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University College London: London, GB

2023-07-01 to present | Associate Professor in Synthetic Bioprocessing (Biochemical Engineering)
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Leonardo Rios Solis

University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, GB

2022-04-01 to 2024-04-01 | Honorary Lecturer in Synthetic Biology (School of Engineering)
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Newcastle University: Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

2022-04-01 to 2023-07-01 | Associate Professor in Synthetic Biology and Bioprocessing (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology/ School of Natural and Environmental Sciences)
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The University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

2017-08 to 2022-04-01 | Assistant Professor in Synthetic Biology and Bioprocessing (Engineering School)
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University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2015 to 2017 | UC Research Fellow (Joint BioEnergey Institue)
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University College London: London, London, GB

2012 to 2014 | Postdoc (Biochemical Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University College London: London, London, GB

2008 to 2012 | PhD (Biochemical Engineering)
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Funding (11)

Metabolic Engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica to produce an advanced biofuel from cellulose and plant wastes

2020-12 to 2022-12 | Grant
Newton Fund (London, UK, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

42792

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Development and optimal allocation of low-cost high-throughput PCR and immunoassay tests for COVID-19 in Mexico and Ecuador

2020-04 to 2020-07 | Grant
Research Councils UK (London, UK, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

COVID_27

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Valorisation of waste biomass from Latin-American rural communities into high value products and bioenergy

2019-12 to 2020-06 | Grant
Research Councils UK (London, UK, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

TDH_5

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Bio-automation network

2019-06 to 2021-06 | Award
Wellcome Trust (London, UK, GB)
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Yeast cell factories for in vivo pathway discovery and production of blockbuster anti-cancer drug Taxol

2018-08 to 2019-08 | Grant
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

RIG007847

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Microbial cell factories for stationary phase production of blockbuster anticancer drug ,Taxol

2018-03 to 2019-03 | Grant
Royal Society (London, UK, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

RSG\R1\180345

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Novel Microscale and MiniBioreactors

2018-01 to present | Award
University Of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK, GB)
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Fostering Synthetic Biology standardisation through international collaboration

2018-01 to 2021-09 | Grant
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (Brussels, Europe, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

RE8281

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CRISPR Cas9 tools to engineer yeast to produce anti cancer drug Taxol

2015 to 2017 | Award
University of California (CA, CA, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UCMEXUS_19MX

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Synthetic Biology tools applied to develop metabolic pathways in yeast

2015 to 2016 | Award
University of California (CA, CA, US)
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Vertical culture bioreactors

2013 to 2014 | Award
UCL Engineering, University College London (London, GB)
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Works (38)

Functional yogurt: a comprehensive review of its nutritional composition and health benefits

Food & Function
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Sangkaran Pannerchelvan; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Helmi Wasoh; Mohamad Zulfazli Mohd Sobri; Fadzlie Wong Faizal Wong; Mohd Shamzi Mohamed; Rosfarizan Mohamad; Murni Halim
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Molecular design of protein-based materials – state of the art, opportunities and challenges at the interface between materials engineering and synthetic biology

Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Ebony Shire; André A. B. Coimbra; Carlos Barba Ostria; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Diego López Barreiro
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Fast procedure to compute empirical and Bernstein copulas

Applied Mathematics and Computation
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Victor Miguel Hernández-Maldonado; Arturo Erdely; Martín Díaz-Viera; Leonardo Rios
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Rewiring Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism for optimised Taxol® precursors production

Metabolic Engineering Communications
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Behnaz Nowrouzi; Pablo Torres-Montero; Eduard J. Kerkhoven; José L. Martínez; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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Development, characterization and application of 3D printed adsorbents for in situ recovery of taxadiene from microbial cultivations

Journal of Chromatography A
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Giuseppe Rafael Galindo-Rodriguez; M. Sulaiman Sarwar; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Simone Dimartino
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The maximal covering location problem with accessibility indicators and mobile units

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Salvador J. Vicencio-Medina; Yasmin A. Rios-Solis; Omar Jorge Ibarra-Rojas; Nestor M. Cid-Garcia; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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Improved Production of Taxol® Precursors inS. cerevisiaeusing Combinatorialin silicoDesign and Metabolic Engineering

