Giannina Angelica Espina Silva
Research Scientist
Fundacion Biociencia
Santiago, Chile
Extremophilic microorganisms and their enzymes; Cloning and expression of recombinant enzymes (extremozymes); Hidrolases (Glycosidases, Lipases) ; Oxidoreductases (Laccases, Glutamate dehydrogenase); Transferases (Transaminases).
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Licenciatura en Bioquimica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2008
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Magister en Bioquimica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
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PhD in Biochemistry, UNIVERSITY OF BATH. Reino Unido, 2015
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Bioquimica, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
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Teaching Assistant BB10003: Biochemistry 1 Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Deparment of Biology and Biochemistry
Bath, Reino Unido
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB10004: Biochemistry 2 Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Reino Unido
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB10186: Proteins: Purification and Characterization Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Reino Unido
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB10213: Practical Research and Academic Skills For Biochemists Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Reino Unido
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB20015: Biochemical Problems and Bioinformatics Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Reino Unido
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB20018: Enzymology Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Reino Unido
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB20025: Practical Molecular Biology Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Reino Unido
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB20202: Microbial Cells and Genomes Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Reino Unido
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB20203: Microbial Interactions with their Host and Environments Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Chile
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB20020: Protein Structure Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Reino Unido
2011 - 2015
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Teaching Assistant BB20023: DNA (Making, Breaking & Disease). Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Faculty of Science
Bath, Chile
2011 - 2015
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Profesor Auxiliar BT736 Laboratorio de Técnicas Modernas en Biotecnología Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2010
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Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Bath, Reino Unido
2015 - 2015
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Research Scientist Full Time
Fundacion Biociencia
Santiago, Chile
2015 - A la fecha
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Scientific Subdirector Full Time
Fundacion Biociencia
Santiago, Chile
2017 - 2018
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Outstanding Student Presentation in Fundamental Research Poster Prize
Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology
Estados Unidos, 2014
Outstanding Student Presentation in Fundamental Research Poster Prize (out of 358 posters) at the 36th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Florida, US. Travel Grants to support attendance to this Conference were received from the British Society for General Microbiology, The Biochemical Society and from the University of Bath, Department of Biology and Biochemistry
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Best Poster Award
International Astronomical Union Commission F3
Chile, 2017
Best Poster Award, Astrobiology 2017 Conference, Coyhaique, Chile.
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Best Oral Presentation Prize
The Scientific Committee of the 13th International Thermophiles Meeting
Chile, 2015
Best Oral Presentation Prize, 13th International Meeting Thermophiles 2015, Santiago, Chile.
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Biological and Biomedical Science Session of SET for Britain 2015 Poster Competition at the House of Commons (UK Parliament)
SET for Britain 2015 Poster Competition
Reino Unido, 2015
One of the 30 young scientist shortlisted to participate in the Biological and Biomedical Science Session of SET for Britain 2015 Poster Competition at the House of Commons (UK Parliament), London, UK.
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EMBO Practical Course: Protein Expression, Purification and Characterisation PEPC8
EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Alemania, 2012
One of the 20 worldwide PhD Students selected to participate in the EMBO Practical Course: Protein Expression, Purification and Characterisation PEPC8, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany. Recipient of PCube Funding for follow-up visit to PETRA III synchrotron at EMBO, Hamburg. The data obtained leads to the first crystal structure of a glycoside hydrolase family GH52.
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Best Poster Award
II Jornadas de Biocatálisis
Chile, 2020
Best Poster Award, II Jornadas de Biocatálisis (Jbiocat 2019) Conference, 22nd -24th January 2020, Santiago, Chile.
Extremozymes: From Discovery to Novel Bio-products |
Cloning and expression of thermophilic lipases from a bacterium isolated from Antarctic |
Bioengineering Extremophile Enzymes to Develop Biological Sensors |
Desarrollo de una enzima lacasa termofílica y eficiente, un prototipo para la industria. |
Development of Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius as a robust platform for production of chemicals from renewables through modelling and experimentation |
Biological Removal of phenolic derivatives from contaminated wastewaters effluents from pharmaceutical, chemical and textile industry. |
Thermophiles and the applications of their enzymes as new biocatalysts |