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Sergio Antonio Cuozzo

Research Associate

PROIMI-CONICET

Tucumán, Argentina

Líneas de Investigación


Estudio vía aeróbica de degradación del Lindano (genes LinA, LinB , LinC) hasta su mineralización. Degradación de mezclas de plaguicidas e isómeros recalcitrantes del Lindano. Interacciones de nanoparticulas de CuO–actinobacterias en biorremediacion

Educación

  •  PhD in Studies at Faculty of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacy., UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMAN. Argentina, 2002
  •  Professional Title in Biochemistry, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMAN. Argentina, 1994
  •  HIGH SCHOOL: Agricultural School, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMAN. Argentina, 1987

Experiencia Académica

  •   Professor in Molecular Biology Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMAN

    Tucumán, Argentina

    2013 - At present

  •   Professor in food sciences technology Full Time

    Universidad de San Pablo

    Tucumán, Argentina

    2008 - 2013

  •   Professor in Bromatology and nourishing technology Full Time

    Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino

    Tucumán, Argentina

    2007 - 2008

  •   Professor of General Microbiology in Biological Science Full Time

    Universidad Nacional de Chilecito

    Chilecito (La Rioja), Argentina

    2006 - 2008

  •   Professor of Course: Ecology and Biotechnological applications of Actinobacteria in the relation soilplant- microbe. Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Centro de Biotecnología

    Concepción, Chile

    2018 - 2018

  •   Professor of Course: Biotechnological Tools of Environmental Remediation Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMAN

    Biochemistry

    Tucumán, Argentina

    2016 - 2016

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Technical assistant Full Time

    Universidad Nacional de Tucumán

    Tucumán, Argentina

    1993 - 1994

  •   Research assistant Full Time

    Universidad Nacional de Tucumán

    Tucumán, Argentina

    1991 - 1993

  •   Technical assistance Full Time

    San Juan Sugar Factory, S.M. de Tucumán,

    Tucumán, Chile

    1987 - 1987

  •   Post Doctorado Full Time

    Centro de Biotecnología Ambiental, Universidad de la Frontera

    Temuco, Chile

    2015 - 2015

  •   Post Doctoral Full Time

    Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland

    Baltimore, Estados Unidos

    2009 - 2009

  •   Post Doctoral Full Time

    Lawson Health Research Institute-University Western Ontario

    London, Ontario, Canada

    2005 - 2006

  •   Post Doctoral Full Time

    ENITIAA (National School in Industries Technical Engineer Agriculture and Food)

    Nantes, Francia

    2003 - 2004

  •   Post Doctoral Full Time

    CERELA, Tucumán

    Tucumán, Argentina

    2002 - 2003

  •   Research assistant Full Time

    CERELA

    Tucumán, Chile

    1994 - 1995

  •   Research Associate Full Time

    PROIMI-CONICET

    Tucumán, Argentina

    2013 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


HUMAN RESSOURCES FORMATION
-Direction and co-direction of post-graduate (PH.D.) thesis (1 in progress)
-Direction and co-direction of undergraduate thesis (6 completed)
-Direction and co-direction of fellowships (2 in progress)
-Direction and co-direction of scholarships (6 completed)


