Melany Villegas- Master of Science
- PhD Student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Melany Villegas
- Master of Science
- PhD Student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
PhD. student in Bioengineering
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September 2019 - February 2020
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The eukaryotic red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D is an emerging algal host for synthetic biology and
metabolic engineering. Its small nuclear genome (16.5 Mb; 4775 genes), low intron content (39), stable transgene
expression, and capacity for homologous recombination into its nuclear genome make it ideal for genetic
and metabolic engineering end...
The eukaryotic red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D is an emerging algal host for synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. Its small nuclear genome (16.5 Mb; 4775 genes), low intron content (38), stable transgene expression, and capacity for homologous recombination into its nuclear genome make it ideal for genetic and metabolic engineering end...
The polyextremophilic Cyanidiophyceae are eukaryotic red microalgae with promising biotechnological properties arising from their low pH and elevated temperature requirements which can minimize culture contamination at scale. Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D is a cell wall deficient species with a fully sequenced genome that is amenable to nuclear trans...
The west coast of the Arabian Peninsula borders the Red Sea, a water body which maintains high average temperatures and increased salinity compared to other seas or oceans. This geography has many resources which could be used to support algal biotechnology efforts in bio-resource circularity. However, summer conditions in this region may exceed th...
The polyextremophilic Cyanidiales are eukaryotic red microalgae with promising biotechnological properties arising from their low pH and elevated temperature requirements which can minimize culture contamination at scale. Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D is a cell wall deficient species with a fully sequenced genome that is amenable to nuclear transgene...
The west coast of Saudi Arabia borders the Red Sea, which maintains high average temperatures and increased salinity compared to other seas or oceans. Summer conditions in the Arabian Peninsula may exceed the temperature tolerance of most currently cultivated microalgae. The Cyanidiales are polyextremophilic red algae whose native habitats are at t...
Background:
Colombia has a high diversity of medicinal plants, including Tachuelo (Zanthoxylum rhoifolium), a tree belonging to the family Rutaceae, which has been attributed an analgesic use by communities of the Colombian southwest. Nevertheless, this species has been scarce studied in Colombia. The studies have been limited to the isolation of c...
