Man

loreto paulina parra atala

Assitant Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Protein Engineering Directed evolution Industrial Biotechnology Biocatalysis

Educación

  •  Engineering Sciences, mention in chemistry, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2011
  •  Molecular Biotechnology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
  •  Molecular Biotecnology Engineer, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2006

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Engineering

    Santiago, Chile

    2013 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Internship Full Time

    GrupoBios

    Chile

    2004 - 2005

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

    Alemania

    2011 - 2012

Formación de Capital Humano


Courses at the University:
- Engineering Challenges
- Cell Biology
- Protein Engineering and Biocatalysis


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Valedictorian Award

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 2004

    Ranked first amongst a class of 35 students graduated of Bachelor in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering - Granted by the Faculty of Science of the Universidad de Chile for academic excellence (October 2004).

  •   PhD Conicyt Scholarship

    CONICYT

    Chile, 2006

    Granted by the Chilean Government to finance Ph.D studies in Chilean Universities (March 2006).

  •   Meeting of Nobel Laureates

    Scientific Review Panel of the Lindau Council.

    Alemania, 2009

    Accepted as a participant of the 59th Meeting of Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry – Granted by the Scientific Review Panel of the Lindau Council. (Lindau, Germany. June 28th to July 3rd 2009).

  •   Post Conference Programme in Baden-Württemberg

    Baden-Wuerttemberg state government

    Chile, 2009

    Accepted as a participant of the Post-Conference Programme Baden-Wuerttemberg of the 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates for 20 candidates. – Invitation of the Baden-Wuerttemberg state government (Federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. July 4th-8th, 2009).

  •   Postdoctoral scholarship “Max Planck Society”

    Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

    Chile, 2011

    Postdoctoral grant


 

Article (12)

Active Site Flexibility as a Hallmark for Efficient PET Degradation by I-sakaiensis PETase
Protein Engineering for Nicotinamide Coenzyme Specificity in Oxidoreductases: Attempts and Challenge
Relevance of Local Flexibility Near the Active Site for Enzymatic Catalysis: Biochemical Characterization and Engineering of Cellulase Cel5A From Bacillus agaradherans
One-step combined focused epPCR and saturation mutagenesis for thermostability evolution of a new cold-active xylanase.
Discovery, Molecular Mechanisms and Industrial Applications of Cold-Active Enzymes
Directed evolution of phenylacetone monooxygenase as an active catalyst for the baeyer-villiger conversion of cyclohexanone to caprolactone
Identification of lipase encoding genes from Antarctic seawater bacteria using degenerate primers: Expression of a cold-active lipase with high specific activity
Directed Evolution by Using Iterative Saturation Mutagenesis Based on Multiresidue Site
Reducing Codon Redundancy and Screening Effort of Combinatorial Protein Libraries Created by Saturation Mutagenesis
Protein Engineering of Stereoselective Baeyer–Villiger Monooxygenases
Cloning and fusion expression of a cold-active lipase from marine Antarctic origin
Cloning of complete genes for novel hydrolytic enzymes from Antarctic sea water bacteria by use of an improved genome walking technique

Patent (2)

Protein and DNA sequence encoding a cold adapted xylanase
Variantes de fenilacetona monoxigenasa para la reacción Baeyer-Villiger de ciclohexanona

Review (1)

Surfing the Blood Coagulation Cascade: Insight into the Vital Factor Xa
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loreto parra

Assitant Professor

Chemical and Bioprocesses Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

5
Maria Salazar

Profesora Asociada

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FAC. DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS Y MATEMATICAS DEPTO. INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA

Santiago, Chile

4
Barbara Andrews

FULL PROFESSOR

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

3
Juan Asenjo

Professor

CHEMICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

University of Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Giannina Espina

Research Scientist

Fundacion Biociencia

Santiago, Chile

1
Pablo Galaz

Estudiante de Doctorado

Escuela de Ingeniería

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Vida Rodríguez

Investigadora Postdoctoral

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
CESAR RAMIREZ

Assistant Professor

Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Flavia Zacconi

Associate Professor

Organic Chemistry

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Felipe Engelberger

PhD(c)

University of Leipzig

Leipzig, Alemania