Difusión y Transferencia


EXPERIENCE TEACHING
-January/2018 Course: Ecology and Biotechnological applications of Actinobacteria in the relation soilplant-
microbe. Director: Dr. Homero Urrutia. Center of Biotechnology, University of Concepción, Chile.
-October/2016 Course: Biotechnological Tools of Environmental Remediation. Director. Organised by
PROIMI-CONICET, Biochemistry Faculty, National University of Tucumán, Tucumán. Argentina.
Advace # 0756/16.
-September-October/2015 Lecture: Production of dechlorinated enzymes by Actinobacteria. Course:
Application of environmental microorganisms in the bioremediation of toxic organic and inorganic
compounds. Director: Dr. Marta Polti. Organised by PROIMI-CONICET, Biochemistry Faculty, National
University of Tucumán, Tucumán. Argentina.
-April-November/2014 Lecture: Differential expression of heterologous proteins associated with the
degradation of lindane in regional actinobacteria. Course: Biotechnological achievements in various
industrial and research areas. Director: Dr. María Soledad Fuentes Coordinator: Dra. Cintia Mariana
Romero. Course organised by PROIMI-CONICET, Biochemistry Faculty, National University of
Tucumán, Tucumán. Argentina.
-April/2013 Lecture: Environmental Applied Microbiology. Course organised by PROIMI-CONICET,
Biochemistry Faculty, National University of Tucumán, Tucumán. Argentina.
-May/2012 Lecture: Environmental microorganism Applied in the bioremediation of toxic substance.
Course organised by PROIMI- National University of Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
-Agost/2011 -Director Environmental Microorganims: its importante bioremediation”. Course organised
by PROIMI-National University of Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina. Advace. 0521-2011.
-Agost/ 2010. Laboratory assistant of the “Microorganismos autóctonos como agentes de control
biológico y calidad en procesos biotecnológicos” Course organised by. National University of Tucumán,
(CERELA), (PROIMI), Tucumán, Argentina.
-July/2010. Lecture at 8th National Sciece and technology week, Course organised by Ministerio de
Educación, Ciencias y Tecnología. Secretaria de Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovación
Productiva,(PROIMI), Tucumán, Argentina. Advace. MINCYT Nº258/10.
-July/2019. Lecture at 8th National Sciece and technology week, Course

