Pablo Leivar Rico, PhD
Associate Professor
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RESEARCH LINES
- Synthetic Biology and Molecular Biotechnology of Photosynthetic Microalgae:
- Genetic and metabolic engineering of microalgae for the sustainable production of high-value bioproducts.
- Engineering of glycolipid metabolism in the chloroplast of the green microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- Optogenetic control of gene expression as a tool for synthetic biology
- Plant photosensor systems based on phytochrome photoreceptors (phy) and phy-interacting transcription factors (PIFs)
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School of Engineering
Biological and Biotechnological Chemistry
Its activity focuses on the identification and molecular analysis of proteins and enzymes as therapeutic targets, together with the design and application of enzymes in biocatalysis and biotechnology with microorganisms.
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Doctoral thesis
A Platform for Sustainable Glycolipid Production
13/09/2023
Dr Bernat Miró recently completed his doctoral thesis at IQS, in which he explored the genetic and metabolic modification of microalgae for the sustainable production of bioactive glycolipids with high added value.
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PAU LEIVAR
04/04/2021
Profesor del Departamento de Bioingeniería i miembro del Grupo de Química Biológica y Biotecnología (GQBB) de IQS School of Engineering.
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