Dr. Jorge Luis Folch-Mallol obtained his degree in Basic Biomedical Research, studying the genetics of nitrogen assimilation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Then, he went to Spain for his Ph.D. studies, where he worked on the genetics and molecular biology of the symbiotic relation between Rhizobium tropici and several host plants in collaboration with Dr. Herman Spaink at the University of Leiden (The Netherlands). Back in Mexico, he worked as an associate researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology of the UNAM, using S. cerevisiae as a model to study heat stress. For the last 20 years, he has devoted his study to fungi and their lignocellulose decomposing machinery (cellulases, laccases, esterases, and peroxidases, for example) since this substrate is a proven source of biofuel production. He has described novel fungal accessory proteins such as amorphogenetic proteins that disrupt the crystalline structure of cellulose (loosenins and expansins) and esterases. He has also studied thermostable xylanases and cellulases from ascomycetes and basidiomycetes. Since amorphogenesis of the plant cell wall proved to be a key factor for root colonization by fungi, currently most of his projects deal with fungal–plant interactions that promote plant growth and resistance to pests and abiotic stress in plants of commercial interest.
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Bioremediation
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cell wall
extremophiles
Plant -Microbe Interac...
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Short Biography
Dr. Jorge Luis Folch-Mallol obtained his degree in Basic Biomedical Research, studying the genetics of nitrogen assimilation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Then, he went to Spain for his Ph.D. studies, where he worked on the genetics and molecular biology of the symbiotic relation between Rhizobium tropici and several host plants in collaboration with Dr. Herman Spaink at the University of Leiden (The Netherlands). Back in Mexico, he worked as an associate researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology of the UNAM, using S. cerevisiae as a model to study heat stress. For the last 20 years, he has devoted his study to fungi and their lignocellulose decomposing machinery (cellulases, laccases, esterases, and peroxidases, for example) since this substrate is a proven source of biofuel production. He has described novel fungal accessory proteins such as amorphogenetic proteins that disrupt the crystalline structure of cellulose (loosenins and expansins) and esterases. He has also studied thermostable xylanases and cellulases from ascomycetes and basidiomycetes. Since amorphogenesis of the plant cell wall proved to be a key factor for root colonization by fungi, currently most of his projects deal with fungal–plant interactions that promote plant growth and resistance to pests and abiotic stress in plants of commercial interest.
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