CONGRESS PRESENTATIONS
October/2018: Estudio del potencial de Streptomyces sp. A5 para remediar una mezcla de plaguicidas
organoclorados y de la inocuidad del sistema biorremediado resultante. Castaño, Carlos E.; Pons, Sofia;
Benimeli, Claudia S.; Fuentes, María S.; Cuozzo, Sergio. VII Congreso Argentino de la Sociedad de
Toxicología y Química Ambiental (SETAC ARG, Capítulo Argentino) Octubre 2018, San Luis,
Argentina.
November/2017: Label-free proteomic analysis of the hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading actinobacteria
Streptomyces sp. M7. Cuozzo S., Sineli P., Davila Costa J. LIII Reunión anual de la sociedad argentina de
investigación bioquímica y biología molecular (SAIB). Noviembre 2017 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Curriculum Vitae
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August/2017: Selection of vinasse-degrading microorganisms. Del Gobbo L., Rulli M., Cuozzo S., Colin
V. XII Congreso Argentino de Microbiología General. SAMIGE. San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán,
Argentina.
December/ 2016: Genómica asociada a la descontaminación de plaguicidas y metales pesados. Cuozzo S.
Seminario internacional nuevas tecnologías para la protección del medio ambiente. Conference.
Universidad de la Frontera. Temuco, Chile.
November-December/ 2016: Genomic studies associated with decontamination of environments
contaminated with pesticides and heavy metals, present in native Actinobacterias. Cuozzo S., Sineli P.,
Davila Costa J., TortellaG. 3er Simposio Internacional Suelo-Planta-Microorganismos, 2do Taller
Internacional Biotecnología y Medioambiente. Universidad de la Frontera. Pucón, Chile.
September/ 2016: Identificación de genes en Streptomyces sp. M7 asociados con la vía degradativa del
hexaclorociclohexano. Determinación de dominios y motivos conservados. PE Sineli, JS Dávila Costa, M
Polti, SA Cuozzo. XXIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Microbiología. XIV Congreso Argentino de
Microbiología. Rosario, Argentina.
September/ 2015: Estudio de la aplicabilidad de la inmovilización de consorcios definidos de
actinobacterias para la degradación de plaguicidas organoclorados en sistemas líquidos y fangos. Alvarez
A., Cuozzo S.A., Raimondo E. E., Sáez J. M., Sineli P. E., Sosa O. A., Benimeli C. S. III Jornadas de
Difusión Científica UNSTA Investiga. Tucumán, Argentina.
October/ 2015: Effect of pH, temperature and salinity on stability of a bioemulsifier produced by
Streptomyces MC1. Colin, V., Rodríguez, G., Fuentes, M., Antezana, P., Alvarez, A., Cuozzo, S.,
Amoroso, M. VII Congresso Brasileiro de Defensivos Agrícolas Naturais (COBRADAN). Brasil.
November/ 2015: Caracterización bioquímica y molecular de un cultivo mixto de actinobacterias. Pons,
S., Aparicio, J.D., Polti, M.A., Cuozzo, S.A. Jornadas Augussto Palavecino. Tucumán, Argentina.
December/ 2015: Molecular study of the pesticidas degradation pathway in actinobacterias and their use
in bioremediation processes. Sineli P., Dávila Costa J.S., Tortella G., Rubilar O., Cuozzo S.A. - I
Simposio Internacional “New Technologies for Environmental Protection. Pucón, Chile. (Oral
presentation).
November/ 2014: Associated Genes with aerobic degradation of isomers Hexachlorocyclohexane by
Streptomyces sp. M7. Pedro Sineli, Sergio Antonio Cuozzo, Claudia Benimeli, Marta Polti, María Julia
Amoroso. XXII Congreso Latinoamericano de Microbiología ALAM 2014 y VI Congreso Colombiano
de Microbiología. Cartagena, Colombia.
November/ 2014: Study of the degradation of ?-hexachlorocyclohexane isomer by Streptomyces sp. M7.
Sineli, Pedro, Cuozzo, Sergio A.; Amoroso, María Julia. AUGM. 30 noviembre al 1 de Octubre.
Valparaiso, Chile.
October/ 2014: Aerobic Biodegradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane isomers by Streptomyces sp. M7.
Pedro Sineli, Sergio Antonio Cuozzo, Verónica Colin, Analía Rodriguez, Álvaro Juárez Cortés, María
Julia Amoroso.XVII. International Symposium on the Biology Actinomycetes and Applications and
Biotechnology of Actinomycetes” that will take places in Kusadasi, Aydin, Turkey.
October/ 2014: Simultaneous Cr(VI) and lindane bioremediation by Streptomyces sp. M7: Environmental
factors influence evaluation. María Zoleica Simón Solá, Juan Daniel Aparicio, Mariana Atjian, Analía
Álvarez, Sergio A. Cuozzo, Marta A. Polti. XVII. International Symposium on the Biology
Actinomycetes and Applications and Biotechnology of Actinomycetes” that will take places in Kusadasi,
Aydin, Turkey.
October/ 2014: Bioremediation of a pesticides mixture by a Streptomyces consortium in different
systems. Enzo Raimondo, María Fuentes, Juliana Saez, José Dávila Costa, Sergio Cuozzo, Claudia
Curriculum Vitae
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Benimeli. XVII. International Symposium on the Biology Actinomycetes and Applications and
Biotechnology of Actinomycetes” that will take places in Kusadasi, Aydin, Turkey.
September/ 2014: Actinobacteria and maize plants: a promising biological system to remove lindane from
soils. Alvarez, A.; Polti, M.; Benimeli, C.; Cuozzo, S.; Fuentes, M.S.; Saez, J.M.; Colin, V.; Dávila
Costa, J. and Amoroso, M.J. Worlshop Latinoamericano sobre PGPR, La Falda, Córdoba, Argentina.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   AWARDS

    EMBAJADA DE ESTADOS UNIDOS EN ARGENTINA

    Argentina, 2017

    September/2017: For the Team Leader and Professional Development Seminar as part of the Allied Alums Program. USA embassy, in Argentina.

  •   CONGRESO

    Taller Latinoamericano sobre Rizobacterias Promotoras del Desarrollo Vegetal. PGPR-Latinoamérica

    Chile, 2014

    September/2014: Actinobacteria useful in co-contamination bioremediation process. Amoroso MJ, Benimeli C, Cuozzo S, Polti MA, Alvarez A, Fuentes MS, Saez JM, Colin V, Dávila Costa JS. En el 2º Taller Latinoamericano sobre Rizobacterias Promotoras del Desarrollo Vegetal. PGPR-Latinoamérica

  •   Post Doctoral fellowship

    CONICET/ Fulbright Commission USA

    Argentina, 2009

    2009: Post Doctoral fellowship conceded by CONICET/ Fulbright Commission USA

  •   Post Doctoral fellowship

    Regional Conseil from Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France.

