutinin to the cell wall in yeast. Microbiology. 150:3219-28.

• Nosanchuk, J. D., R. Ovalle, and A. Casadevall. 2001. Glyphosate Inhibits Melanization of Cryptococcus neoformans and Prolongs Survival of Mice following Systemic Infection. J Infect Dis. 183:1093-9.

• Ovalle, R., C. Soll, F. Lim, C. Flanagan, T. Rotunda, and P.N. Lipke. 2001. Systematic Analysis of Oxidative Degradation of Polysaccharides Using PAGE and HPLC/MS. Carbohydrate Res. 330:131-9.

• Ovalle, R., M. Spencer, M. Thiwanont, and P.N. Lipke. 1999. The Spheroplast Lysis Assay for Yeast in Microtiter Plate Format. Appl. Environ. Micro. 65:3325-7.

• Lipke, P.N., and R. Ovalle. 1998. Cell Wall Architecture in Yeast: New Structures and New Challenges. J. Bacteriol. 180:3735-40.

• Ovalle, R., S.T. Lim, B. Holder, C.K. Jue, C. Wood Moore, and P.N. Lipke. 1998. A Spheroplast Rate Assay for Determination of Cell Wall Integrity in Yeast. Yeast 14:1159-66.

Senior Research Scientist, Hunter College NY 9/96 - 2006