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6 Apr 2022

Elimination of D-Glucose in carbohydrate syrups published in ACS Food Science & Technology

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During the synthesis of many bioactive carbohydrates, D-glucose is released as a side-product of the transglycosylation process. It is desir...
29 Nov 2021

Participation of the ABG group in the III Spanish Conference on Biocatalysis

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 The Applied Biocatalysis Group has been present in the III Spanish Conference on Biocatalysis ( JEB 2021 ) that was held in Murcia between ...
8 Nov 2021

Article published in the José Luis Garcı́a Fierro Festschrift special issue of I&EC Research

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  The journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research is publishing a collection of papers honoring Professor José Luis García Fierr...
30 Sept 2021

Participation in the book "CSIC Scientific Challenges: Towards 2030"

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  Our group has participated in the book "CSIC Scientific Challenges: Towards 2030", which provides an insight into the research c...
28 Jul 2021

New article about theoretical three-dimensional zinc complexes

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   In collaboration with other colleages, a theoretical three-dimensional study of known zinc ionophores was performed. Aided by a computati...
12 Jul 2021

Fatty acid esters as anticancer agents published in IJMS

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We have collaborated with the group of Prof. Maciej Guzik at Polish Academy of Sciences in this work on methods of obtaining various fatty a...
7 Jul 2021

Applied Biocatalysis Group (Picture 2021)

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12 May 2021

Article on enzymatic synthesis of phloretin α‐glucosides

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Glycosylation of polyphenols may increase their aqueous solubility, stability, bioavailability and pharmacological activity. Herein, we used...
28 Apr 2021

The Chemistry of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Revisited: Outlining Their Role in Biological Macromolecules (DNA, Lipids and Proteins) and Induced Pathologies

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  Living species are continuously subjected to all extrinsic forms of reactivants and others that are produced endogenously. There is extens...
8 Mar 2021

Special Issue on Applied Biocatalysis in Europe

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Applied Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, that is, the use of enzymes and whole-cell systems in manufacturing processes for synthetic purp...
9 Oct 2020

"Science and Engineering applied to agrofood and biosystems" seminars

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Francisco J. Plou will participate in the online seminars on "Science and Engineering applied to agrofood and biosystems" organize...
10 Jun 2020

Tagatose production paper

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We have developed a sustainable three-stage process for the bioconversion of cheese whey permeate into D-tagatose, a rare sugar with functio...
25 Feb 2020

Visiting Iparlat factory

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Last week Francisco Plou visited the new Iparlat factory in Corella (Navarra) trying to find synergies in the bioprocesses developed by t...
3 Dec 2019

Article published in Scientific Reports

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Enzymatic glycosylation of polyphenols is a tool to improve their physicochemical properties and bioavailability. On the other hand, glyco...
22 Nov 2019

Participation in the Week of Science 2019

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The Applied Biocatalysis Group has participated in the activities of the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry during the  Week of Sci...
14 Nov 2019

Conference devoted to the Periodic Table of the Elements

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During the VIII Symposium of Scientific Theatre celebrated in Medellín (Badajoz) from 14-17 November 2019, Francisco J. Plou has pronounc...
13 Nov 2019

Master of Biotechnology UAM 2019

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Our group has been participating since 2008 in the teaching of the Master of Biotechnology of Autonomous University of Madrid. This year t...
29 Oct 2019

Production of High Fructose Syrup (HFS) with immobilized glucose isomerase

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We have published an article in collaboration with University of Sfax (Tunisia) and University of Sciences and Technology of Houari Boumed...
25 Oct 2019

Conference in Universidad de Vigo Symposium

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Francisco J. Plou delivered a conference on "Enzymatic biotransformations of carbohydrates into bioactive compounds" during the ...
2 Jul 2019

Production and Surfactant Properties of Tert-Butyl α-D-Glucopyranosides Catalyzed by Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase

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While testing the ability of cyclodextrin glucanotransferases (CGTases) to glucosylate a series of flavonoids in the presence of organic co...