Man

Maximiliano Jose Amenabar Barriuso

Jefe de Carrera Escuela de Biotecnología

Universidad Santo Tomás

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Physiology and Ecology of extremophilic microorganisms, Role of thermoacidophiles in biogeochemical cycles of minerals, Geochemistry and geomicrobiology of thermal environments, Metabolic flexibility and genomic potential of thermoacidophiles

Educación

  •  Bioquímico, UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Chile, 2009
  •  Licenciatura en Bioquímica, UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE. Chile, 2009
  •  PhD in Microbiology, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2017

Experiencia Académica

  •   Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in Microbiology (BIOM455) Part Time

    MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

    Bozeman, Montana, Estados Unidos

    2017 - 2017

  •   Lecturer Part Time

    MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

    Bozeman, Montana, Estados Unidos

    2017 - 2017

  •   Teaching Assistant,General Microbiology (BIOM360) Part Time

    MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

    Bozeman, Montana, Chile

    2015 - 2015

  •   Teaching Assistant,General Microbiology (BIOM360) Part Time

    MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

    Bozeman, Montana, Estados Unidos

    2015 - 2015

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Research Scientist Full Time

    Fundación Biociencia

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2012

  •   Research Assitant Full Time

    Montana State University

    Bozeman, Estados Unidos

    2012 - 2017

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    Montana State University

    Bozeman, Estados Unidos

    2017 - 2019

  •   Scientific Vice Director Full Time

    Fundación Biociencia

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - 2021

  •   Senior Scientist Full Time

    Fundación Biociencia

    Santiago, Chile

    2021 - 2024

  •   Jefe de Carrera Escuela de Biotecnología Other

    Universidad Santo Tomás

    Santiago, Chile

    2024 - At present

Premios y Distinciones

  •   EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP TRAVEL AWARD

    INTERNATIONAL OCEAN DISCOVERY PROGRAM (IODP)

    Estados Unidos, 2017

    EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP TRAVEL AWARD

  •   TURNER FOUNDATION STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD

    THERMAL BIOLOGY INSTITUTE

    Chile, 2015

    TURNER FOUNDATION STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD

  •   BEST ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD

    THERMOPHILES,13 th INTERNATIONAL MEETING

    Estados Unidos, 2015

    BEST ORAL PRESENTATION

  •   Scholarship to Participate in the 2014 Josep Comas i Sola International Summer School in Atrobiology on Habitable Environments in the Universe

    NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)

    Chile, 2014

    Scholarship to Participate in the 2014 Josep Comas i Sola International Summer School in Atrobiology on Habitable Environments in the Universe

  •   Scholarship to Study a PhD in United States

    Becas Chile

    Chile, 2012

    Scholarship to Study a PhD in United States

  •   Conference Travel Award

    SCAR-Open Science

    Chile, 2010

    Conference Travel Award

  •   Fellowships to Perform Antarctic Research. Name of the Project: “Study of the Microbial Biodiversity Present in Different Zones of King George Island”.

    INSTITUTO ANTARTICO CHILENO

    Chile, 2008

    Fellowships to Perform Antarctic Research. Name of the Project: “Study of the Microbial Biodiversity Present in Different Zones of King George Island”.

  •   Outstanding Young Scientist award

    INSTITUTO ANTARTICO CHILENO

    Chile, 2019

    This award is aimed at undergraduate, postgraduate, postdoctoral students, or researchers in the early stages of their Antarctic scientific career, with a verifiable contribution to polar scientific research


 

Article (29)

Astrobiological implications of the organic and inorganic cyanide utilization by a novel Antarctic hyperthermophilic <i>Pyrococcus</i> strain

Uribe-Redlich, Patricio A.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Dennett, Geraldine V.; Blamey, Jenny M.

Article ISI
EXTREMOPHILES  (2024)

Biochemical and microbiological characterization of a thermotolerant bacterial consortium involved in the corrosion of Aluminum Alloy 7075

Atalah, J.; Blamey, L.; Amenabar, M. J.; Kelley-Loughnane, N.; Blamey, J. M.

Article ISI
WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY  (2024)

Mode of carbon and energy metabolism shifts lipid composition in the thermoacidophile <i>Acidianus</i>

Rhim, Jeemin H.; Zhou, Alice; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Boyer, Grayson M.; Elling, Felix J.; Weber, Yuki; Pearson, Ann; Boyd, Eric S.; Leavitt, William D.

