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Universidad de Los Andes: Bogotá, CO

2021-10 to present | Assistant Profesor (Biological Science)
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres

Universidad Icesi: Cali, CO

2016-02-01 to 2021-09 | Assistant Professor. Chemistry Department (Valle del Cauca)
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dyphAI dynamic pharmacophore modeling with AI: a tool for efficient screening of new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.

Frontiers in chemistry
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2025.1479763
PMID: 40017724
PMC: PMC11865752
Contributors: Hayek-Orduz Y; Acevedo-Castro DA; Saldarriaga Escobar JS; Ortiz-Domínguez BE; Villegas-Torres MF; Caicedo PA; Barrera-Ocampo Á; Cortes N; Osorio EH; González Barrios AF
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres via Europe PubMed Central

Omics approaches to explore the coffee fermentation microecosystem and its effects on cup quality.

Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2025.116035
PMID: 40058902
Contributors: Revelo-Romo DM; Hurtado Gutiérrez NH; Hidalgo Troya A; Amaya-Gómez CV; Flórez-Martínez DH; Overmann J; Villegas Torres MF; González Barrios AF
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Non-Nucleoside Lycorine-Based Analogs as Potential DENV/ZIKV NS5 Dual Inhibitors: Structure-Based Virtual Screening and Chemoinformatic Analysis.

Metabolites
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/metabo14100519
PMID: 39452899
PMC: PMC11509260
Contributors: Rodríguez-Ararat AC; Hayek-Orduz Y; Vásquez AF; Sierra-Hurtado F; Villegas-Torres MF; Caicedo-Burbano PA; Achenie LEK; Barrios AFG
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Non-Nucleoside Lycorine-Based Analogues as Potential DENV/ZIKV NS5 Dual Inhibitors: Structure-Based Virtual Screening and Chemoinformatic Analysis

2024-07 | Preprint
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202407.0477.v1
PPR: PPR878615
Contributors: Rodríguez-Ararat AC; Hayek-Orduz Y; Vásquez AF; Sierra-Hurtado F; Villegas-Torres M; Caicedo-Burbano PA; Achenie L; Barrios AFG
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres via Europe PubMed Central

Machine Learning to Predict Enzyme-Substrate Interactions in Elucidation of Synthesis Pathways: A Review.

Metabolites
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/metabo14030154
PMID: 38535315
PMC: PMC10972002
Contributors: Salas-Nuñez LF; Barrera-Ocampo A; Caicedo PA; Cortes N; Osorio EH; Villegas-Torres MF; González Barrios AF
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres via Europe PubMed Central

Detecting SARS-CoV-2 Virus by Reverse Transcription-Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3791/65662
PMID: 37747227
Contributors: David-Jimenez SA; Caicedo PA; Villegas-Torres MF; Campillo-Pedroza N
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres via Europe PubMed Central

Persistent and fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in a patient with severe hypogammaglobulinemia: a case report.

Journal of medical case reports
2023-05-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13256-023-03917-x
PMID: 37173711
PMC: PMC10181880
Contributors: Bedoya-Joaqui V; Gutiérrez-López MI; Caicedo P A; Villegas-Torres MF; Albornoz-Tovar LL; Vélez JD; Hidalgo-Cardona A; Tobón GJ; Carlos A. Cañas
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres

Novel covalent and non-covalent complex-based pharmacophore models of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (M<sup>pro</sup>) elucidated by microsecond MD simulations.

Scientific reports
2022-08-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17204-0
PMID: 35982147
PMC: PMC9386674
Contributors: Hayek-Orduz Y; Vásquez AF; Villegas-Torres MF; Caicedo P A; Achenie LEK; Andres Fernando Gonzalez Barrios
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres

Sustainable sugarcane vinasse biorefinement for trans-aconitic acid-based biopolymer synthesis and bioenergy generation

Bioresource Technology Reports
2021-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2021.100786
Part of ISSN: 2589-014X
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres

Strategy for Managing Industrial Anaerobic Sludge through the Heterotrophic Cultivation of Chlorella sorokiniana: Effect of Iron Addition on Biomass and Lipid Production

Bioengineering
2021-06-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering8060082
Contributors: Esteban Charria-Girón; Vanessa Amazo; Daniela De Angulo; Eliana Hidalgo; María Francisca Villegas-Torres; Frank Baganz; Nelson. H. Caicedo Ortega
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SuperPro Designer®, User-Oriented Software Used for Analyzing the Techno-Economic Feasibility of Electrical Energy Generation from Sugarcane Vinasse in Colombia

Processes
2020-09-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/pr8091180
Contributors: Licelly Canizales; Fredy Rojas; Carlos A. Pizarro; Nelson. H. Caicedo-Ortega; M. F. Villegas-Torres
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Analysis of triacylglycerides, carotenoids and capsaicinoids as disposable molecules from Capsicum agroindustry

Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology
2019-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13580-018-0111-2
Part of ISSN: 2211-3452
Part of ISSN: 2211-3460
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Optimisation of enzyme cascades for chiral amino alcohol synthesis in aid of host cell integration using a statistical experimental design approach

Journal of Biotechnology
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.07.014
Contributors: Maria F. Villegas-Torres; John M. Ward; Frank Baganz
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Multi-step biocatalytic strategies for chiral amino alcohol synthesis

Enzyme and Microbial Technology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2015.07.003
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2-s2.0-84939600206
Contributors: Villegas-Torres, M.F.; Martinez-Torres, R.J.; Cazeres, A.; Hailes, H.; Baganz, F.; Ward, J.
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

The protein fraction from wheat-based dried distiller's grain with solubles (DDGS): Extraction and valorization

New Biotechnology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2015.01.007
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2-s2.0-84940959050
Contributors: Villegas-Torres, M.F.; Ward, J.M.; Lye, G.J.
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

Extraction of the protein fraction of dry distillers grains with solubles, implementing biocatalytic and chemical methods

New Biotechnology
2014-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2014.05.1702
Contributors: Maria Villegas Torres; Gary Lye; John Ward
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Horizontal arsC gene transfer among microorganisms isolated from arsenic polluted soil

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.10.007
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2-s2.0-78650678167
Contributors: Villegas-Torres, M.F.; Bedoya-Reina, O.C.; Salazar, C.; Vives-Florez, M.J.; Dussan, J.
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Maria Francisca Villegas-Torres via Scopus - Elsevier

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