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Background: I am a biotechnologist from the Rovira i Virgili University, in Tarragona, in Spain. I have a masters degree in Biotechnological Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona. At the end of my undergraduate studies, I complete the bachelor final project in genetics in the Cell and Molecular Biology department of the University of Gothenburg. I extended my laboratory experience abroad doing the master’s dissertation in bioengineering in the Chemical Engineering department of Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. Research project: Biosurfactants are surface-active amphiphilic compounds synthetized by microorganisms, which have a wide range of applications in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, food and petroleum industry. As opposed to petrochemical surfactants, biosurfactants present the advantages of being of low toxicity, biodegradable and ecologically safe. However, at present biosurfactants cannot compete with synthetic surfactants due to the high production cost. The aim of this project is to produce and separate a trehalolipid biosurfactant expressed by a bacterial strain isolated from the marine environment by collaborators at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML). | |
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