    Francia, 2003

    2003-2004: Post Doctoral fellowship conceded by Regional Conseil from Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France.

  •   Post Doctoral fellowship

    CONICET

    Argentina, 2002

    2002 - 2004: Post Doctoral fellowship conceded by CONICET.

  •   Senior fellowship

    CONICET

    Chile, 1999

    1999 - 2001: Senior fellowship conceded by CONICET for the realization of the Ph.D. Thesis.


 

Article (21)

Negative effect of copper nanoparticles on the conjugation frequency of conjugative catabolic plasmids
Quantitative proteomic and transcriptional analyses reveal degradation pathway of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane and the metabolic context in the actinobacterium Streptomyces sp. M7
Study of the removal of a pesticides mixture by a Streptomyces strain and their effect on the cytotoxicity of treated systems
Actinobacteria: Current research and perspectives for bioremediation of pesticides and heavy metals
Wolbachia Infections Responsible for Thelytoky in Dryinid Wasps. The Case of Gonatopus bonaerensis Virla (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
Evidence of alpha-, beta- and gamma-HCH mixture aerobic degradation by the native actinobacteria Streptomyces sp M7
Aerobic removal of methoxychlor by a native Streptomyces strain: Identification of intermediate metabolites
Combined microbiological test to assess changes in an organic matrix used to avoid agricultural soil contamination, exposed to an insecticide
Estudio de la degradación de los isómeros a- y b-hexaclorociclohexano por Streptomyces sp. M7
Bacterial Bio-Resources for Remediation of Hexachlorocyclohexane
Chlordane biodegradation under aerobic conditions by indigenous Streptomyces strains
LEAD (II) BIOSORPTION BY A METAL TOLERANT STREPTOMYCES STRAIN
SELECTION OF ANTAGONISTIC ACTINOMYCETE ISOLATES AS BIOCONTROL AGENTS AGAINST ROOT-ROT FUNGI
The Screening of Bacterial Insecticides against Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae)
Specific dechlorinase activity in lindane degradation by Streptomyces sp. M7
Dechlorination activity detection in Streptomyces sp. M7
Improvement of enterocin P purification process
Differential Roles of the Two-Component Peptides of Lactocin 705 in Antimicrobial Activity
Examination of adhesive determinants in three species of Lactobacillus isolated from chicken
Action of the two component bacteriocin lactocin 705 against Lactobacillus plantarum CRL691
Listeria monocytogenes inhibition in meat slurry by “in situ” produced lactocin 705.

ConferenceProceedingWhole (5)

Estudio del potencial de Streptomyces sp. A5 para remediar una mezcla de plaguicidas organoclorados y de la inocuidad del sistema biorremediado resultante.
Label-free proteomic analysis of the hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading actinobacteria Streptomyces sp. M7
Selection of vinasse-degrading microorganisms
Genómica asociada a la descontaminación de plaguicidas y metales pesados
Identificación de genes en Streptomyces sp. M7 asociados con la vía degradativa del hexaclorociclohexano. Determinación de dominios y motivos conservados

Review (1)

Streptomyces sp is a powerful biotechnological tool for the biodegradation of HCH isomers: biochemical and molecular basis
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Sergio Cuozzo

Research Associate

PROIMI-CONICET

Tucumán, Argentina

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Gonzalo Tortella

PROFESOR EN PRACTICA ASOCIADO A

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA

Temuco, Chile

2
Gonzalo Tortella

Investigador responsable de proyectos Fondecyt de postdoctorado e iniciacion a la investigacion. Co-investigador de Proyectos Fondef

Universidad de La Frontera

Temuco, Chile

1
Boris Parra

Colaborador académico

Microbiología

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Miguel Martinez

Professor Titular

Microbiologia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepción, Chile

1
Olga Rubilar

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Ingeniería Química

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA

TEMUCO, Chile

1
maria diez

Full professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA

Temuco, Chile