Mireia Burnat Clemente

Mireia Burnat Clemente

ORCID: 0000-0001-5756-7794

Group: Biology and Genetic Engineering of Multicellular Cyanobacteria

Position: Postdoctoral researcher

Contact:

Laboratory: LS112

Phone: ext 446064

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Formation

B. Sc. in Biology, specialization in Microbiology, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, 2005

Diploma (M. Sc.) in  Microbiology, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, 2007

PhD in  Molecular Biology and  Biochemistry, Universidad de Sevilla, 2015

Research Interests

My research work has focused on different metabolic and structural aspects in filamentous heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria, being Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 the model organim. An important work during my PhD thesis deals with the metabolism of cyanophycin, the nitrogen storage polymer, and how metabolites derived from this polymer, transfer nitrogen compounds along the filament. On the other hand, cyanobacteria are microorganisms of biotechnological importance and their uses for diverse applications, such as biofuel production, are increasing because of the concern for climate change. Given their potential interest and the scarcity of genetic techniques for their study, my current work focuses on the design and generation of new genetic tools to advance in synthetic biology of cyanobacteria.

Publications

Flores E, Arévalo S, Burnat M. Cyanophycin and argininę metabolism in cyanobacteria. Algal Research. 2019 September Vol 42:101577. doi:10.1016/j.algal.2019.101577
Burnat M, Picossi S, Valladares A, Herrero A, Flores E. Catabolic pathway of arginine in Anabaena involves a novel bifunctional enzyme that produces proline from arginine. Molecular Microbiology. 2019 Apr;111(4):883-897. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14203.
Burnat M, Li B, Kim SH, Michael AJ, Flores E. Homospermidine biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Anabaena requires a deoxyhypusine synthase homologue and is essential for normal diazotrophic growth. Molecular Microbiology. 2018 Sep;109(6):763-780. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14006.
Burnat M, Herrero A, Flores E. Compartmentalized cyanophycin metabolism in the diazotrophic filaments of a heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2014 Mar 11;111(10):3823-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1318564111.
Burnat M, Schleiff E, Flores E. Cell envelope components influencing filament length in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. Journal of Bacteriology. 2014 Dec;196(23):4026-35.doi: 10.1128/JB.02128-14
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