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Mario Andrés Vera Véliz

Profesor Asociado

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Biolixiviacion ; Biofilms ; Biocorrosion

Educación

  •  Ingeniero en Biotecnología Molecular, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2002
  •  Microbiologia, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2007

Experiencia Académica

  •   Researcher-Head of Laboratory Part Time

    Universität Duisburg Essen

    Fakultät für Chemie

    Essen, Alemania

    2007 - 2015

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Médica

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Investigador

    Universität Duisburg-Essen

    Alemania

    2007 - 2015

  •   Estudiante de Doctorado

    Universidad de Chile

    Chile

    2001 - 2006

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - A la fecha


 

Article (35)

Novel Indigenous Strains and Communities with Copper Bioleaching Potential from the Amolanas Mine, Chile
Characterization of Extracellular Polymeric Substances Produced by an Acidianus Species and Their Relevance to Bioleaching
Membrane vesicles in Acidithiobacillia class extreme acidophiles: influence on collective behaviors of ‘Fervidacidithiobacillus caldus’
Biofilm formation of Ancylobacter sp. TS-1 on different granular materials and its ability for chemolithoautotrophic As(III)-oxidation at high concentrations
Development of an implantable three-dimensional model of a functional pathogenic multispecies biofilm to study infected wounds
Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation - part A
High copper concentration reduces biofilm formation in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans by decreasing production of extracellular polymeric substances and its adherence to elemental sulfur
Reverse engineering directed gene regulatory networks from transcriptomics and proteomics data of biomining bacterial communities with approximate Bayesian computation and steady-state signalling simulations
Systems biology of acidophile biofilms for efficient metal extraction
Biofilm dynamics and EPS production of a thermoacidophilic bioleaching archaeon
Deep neural networks outperform human expert's capacity in characterizing bioleaching bacterial biofilm composition
Proteomics Reveal Enhanced Oxidative Stress Responses and Metabolic Adaptation in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Biofilm Cells on Pyrite
Active microbial biofilms in deep poor porous continental subsurface rocks
Automated Microscopic Analysis of Metal Sulfide Colonization by Acidophilic Microorganisms
Insights into the biology of acidophilic members of the Acidiferrobacteraceae family derived from comparative genomic analyses
The Electrochemically Active Arsenic Oxidising Bacterium Ancylobacter sp. TS-1
Weak iron oxidation by Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans maintains a favorable redox potential for chalcopyrite bioleaching
Biofilm formation and interspecies interactions in mixed cultures of thermo-acidophilic archaea Acidianus spp. and Sulfolobus metallicus
Potential use of sulfite as a supplemental electron donor for wastewater denitrification
Manipulation of pyrite colonization and leaching by iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus species
Use of lectins to in situ visualize glycoconjugates of extracellular polymeric substances in acidophilic archaeal biofilms
Visualization and analysis of EPS glycoconjugates of the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus metallicus
Biofilm formation, communication and interactions of leaching bacteria during colonization of pyrite and sulfur surfaces
Colonization and biofilm formation of the extremely acidophilic archaeon Ferroplasma acidiphilum
Impact of Desulfovibrio alaskensis biofilms on corrosion behaviour of carbon steel in marine environment
Influence of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from Pseudomonas NCIMB 2021 on the corrosion behaviour of 70Cu-30Ni alloy in seawater
Isolation and characterization of a novel Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans strain from the Chilean Altiplano: attachment and biofilm formation on pyrite at low temperature
AHL signaling molecules with a large acyl chain enhance biofilm formation on sulfur and metal sulfides by the bioleaching bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Shotgun proteomics study of early biofilm formation process of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 on pyrite
Visualization of capsular polysaccharide induction in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
The chemolithoautotroph Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans can survive under phosphate-limiting conditions by expressing a C-P lyase operon that allows it to grow on phosphonates
Evidence for a functional quorum-sensing type AI-1 system in the extremophilic bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Identification of putative sulfurtransferase genes in the extremophilic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 genome: Structural and functional characterization of the proteins
Proteomic and genomic analysis of the phosphate starvation response of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTRUM OF NANOMETRIC MOLECULAR SYSTEMS

BookSection (4)

Copper Bioleaching Operations in Chile: Towards New Challenges and Developments.
Bioleaching
Biofilm Lifestyle of Thermophile and Acidophile Archaea.
The Biofilm Lifestyle of Acidophilic Metal/Sulfur-Oxidizing Microorganisms.

Proyecto (4)

Tecnologías de oxidación de arsénico presente en efluentes ácidos de la minería de cobre nacional y mundial
Microbial consortia for enhanced copper recovery (MicCuR)
Trough a rational design of bioleaching consortia: Plattform for biofilm-metal sulfide interaction and high throughput selective imaging of mixed species biofilms
Modelling and optimization of biofilm development on metal sulfides for influencing their bioleaching rates

Review (2)

Omics on bioleaching: current and future impacts
Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation-part A
1
Sebastian San Martin

Profesor Titular

Anatomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, Chile

5
Nicolas Guiliani

Profesor Titular

Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Cecilia Demergasso

Directora

Centro de Biotecnología "Profesor Alberto Ruiz"

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Aniela Wozniak

Coordinador de Investigación

Dept Laboratorios Clínicos

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Lina Ruiz

Academico Docente Investigador

Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
FRANCISCO REMONSELLEZ

Professor

Ingenieria Química

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Antofagasta, Chile

2
Ignacio Vargas

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Cristina Dorador

PROFESSOR

Biotechnology

UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA

ANTOFAGASTA, Chile

1
Alex Gonzalez

Profesor Asociado

Ciencias Biologicas

Universidad de los Lagos

Osorno, Chile

1
Eduardo Leiva

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental/ Departamento de Química Inorgánica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Química, Escuela de Ingeniería

Santiago, Chile

1
Alex Echeverría

Académico Adjunto

Centro de Investigación en Estudios Avanzados del Maule (CIEAM)

Universidad Católica del Maule

Talca, Chile

1
MANUEL VARAS

Research Professor

UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIÁN

Santiago, Chile

46
Mario Vera

Profesor Asociado

Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Medica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Jose Egana

Profesor asociado

Instituto de Ingeniería Biológica y Médica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Raquel Quatrini

Research Associate

Fundación Ciencia & Vida

Santiago, Chile

2
SIMON BEARD

Investigador

Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia,

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

1
ivo carrasco

Investigador

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

1
Valentina Veloso

Directora ejecutiva

Yaku SpA

Santiago, Chile

1
Camila Cárdenas

Co-fundadora y CEO

Dirección de operaciones

Yaku SpA

Santiago, Chile

1
Ana Moya

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Informática y Computación

Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

Ñuñoa, Chile

1
Mauricio Acosta

Profesor Adjunto

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

1
María Vargas

Postdoctoral

Departamento de Química

Laboratorio de Microbiología Molecular y Biotecnología Ambiental

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Paulo Covarrubias

Profesional

Biomédico

Instituto de Salud Pública

Santiago, Chile

2
Patricio Martinez

Director Biominería

Centro de Biotecnología de Sistemas

UNAB

Santiago, Chile

1
Pablo Aguilar

Academico

Departamento de Biotecnologia

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Francisco Issotta

Investigador Postoctoral

Genética Molecular y Microbiología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile