Manuel Hervás Morón

Manuel Hervas Moron

ORCID: 0000-0003-4523-8891

Group: Stress response and synthetic biology of photosynthetic microorganisms

Position: Professor, US

Contact:

Office:   DS108, IBVF1

Tel. 954489514 ext. 446014

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Formation

Graduate in Biological Sciences, University of Seville, 1980

PhD in Biology, Universiy of Seville, 1984

Postdoc Researcher at The University of Arizona, USA, 1990

Research Interests

My research interests have focused on the study of the structure/function relationship in metalloproteins, mainly centered on electron transfer in oxygenic photosynthesis using time-resolved kinetic techniques. I have also studied the biochemical and metabolic response to oxidative stress. Currently our efforts are focused on improving primary productivity in photosynthetic microorganisms under stress conditions, such as metal limitation, high irradiance or high temperature. The final objective is to enhance the biotechnological capabilities of these microalgae under climatic conditions that limit their commercial production in the upcoming conditions of global warming.

Publications

Castell C, Bernal-Bayard P, Ortega JM, Roncel M, Hervás M, Navarro JA. The heterologous expression of a plastocyanin in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum improves cell growth under iron-deficient conditions. Physiol Plant. 2021 Feb;171(2):277-290. doi: 10.1111/ppl.13290.
Bernal-Bayard P, Pallara C, Carmen Castell M, Molina-Heredia FP, Fernández-Recio J, Hervás M, Navarro JA. Interaction of photosystem I from Phaeodactylum tricornutum with plastocyanins as compared with its native cytochrome c6: Reunion with a lost donor. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 Dec;1847(12):1549-59. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2015.09.006.
Hervás M, Navarro JA, De La Rosa MA. Electron transfer between membrane complexes and soluble proteins in photosynthesis. Acc Chem Res. 2003 Oct;36(10):798-805. doi: 10.1021/ar020084b.
Hervás M, Navarro JA, De La Rosa MA. Electron transfer between membrane complexes and soluble proteins in photosynthesis. Acc Chem Res. 2003 Oct;36(10):798-805. doi: 10.1021/ar020084b.Molina-Heredia FP, Wastl J, Navarro JA, Bendall DS, Hervás M, Howe CJ, De La Rosa MA. Photosynthesis: a new function for an old cytochrome? Nature. 2003 Jul 3;424(6944):33-4. doi: 10.1038/424033b.
Hervás M, Navarro JA, Díaz A, Bottin H, De la Rosa MA. Laser-flash kinetic analysis of the fast electron transfer from plastocyanin and cytochrome c6 to photosystem I. Experimental evidence on the evolution of the reaction mechanism. Biochemistry. 1995 Sep 12;34(36):11321-6. doi: 10.1021/bi00036a004.
 
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