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GI-1208
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BIOTECHNOLOGY [4523]
Group info
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GI-1208 |
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BIOTEC |
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Biotechnology |
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Departamento de Microbioloxía e Parasitoloxía
Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional
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| Contact: |
SANCHEZ POZA, MARIA SANDRA - sandra.sanchez@usc.es
Telf.
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Research field - Development and improvement of in vitro antibiotic and antifungal susceptibility tests
- Evaluation of cross-reactive antigens as determinants of cross-bactericidal activity
- Minimum Biofilm Inhibitory Concentration (MBIC) test
- Analysis of the antimicrobial and antibiofilm efficacy of nanocapsules for the delivery of antibiotics and phages
- Genetic fitness of yeast and bacteria of industrial interest
- Cloning of genes from Higher Plantas and Microorganisms with Biotechnological and Industrial interest
- Fermentation Pilot Plant optimization to Biotechnological Processes and exploitation of cloned genes from higher plants and microorganisms
- Plant growth regulation
- • Regulation of gene expression of apoplastic enzymes
- • Role of apoplastic factors on the regulation of the mechanical properties of plant cell walls (extensibility) and of the tissues (texture)
- • Plant cell wall structure
- Carbohydrates
- • In vitro plant cell culture. Plants and transformed plants micropropagation and adventitious regeneration .
- • Plant secondary metabolism. Isolation a characyterization of the metabolites with pharmacological utility
- • Postharvest physiology of fruits. Plant cell wall function.
- • Germplasm conservation of endangered endemic plants
- Cloning of car genes from microbial and higher plants sources for the industrial production of polyisoprenes
- Histology and ultrastructural studies in plants
- Use of Plants and Microorganisms for Bioremediation
Technology services - Microbial identification and antimicrobial activity determination service
- Determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)
- Determination of inhibitory concentration IC50
- Determination of the inhibitory concentration IC90
- Determination of the minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration (MBIC)
- Support to Biotechnological Companies in processes related to gene cloning and exploitation of industrial genes/strains
- • Strucutral and functional characterization of complex carbohydrates by GC-MS, FTIR and HPLC
- • Study of mechanical properties of plant materials by stress-relaxation and creep techniques
- • Analysis of phenolic compounds by GC-MS, FTIR and HPLC
- • Application of glycanases for complex carbohydrates modification
- • Plant conservation by micropropagation and adventitious regeneration
- Plant secondary metabolites with pharmacological application and their optimization by in vitro cell culture
Key words - Antimicrobial assays, microbiology, immunology, cloning, astaxanthin, cantaxanthin, industrial enzymes, cell wall, micropopagation, polysaccharides, glycanases
Researchers | Name | Position | PIID | ORCID | Contact: | | SANCHEZ POZA, MARIA SANDRA | Coordinador | 60315 | 0000-0001-9601-3866 | E-Mail: sandra.sanchez@usc.es
| | DE MIGUEL BOUZAS, MARIA TRINIDAD | Membro | 58739 | | | | FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Membro | 459884 | 0000-0001-6016-9543 | | | GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, MARIA VICTORIA | Membro | 59229 | 0000-0002-5673-0585 | | | MARTINEZ TRONCOSO, OSCAR | Membro | | | | | SAMPEDRO JIMENEZ, JAVIER | Membro | 60293 | 0000-0002-6534-5347 | | | VIEJO SOMOANO, MARCOS | Membro | 186220 | | | | Piñeiro Insua, Pablo Manuel | IFP | | | | | | | | | | IP Principal Investigator, IFP Training Research, PA Supporting Researchers and Technicians | External collaborators | Name | Institution | | ALMUDENA DIAZ PEREIRA | Centro de Transfusión de Galicia | | Manuel Ángel Rey Fraile | Universidade de Vigo | | M. LUZ CENTENO MARTIN | Universidad de León | | Nuria Cid Alvarez | Centro Superior de Hostería de Galicia |
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