APPLIED RESEARCH AT THE INTERFACE OF
NANOTECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
The Nano-Biotechnology Research Group does research inspired in nature with a focus on designing complex systems through the understanding of interactions between living and synthetic components. The NBR Group applies techniques in the fields of Nanotechnology and Systems and Synthetic Biology to advance in the development and design of therapeutics, materials, alternative and clean energy, and contribute to increase the world’s food and water supplies.
Synthetic Biology in the Design of Microorganisms to Solve Medical and Environmental Challenges
Development and Discovery of Therapeutic Agents through Synthetic Ecology Approaches
Development and Design of Therapeutic cocktails through the Unraveling of Action Mechanisms
Design and Development of Intelligent Materials for Diverse Applications Using Green Processes
PEOPLE
J. Ruben Morones-Ramirez
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NEWS-EVENTS
Jul 1, 2017
Ruben obtains the Infrastructure Grant and the Frontier in Science Grant, two mayor national grants from the National Science and Technology Research Council<...
Jun 4, 2017
The Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León wrote a piece on Vida Universitaria Magazine about the Nanobiotechnology Research Group!!! Group at the Biotechnology Vanguard!
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Jun 15, 2017
The NanoBiotechnology Research Group hosted 15 undergraduate summer students, part of PROVERICyT and the Delfin Program, from all over the country.
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Jun 1, 2017
Ruben gives a talk on the Synthetic Biology Circuits to control Metabolic Flux in Scaled Up Systems at the Innovation Match MX 2016-2017.
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PUBLICATIONS
Synergistic Antimicrobial Effects of Silver/Transition-metal Combinatorial Treatments
Javier A. Garza-Cervantes, Arturo Chávez-Reyes, Elena C. Castillo, Gerardo García-Rivas, Oscar Antonio Ortega-Rivera, Eva Salinas, Margarita Ortiz-Martínez, Sara Leticia Gómez-Flores, Jorge A. Peña-Martínez, Alan Pepi-Molina, Mario T. Treviño-González, Xristo Zarate, María Elena Cantú-Cárdenas, Carlos Enrique Escarcega-Gonzalez, J. Rubén Morones-Ramírez. Scientific Reports 7:903 (2017).
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Metal-Induced Production of a Novel Bioadsorbent Exopolysaccharide in a Native Rhodotorula mucilaginosa from the Mexican Northeastern Region
Garza-Gonzalez, MT; Barboza Perez, D; Vazquez Rodriguez, A; Garcia-Gutierrez, DI; Zarate, X; Cantú Cardenas, ME; Urraca-Botello, LI; Lopez-Chuken, UJ; Trevino-Torres, AL; Cerino-Córdoba, FJ; Medina-Ruiz, P; Villarreal-Chiu, JF; Morones-Ramirez, JR. PLOS One 11:2 e0148430 (2016).
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Development of Intelligent Nanomaterials as a Strategy to Solve Environmental Problems
Morones-Ramírez, JR. Chapter 22 Nanomaterials for Environmental Protection 2014. Wiley. 1 Ed.
Coupling Metallic Nanostructures to Thermally Responsive Polymers Allows the Development of Intelligent Responsive Membranes
Morones-Ramírez, JR. International Journal of Polymer Science 2014: 1-7 (2014).