Julio Polaina Molina

Biography

Laboratory of Enzyme Structure and Function

Julio Polaina

jpolaina@iata.csic.es

Dr. Julio Polaina holds a MS from University of Seville, Spain (1976) and a PhD from the same University (1980). He carried out postdoctoral research at the Solar Energy Research Institute (currently National Renewable Energy Laboratory) in Golden, Colorado, USA (1980-1982), Calrsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark (1982-1985) and the Institute of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Technology (IATA), Valencia, Spain (1986-1988). He held postdoctoral fellowships from the European Molecular Biology Organization (1982-1983), The Carlsberg Foundation (1983-1985) and the Juan March Foundation (1986-1988). Since 1988 he is a Research Scientist of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), working at the IATA of Valencia where he heads the Laboratory of Enzyme Structure and Function. His expertise covers microbial molecular biology, biotechnology and protein biochemistry. Dr. Polaina has coauthored over 100 scientific papers and five patents. He has edited the book 'Industrial Enzymes: Structure, Function and Applications', together with A. P. MacCabe (Springer, 2007), available in Chinese edition (Science Press, 2010). Since 2009 he is Editor-in-Chief of World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (Springer).

Projects

INNEST/2021/7

Agencia Valenciana de Innovación

BIOCLEAN: INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO DE UN SISTEMA BIOTECNOLÓGICO INTEGRAL DE LIMPIEZA Y DESINFECCIÓN DE PATÓGENOS CON APLICACIÓN EN SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA Y ÁMBITO CLÍNICO

H2020-BBI-JU-792070

WOODZYMES

Extremozymes for wood based building blocks: From pulp mill to board and insulation products

Publications

Talens-Perales D, Jiménez-Ortega E, Sánchez-Torres P, Sanz-Aparicio J, Polaina J (2021) Phylogenetic, functional and structural characterization of a GH10 xylanase active at extreme conditions of temperature and alkalinity. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 19: 2676-2686

Fabra MJ, Talens-Perales D, Román-Sarmiento A, López-Rubio A, Polaina J (2021) Effect of biopolymer matrices on lactose hydrolysis by enzymatically active hydrogel and aerogels loaded with β-galactosidase nanoflowers. Food Hydrocolloids 111, 106220

Talens-Perales D, Sánchez-Torres P, Marín-Navarro J, Polaina J (2020). In silico screening and experimental analysis of family GH11 xylanases for applications under conditions of alkaline pH and high temperature. Biotechnology for Biofuels 13:198

Talens-Perales D, Fabra MJ, Martínez-Argente L, Marín-Navarro J, Polaina J (2020) Recyclable thermophilic hybrid protein-inorganic nanoflowers for the hydrolysis of milk lactose. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 151: 602-608

Míguez Amil S, Jiménez-Ortega E, Ramírez-Escudero M, Talens-Perales D, Marín-Navarro J, Polaina J, Sanz-Aparicio J, Fernandez-Leiro R (2020) The cryo-EM Structure of Thermotoga maritima β-Galactosidase: Quaternary Structure Guides Protein Engineering. ACS Chemical Biology 15,1, 179-188

Patents

Request number:

EP20382849.6

Title:

Xylanase enzyme with extreme thermostability and alkaline stability

Date of the request:

Friday, 25 September, 2020

Request number:

P201431747

Title:

Procedimiento de síntesis bioenzimática de fructooligosacáridos

Date of the request:

Tuesday, 25 November, 2014

News

Date:

Saturday, 23 October, 2021

Title:

Bioclean desarrollará productos de limpieza para la industria alimentaria y la práctica clínica a partir de virus que eliminan bacterias

Link:

https://www.gva.es/es/inicio/area_de_prensa/not_detalle_area_prensa

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