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Vanesa Amarelle Amarelle

Country of origin: Uruguay Currently in: Uruguay, Montevideo General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms
Academic Background

Degrees

2016 Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Biological Systems and Organisms

My research is focused on iron and manganese metabolism in bacteria from a physiological and biotechnological perspective. I am particularly interested in bioprospection of Antarctic environments for the search of enzymes/bacteria capable of oxidizing manganese and tolerate different metals. My research project for the next two years is to develop a suitable vector-host system for the construction of functional metagenomic libraries using psychrophilic bacteria.

Research Keywords: 
Microbial biotechnology
Microbial enzyme
antarctica

Publications resulting from Research: 


The Irr and RirA Proteins Participate in a Complex Regulatory Circuit and Act in Concert To Modulate Bacterioferritin Expression in Ensifer meliloti 1021.
Costa D, Amarelle V, Valverde C, O'Brian MR, Fabiano E.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017 Aug 1;83(16). pii: e00895-17. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00895-17. Print 2017 Aug 15.

HmuS and HmuQ of Ensifer/Sinorhizobium meliloti degrade heme in vitro and participate in heme metabolism in vivo.
Amarelle, V.; Rosconi, F.; Lazaro-Martinez J.M.; Buldain, G.; Noya, F.; O´Brian, M.R.; Fabiano, E.
Biometals. 2016 Apr;29(2):333-47. doi: 10.1007/s10534-016-9919-3. Epub 2016 Feb 23.

Improved glycerol to ethanol conversion by E. coli using a metagenomic fragment isolated from an anaerobic reactor
Loaces, I; Rodriguez, C, Amarelle V.; Fabiano, E.; Noya, F.
J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2016 Oct;43(10):1405-16. doi: 10.1007/s10295-016-1818-7. Epub 2016 Aug 13.

Improved ethanol production from biomass by a rumen metagenomic dna fragment expressed in Escherichia coli ms04 during fermentation
Loaces, I; Amarelle V.; Muñoz-Gutierrez, I.; Fabiano, E.; Martinez, A.; Noya, F.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2015 Nov;99(21):9049-60. doi: 10.1007/s00253-015-6801-0. Epub 2015 Jul 15.


Est10: A novel alkaline esterase isolated from bovine rumen belonging to the new family xv of lipolytic enzymes.
Rodriguez, C.; Loaces, I; Amarelle V.; Senatore, D.; Iriarte, A.; Fabiano, E.; Noya, F.
PLoS One. 2015 May 14;10(5):e0126651. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126651. eCollection 2015.

Construction and screening of a functional metagenomic library to identify novel enzymes produced by antarctic bacteria.
Ferrés, I; Amarelle, V.; Noya, F.; Fabiano, E.
Advances in Polar Science. 26 (1): 80-85

Identification of antarctic culturable bacteria able to produce diverse enzymes of potential biotechnological interest.
Ferrés, I; Amarelle, V.; Noya, F.; Fabiano, E.
Advances in Polar Science. 26 (1): 65-73

A new small regulatory protein, HmuP, modulates haemin acquisition in Sinorhizobium meliloti.
Amarelle V, Koziol U, Rossini F, Noya F, O'Brian MR, Fabiano E.
Microbiology. 2010 Jun;156(Pt 6):1873-82. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.037713-0. Epub 2010 Feb 18.

ShmR is essential for utilization of heme as a nutritional iron source in Sinorhizobium meliloti.
Vanesa Amarelle, Mark R. O’Brian and Elena Fabiano
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Oct;74(20):6473-5. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01590-08. Epub 2008 Aug 29.



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Post-doctoral Fellow

Affiliations

ASM (American Society of Microbiology)
SUM (Sociedad Uruguaya de Microbiología)
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Jul 2017
Member of the Uruguayan National Research System (SNI)
Being recognized as part of the Uruguayan Research Community
Oct 2017
PEDECIBA RESEARCHER
PEDECIBA is the Program for the Development of Basic Science. Being recognized as a PEDECIBA Researcher allows you to be the director of post-graduate students (MSc. and PhD)
May 2015
SUM poster prize
Outstanding poster presentation at the SUM meeting. Funded by the Uruguayan Society of Microbiology (SUM)
Sep 2013
EMBO grant
Assistance to the EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Course: Biology Of Bacterial Non-Coding RNA's. Funded by European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Nov 2013
PEDECIBA internship grant
One-month research Internship at Prof. Fernando Sonccini laboratory. IBR, Rosario, Argentina. Funded by PEDECIBA (Program for the development of Basic Sciences)
Mar 2012
PhD scholarship grant
Three year scholarship for PhD studies. Funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)
Nov 2011
AMSUD-PASTEUR grant
Two-month internship at Dr. Patrick England laboratory. Institute Pasteur, Paris, France. Funded by AMSUD-Pasteur and the French ambassy in Uruguay
Jul 2010
PEDECIBA internship grant
Two month Research Internship at Prof. Mark O´Brian laboratory. SUNNY, Buffalo, NY, USA. Funded by PEDECIBA (Program for the development of Basic Sciences)
Oct 2009
PEDECIBA grant
Attendance to the congress ProkaGENOMICS 2009. Gottingen, Germany. Funded by PEDECIBA (Program for the development of Basic Sciences)
Mar 2008
MSC. scholarship grant
Two year scholarship for MSc. studies. Funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)
Nov 2008
UNU-BIOLAC grant
Attendance to the course New Biotechnologies Applied to the Production of Biofertilizers for Agriculture. Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC). Caracas, Venezuela. Funded by United nations University-Program of Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC)
Aug 2008
EMBO poster prize
Outstanding poster presentation during the conference Genomes 2008: Functional Genomics of Microorganisms. Paris, France. Funded by European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Aug 2008
FEMS grant
Attendance to the conference Genomes 2008: Functional Genomics of Microorganisms. Paris, France. Funded by Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)
Mar 2004
Exchange and academic mobility program (PIMA) scholarship grant
Six-month scholarship at the University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain. Funded by Organization for Ibero-American States (OEI)

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