Article ISI
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY  (2024)

Cyanobacteria and Algae Meet at the Limits of Their Habitat Ranges in Moderately Acidic Hot Springs

Fecteau, Kristopher M.; Boyd, Eric S.; Lindsay, Melody R.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Robinson, Kirtland J.; Debes, R. Vincent I. I. I. I.; Shock, Everett L.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES  (2022)

From the Discovery of Extremozymes to an Enzymatic Product: Roadmap Based on Their Applications

Espina, Giannina; Munoz-Ibacache, Sebastian A.; Caceres-Moreno, Paulina; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Blamey, Jenny M.

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY  (2022)

Subsurface Archaea associated with rapid geobiological change in a model Yellowstone hot spring

Colman, Daniel R.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Fernandes-Martins, Maria C.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT  (2022)

The Helium and Carbon Isotope Characteristics of the Andean Convergent Margin

Barry, P. H.; De Moor, J. M.; Chiodi, A.; Aguilera, F.; Hudak, M. R.; Bekaert, D. V.; Turner, S. J.; Curtice, J.; Seltzer, A. M.; Jessen, G. L.; Osses, E.; Blamey, J. M.; Amenabar, M. J.; Selci, M.; Cascone, M.; Bastianoni, A.; Nakagawa, M.; Filipovich, R.; Bustos, E.; Schrenk, M. O.; Buongiorno, J.; Ramirez, C. J.; Rogers, T. J.; Lloyd, K. G.; Giovannelli, D.

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE  (2022)

Purification and characterization of two thermostable xylanases from a halotolerant Bacillus sp. Asc6BA isolated from Salar de Ascotan, Atacama Desert

Contreras, Francisca; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Blamey, Jenny M.

Article ISI
EXTREMOPHILES  (2021)

Role of Chemosynthetic Thermophilic Communities on the Biogeochemical Cycles of Minerals in the Orca Seamount Area, Antarctica

Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Martinez, Litsy; Yuan, Maylee; Contardo, Ximena; Cerpa, Luis M.; Rodrigo, Cristian; Blamey, Jenny M.

Article ISI
GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL  (2021)

Seasonal hydrologic and geologic forcing drive hot spring geochemistry and microbial biodiversity

Colman, Daniel R.; Lindsay, Melody R.; Harnish, Annette; Bilbrey, Evan M.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Selensky, Matthew J.; Fecteau, Kristopher M.; Debes, Randall V., II; Stott, Matthew B.; Shock, Everett L.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY  (2021)

Stable Fe isotope fractionation during dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction by a thermoacidophile in acidic hydrothermal environments

Chanda, Piyali; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Boyd, Eric S.; Beard, Brian L.; Johnson, Clark M.

Article ISI
GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA  (2021)

Bioenergetic constraints on the origin of autotrophic metabolism

Boyd, Eric S.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Poudel, Saroj; Templeton, Alexis S.

Article ISI
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES  (2020)

Isolation of a Psychrotolerant and UV-C-Resistant Bacterium from Elephant Island, Antarctica with a Highly Thermoactive and Thermostable Catalase

Monsalves, María T.; Ollivet-Besson, Gabriela P.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Blamey, Jenny M.

Article ISI SCOPUS
MICROORGANISMS  (2020)

Phylogenomic analysis of novel Diaforarchaea is consistent with sulfite but not sulfate reduction in volcanic environments on early Earth

Colman, Daniel R.; Lindsay, Melody R.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Fernandes-Martins, Maria C.; Roden, Eric R.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
ISME JOURNAL  (2020)

A review of the mechanisms of mineral-based metabolism in early Earth analog rock-hosted hydrothermal ecosystems

Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY  (2019)

Probing the geological source and biological fate of hydrogen in Yellowstone hot springs

Lindsay, Melody R.; Colman, Daniel R.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Fristad, Kirsten E.; Fecteau, Kristopher M.; Debes, Randall V., II; Spear, John R.; Shock, Everett L.; Hoehler, Tori M.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY  (2019)

The Intersection of Geology, Geochemistry, and Microbiology in Continental Hydrothermal Systems

Colman, Daniel R.; Lindsay, Melody R.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
ASTROBIOLOGY  (2019)

Electron acceptor availability alters carbon and energy metabolism in a thermoacidophile

Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Colman, Daniel R.; Poudel, Saroj; Roden, Eric E.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY  (2018)

Mechanisms of Mineral Substrate Acquisition in a Thermoacidophile

Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY  (2018)

Origin and Evolution of Flavin-Based Electron Bifurcating Enzymes

Poudel, Saroj; Dunham, Eric C.; Lindsay, Melody R.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Fones, Elizabeth M.; Colman, Daniel R.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY  (2018)

Subsurface processes influence oxidant availability and chemoautotrophic hydrogen metabolism in Yellowstone hot springs

Lindsay, Melody R.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Fecteau, Kristopher M.; Debes, Randal V.; Martins, Maria C. Fernandes; Fristad, Kirsten E.; Xu, Huifang; Hoehler, Tori M.; Shock, Everett L.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
GEOBIOLOGY  (2018)

Microbial substrate preference dictated by energy demand rather than supply

Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Shock, Everett L.; Roden, Eric E.; Peters, John W.; Boyd, Eric S.

Article ISI
NATURE GEOSCIENCE  (2017)

Acidianus Tailed Spindle Virus: a New Archaeal Large Tailed Spindle Virus Discovered by Culture-Independent Methods

Hochstein, Rebecca A.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Munson-McGee, Jacob H.; Boyd, Eric S.; Young, Mark J.

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY  (2016)

Alicyclobacillus sp. strain CC2, a thermo-acidophilic bacterium isolated from Deception Island (Antarctica) containing a thermostable superoxide dismutase enzyme

Daniela N. Correa-Llantén; Maximiliano J. Amenábar; Patricio A. Muñoz; María T. Monsalves; Miguel E. Castro; Jenny M. Blamey

Article
Advances in Polar Science  (2014)

Archaeal diversity from hydrothermal systems of Deception Island, Antarctica

amenabar mj; Flores, PA; Pugin B.; Boehmwald, FA; Blamey, JM

Article ISI SCOPUS
Polar Biology  (2013)

Effect of UV radiation on a thermostable superoxide dismutase purified from a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a sterilization drying oven

Monsalves M.T.; Amenábar M.J.; Ollivet-Besson G.P.; Blamey, J. M.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Protein and Peptide Letters  (2013)

Antioxidant Capacity of Novel Pigments from an Antarctic Bacterium

Correa-Llanten D.N.; Amenábar M.J.; Blamey, J. M.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Journal of Microbiology  (2012)

Purification and characterization of a thermostable glutamate dehydrogenase from a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a sterilization drying oven

Amenábar M.J.; Blamey, J. M.

Article ISI SCOPUS
BMB Reports  (2012)

Resistance to hypoosmotic shock of liposomes containing novel pigments from an antarctic bacterium

Correa-Llanten D.N.; Amenábar M.J.; Blamey, J. M.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology  (2012)

BookSection (3)

Functional approach for the development and production of novel extreme biocatalysts

Cáceres-Moreno, Paulina; Muñoz-Ibacache, Sebastian A.; Monsalves, Maria T.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Blamey Jenny M.; Rathinam, Navanietha; Sani, Rajesh

BookSection
 (2019)

Metabolic and taxonomic diversification in magmatic hydrothermal environments

Amenábar, Maximiliano J.; Urschel, Matthew R.; Boyd, Eric S.; Bakermans. C

BookSection
 (2015)

Hot environments from Antarctica: Source of thermophiles and hyperthermophiles, with potential biotechnological applications

Flores, P. A.; Amenábar, M. J.; Blamey J. M.; Satyanarayana, Tulasi; Littlechild, Jennifer; Kawarabayasi, Yutaka

BookSection
 (2013)

Monograph (1)

King George Island: A world of extremes microorganisms

Amenábar, Maximiliano J.

Monograph
 (2010)

Proyecto (15)

Microbial subglacial biosphere in King George Island, Antarctica: Unravelling its potential role and environmental implications

Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Blamey Jenny M.

