New paper accepted at Science of The Total Environment

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Production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) from methane and volatile fatty acids: properties, metabolic routes and current trend

Members of our group participated in the conference 'X Jornadas de Investigadoras de Castilla y León 2024', held in Valladolid (18-19 April 2024, Spain), contributing with several oral presentations and posters summarizing their research.

New paper accepted at Chemosphere

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Polyhydroxyalkanoate recovery overview: properties, characterizations, and extraction strategies

New paper accepted at Chemosphere

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The fundamental role of pH in CH4 bioconversion into polyhydroxybutyrate in mixed methanotrophic cultures

Our group members Sara Cantera and Elisa Huang attended the 'Scientific Spring Meeting of the NVMM and the KNVM', held in Arnhem (April 9-10 2024, the Netherlands).

Sara presented 'Novel cell platforms to valorize carbon dioxide into fine chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry'.

Elisa presented the poster 'Guyparkeria halophila as a very efficient microbial platform for the circularization of carbon dioxide and thiosulfate into fine chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry'.

New paper accepted at Bioresource Technology

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Enrichment of a mixed syngas-converting culture for volatile fatty acids and methane production

Meet our new researchers!

Francesca joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD student. Her research will be focused on he bioconversion of digestate and off-gases into valuable products.

Ali Baran joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as master’s student. His research will be focused on the transformation of air pollutants, specifically VOCs, into bioplastics and valuable chemical compounds.

New paper accepted at Industrial Crops and Products

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Solid and liquid fractionation of sugarcane and Agave bagasse during ozonolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis: Impact on biohydrogen and biogas production

Meet our new researchers!

Leonel Rojas joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a PhD researcher. His research will be focused on wastewater treatment by membrane photobioreactors and the further optimization of the phototrophic biomass.

Musavir Rafiq joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD researcher. His research will be focused on the production of VFAs from polylactic acid and further transformation into PHA.

New paper accepted at Chemical Engineering Science

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Theoretical analysis of gas–liquid mass transfer in Taylor flow capillary reactors

New paper accepted at ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

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Exploring New Strategies for Optimizing the Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) from Methane and VFAs in Synthetic Cocultures and Mixed Methanotrophic Consortia

Meet our new researchers!

Minerva Maya joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting postdoc researcher. Her research will be focused on the production of biomethane and bioethanol from synthesis gas derived from solid waste gasification.

Shafana Farveen joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD researcher. Her research will be focused on the microbe-mediated degradation of bioplastics and its metagenomic insights.

New paper accepted at Algal Research

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Enhancing microalgae-based bioremediation technologies with carbon-coated zero valent iron nanoparticles

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Rebecca Serna-García joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting postdoc. Her research will be focused on the optimization of technologies for the extraction of high added-value products such as ectoine from biogas.

Antonio León Vaz joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a ‘Juan de la Cierva’ postdoc researcher. His research will be focused on the inactivation of viruses using microalgae-based wastewater treatment systems.

New paper accepted at Science of the Total Environment

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Wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 using dynamic artificial neural networks

Meet our new researchers!

Estheisy López joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD student. Her research will be focused on the magnetic stimulation of microorganisms to improve the biological elimination of air pollutants.

Ingrid Hernández joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD student. Her research will be focused on microalgae cultures for the obtaining of high-value compounds.

New paper accepted at Computational Biology

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Genome-scale metabolic model of the versatile bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans Pd1222

Our group member Sara Sáez Orviz received the PhD Extraordinary Award for her thesis 'Incorporation of probiotics and lactobionic acid in biomaterials for food application'.

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New paper accepted at Algal Research

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Assessing the effect of Fe2O3 nanoparticle addition on microalgae wastewater treatment and biomass composition

New paper accepted at Chemosphere

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Assessment of the performance of a symbiotic microalgal-bacterial granular sludge reactor for the removal of nitrogen and organic carbon from dairy wastewater