Seminar Paolo Zambelli

Paolo Zambelli, PhD student at the University of Milan (Italy), working under the supervision of Prof. Francesco Molinari, has performed a 6-month stay at the Biotransformation Laboratory. He has given a seminar on fructooligosacharides (FOS) production using novel microbial enzymes.

Participation in the "4eso+empresa" educative program

For second year our group has participated in the Educative Program "4ºESO+empresa", sponsored by the Madrid Region. An outstanding student from the high school "IES Atenea, San Sebastian de los Reyes, Madrid" performed a stay in our laboratory from 19 to 21 March 2013. 

Bioethanol from discarded carrots

Our group, in collaboration with the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Argentina) and the UNED (Spain), has developed for the first time a method that employs carrot discards to produce bioethanol. In 2010 more than 420.000 tonnes of carrots were collected in Spain, according to the  data of the Ministry of Agriculture. About 20% of the crop was discarded because the form or size of the carrots did not fulfil with the standards required.

The researchers are treating to develop the method in pilot scale. The plant is scheduled to be built in the province of Santa Fe (Argentina), and will be able to process between 8-10 tonnes of carrots per day.

N.R. Aimaretti, C.V. Ybalo, M.L. Rojas, F.J. Plou, J.C. Yori. Production of bioethanol from carrot discards. Bioresource Technology, 123, 727-732 (2012). doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.035 

IV Workshop of Probiotics, Prebiotics and Health

Participation of the Applied Biocatalysis Group in the IV Workshop of Probiotics, Prebiotics and Health held in Madrid.

Lignocel Network

Participation of the Applied Biocatalysis Group in the Lignocel Network Meeting held in Salamanca

Enzymatic preparation of bioactive compounds from iberoamerican natural resources

Publication of a book on "Enzymatic preparation of bioactive compounds from iberoamerican natural resources" by CSIC Publisher, edited by Francisco J. Plou and Georgina Sandoval

Francisco Plou in NCI WEB TV

Francisco Plou explains in NCI WEB TV his experience in the CYTED network on enzymatic biotransformations

Biocat2012

Participation of the Group in the 6th International Congress on Biocatalysis 2012 (biocat2012) heldat the Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany
Link to a copy of the poster

The bacterial microbiota

Participation of Dr. Francisco Plou in Course "The bacterial microbiota" (La Granda, Asturies, August 2012)

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Laccases and their applications: a patent review

Our publication "Laccases and their applications: a patent review" winner in the First edition of Digital.CSIC Awards, with more than 9.000 legal downloads.

Introduction to HPLC: analytical and semipreparative scales

Participation of the Group in the Technical Course "Introduction to HPLC: analytical and semipreparative scales" organized by Madrid Chemists' Association

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Ceremony of INNOVA Prize awarded to Pamela Torres

Ceremony of INNOVA Prize awarded to Pamela Torres for a work on enzymatic acylation of ascorbic acid, sponsored by SUSCHEM