Proyecto
 (2024)

Amina-transaminasa termofílica-recombinante: Prototipo para la síntesis de intermediarios quirales en la industria farmacéutica

Caceres, Paulina; Gelineo-Albersheim, Ivana

Proyecto
 (2020)

Biological Removal of phenolic derivatives from contaminated wastewaters effluents from pharmaceutical, chemical and textile industry

Blamey Jenny M; Sun, Junsong

Proyecto
 (2020)

Defining the interplay between oxygen, organic carbon, and metabolism in subseafloor sediment communities.

Eric Boyd; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Dore, John E.

Proyecto The aims of this project were to unravel the links between geochemical heterogeneity, cellular viability and synthesis, and metabolism along a vertical depth profile in four sediment cores collected during the North Atlantic long coring expedition.
 (2015)

Defining the interplay between oxygen, organic carbon, and metabolism in subseafloor sediment communities.

Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations funded by NSF's Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE-0939564)

Proyecto
2015-2016
Investigador(a)

High Temperature W/R Hosted Microbial Ecosystems in Yellowstone

Eric, Boyd S.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Hoehler, Tori; Roden, Eric; Shock, Everett; Spear, John; Colman, Daniel; Fristad, Kristen; Lindsay, Melody

Proyecto To evaluate the carbon metabolism of chemotrophic communities inhabiting hydrothermal environments in order to study the preference for autotrophic or heterotrophic metabolism. To evaluate the role of hydrogen metabolism in supporting high temperature hot spring communities.
 (2011)

High Temperature W/R Hosted Microbial Ecosystems in Yellowstone

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NNA 15BB02A)

Proyecto
2011-2015
Investigador(a)

Physiology of Microbial Populations From W/R Hosted Ecosystems

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NNA 15BB02A)

Proyecto
2011-2015
Investigador(a)

Physiology of Microbial Populations From W/R Hosted Ecosystems

Boyd, Eric S.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.; Ellison, Eric; Miller, Hannah; RempfertKaitlin; Schrenk, Matthew; Templeton, Alexis; Bueter, Laura; Chaudhry, Nabil; Hamilton, Trinity; Lindsay, Melody; Morgan-Smith, Dani; Roden, Eric; Seyler, Lauren; Skidmore, Mark

Proyecto To study the kinetic and energetic factors that influence the physiology and ecology of organisms that inhabit W/R hosted, high temperature environments.
 (2011)

Antarctica: Base of biological resources for the improvement of biotechnology

Blamey Jenny M.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.

Proyecto To study the extremophilic microbial biodiversity and its biotechnological potential in Antarctica
 (2009)

Antarctica=> Base of biological resources for the improvement of biotechnology

INNOVA-CORFO (Grant # 07CN13PXTX264)

Proyecto
2009-2012
Investigador(a)

Extremophilic Enzymatic Response for Protection against UV-Radiation Damage

Blamey Jenny M.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.

Proyecto To study the enzymes involved in the response to UV radiation damage by two extremophilic microorganisms
 (2009)

Extremophilic Enzymatic Response for Protection against UV-Radiation Damage

Air Force Office of Scientific Research ( AFOSR) (Grant # FA9550-09-1-0349)

Proyecto
2009-2012
Investigador(a)

Incineration-proof hyperthermophiles from laboratory drying ovens

Blamey Jenny M.; Amenabar, Maximiliano J.

Proyecto Incineration-proof hyperthermophiles from laboratory drying ovens
 (2006)

Incineration-proof hyperthermophiles from laboratory drying ovens

Air Force Office of Scientific Research ( AFOSR) (Grant # FA9550-06-1-0502)

Proyecto
2006-2009
Investigador(a)

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Maximiliano Amenabar

Jefe de Carrera Escuela de Biotecnología

Escuela de Biotecnología

Universidad Santo Tomás

Santiago, Chile

8
Jenny Blamey

Director Científico

Research and Development

FUNDACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y CULTURAL BIOCIENCIA

Santiago, Chile

1
Gerdhard Jessen

Professor

Institute of Marine and Limnological Sciences

University Austral of Chile

Valdivia, Chile

1
Paulina Cáceres

Gerente de área de Desarrollo y Producción

Fundación Científica y Cultural Biociencia

Santiago , Chile

1
Giannina Espina

Research Scientist

Research and Development

Fundación Científica y Cultural Biociencia

Santiago, Chile

1
Sebastian Muñoz

Encargado de Procesos

Fundación Científica y Cultural Biociencia

Santiago, Chile