Biomolecule and Plant Biotechnology (BBV)

The Plant Biomolecules and Biotechnology (BBV) laboratory is developing several research projects on the characterization of specialized plant metabolisms by developing biotechnological and metabolic engineering processes aimed at producing metabolites of interest for pharmaceutical, cosmetic or agronomic applications. These projects are based on molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry and genomics and metabolomics approaches.

Research topics:

1. BBV lab is developing four research themes:
2. Study of plant specialized metabolisms and metabolic engineering for the bioproduction of molecules of pharmaceutical interest.
3. Development of plant cell cultures for the production of cosmetic bioactives.
4. Metabolomic screening of bioactive polyphenols in grapevine.
5. Role of protein prenylations in the regulation of plant metabolism and accumulation of compounds of interest

Equipment and technology:

• HPLC-DAD, GC-FID, UPLC-DAD MS/MS systems
• HPTLC Autosampler and scanner
• FPLC protein purification system
• Gene gun
• Bioreactors (2-5L), access to 50L
• Epifluorescence microscope equipped with a digital camera
• Greenhouse, Conditioned rooms for plant in vitro cultivation (Cl.10000), Phytotron