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Rui Silva

PhD Student

Research Line: Industrial Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Research Group: B.Factory
Lab.: Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory
Supervisors: LD; TQA
253 601 961 (office) / 253 601 973 (lab)
rsilva@ceb.uminho.pt
http://ceb.uminho.pt/People/Profile/ruisilva

Qualifications

Ongoing: PhD Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho
2014: Master Program on Bioengineering, Universidade do Minho

Laboratory Management

Associate Director at Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory (LBM)

Since 2015: Designing synthetic Ashbya cell factories
2013 - 2014: Exploitation of Ashbya gossypii for the production of high-value products from glycerol feedstocks

Recent Publications

1	Silva, Rui; Aguiar, Tatiana Q.; Coelho, Eduardo; Jiménez, Alberto; Revuelta, José Luis; Domingues, Lucília Metabolic engineering of Ashbya gossypii for deciphering the de novo biosynthesis of γ-lactones Microbial Cell Factories, 18(62), 2019
2	Silva, Rui; Aguiar, Tatiana Q.; Oliveira, Carla; Domingues, Lucília Physiological characterization of a pyrimidine auxotroph exposes link between uracil phosphoribosyltransferase regulation and riboflavin production in Ashbya gossypii New Biotechnology, 50, 1-8, 2019
3	Silva, Rui; Aguiar, Tatiana Q.; Oliveira, Rui; Domingues, Lucília Light exposure during growth increases riboflavin production, reactive oxygen species accumulation and DNA damage in Ashbya gossypii riboflavin-overproducing strains FEMS Yeast Research, 19(1), foy114, 2019
4	Díaz-Fernández, David; Aguiar, Tatiana Q.; Martín, Victoria Isabel; Romaní, Aloia; Silva, Rui; Domingues, Lucília; Revuelta, José Luis; Jiménez, Alberto Microbial lipids from industrial wastes using xylose-utilizing Ashbya gossypii strains Bioresource Technology, No. 122054, (In Press), 2019
5	Aguiar, Tatiana Q.; Silva, Rui; Domingues, Lucília New biotechnological applications for Ashbya gossypii: Challenges and perspectives Bioengineered, 8(4), 309-315, 2017
6	Aguiar, Tatiana Q.; Silva, Rui; Domingues, Lucília Ashbya gossypii beyond industrial riboflavin production: a historical perspective and emerging biotechnological applications Biotechnology Advances, 33(8), 1774-1786, 2015
7	Silva, R.; Aguiar, T.Q.; Domingues, L. Blockage of the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway affects riboflavin production in Ashbya gossypii Journal of Biotechnology, 193, 37-40, 2015

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