2023-06-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Koray Malcı; Rodrigo Santibáñez; Nestor Jonguitud-Borrego; Jorge H. Santoyo-Garcia; Eduard J. Kherkoven; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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RewiringSaccharomyces cerevisiaemetabolism for optimised Taxol® precursors production

2023-06-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Behnaz Nowrouzi; Pablo Torres-Montero; Eduard J. Kerkhoven; José L. Martínez; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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The future of cassava in the era of biotechnology in Southern Africa

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
2023-05-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah Otun; Ainoa Escrich; Ikechukwu Achilonu; Molemi Rauwane; Jordy Alexis Lerma-Escalera; José Rubén Morones-Ramírez; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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The synergetic effect from the combination of different adsorption resins in batch and semi-continuous cultivations ofS. cerevisiaecell factories to produce acetylated Taxanes precursors of the anticancer drug Taxol

2023-02-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Jorge H. Santoyo-Garcia; Laura E. Walls; Marissa Valdivia-Cabrera; Koray Malci; Nestor Jonguitud-Borrego; Karen J. Halliday; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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ACtivE: Assembly and CRISPR-Targeted in Vivo Editing for Yeast Genome Engineering Using Minimum Reagents and Time

ACS Synthetic Biology
2022-11-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Koray Malcı; Nestor Jonguitud-Borrego; Hugo van der Straten Waillet; Urtė Puodžiu̅naitė; Emily J. Johnston; Susan J. Rosser; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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Methane, a renewable biofuel: from organic waste to bioenergy

Biofuels
2022-08-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Mixtli J. Torres-Sebastián; Juan G. Colli-Mull; Lourdes Escobedo-Sánchez; Daniel Martínez-Fong; Leonardo Rios-Solis; María E. Gutiérrez-Castillo; Gloria López-Jiménez; María L. Moreno-Rivera; Luis R. Tovar-Gálvez; Armando J. Espadas-Álvarez
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ACtivE: Assembly and CRISPR-targeted in vivo Editing for Yeast Genome Engineering Using Minimum Reagents and Time

2022-07-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Koray Malcı; Nestor Jonguitud-Borrego; Hugo van der Straten; Urtė Puodžiūnaitė; Emily J. Johnston; Susan J. Rosser; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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Toward sustainable jet fuels: bioconversion of cellulose into isoprenoid biojet candidates using rumen bacteria and non-conventional yeast

2022-07-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Laura E. Walls; Peter Otoupal; Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro; Sharon B. Velasquez-Orta; John M. Gladden; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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Rational Design of CRISPR/Cas12a-RPA Based One-Pot COVID-19 Detection with Design of Experiments

ACS Synthetic Biology
2022-04-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Koray Malcı; Laura E. Walls; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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Definitive screening accelerates Taxol biosynthetic pathway optimization and scale up in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell factories

Biotechnology Journal
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Laura E. Walls; José L. Martinez; E. Antonio del Rio Chanona; Leonardo Rios‐Solis
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Enhancing Saccharomyces cerevisiae Taxane Biosynthesis and Overcoming Nutritional Stress-Induced Pseudohyphal Growth

Microorganisms
2022-01-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Laura Ellen Walls; José L. Martinez; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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Accurate determination of meat mass fractions using DNA measurements for quantifying meat adulteration by digital PCR

International Journal of Food Science & Technology
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Sasithon Temisak; Pattanapong Thangsunan; Jiranun Boonnil; Watiporn Yenchum; Kanjana Hongthong; Heloísa Oss Boll; Teerapong Yata; Leonardo Rios‐Solis; Phattaraporn Morris
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Tracking SARS-CoV-2: Novel Trends and Diagnostic Strategies

Diagnostics
2021-10-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Linda P. Guaman-Bautista; Erick Moreta-Urbano; Claudia G. Oña-Arias; Marbel Torres-Arias; Nikolaos C. Kyriakidis; Koray Malcı; Nestor Jonguitud-Borrego; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Espiridion Ramos-Martinez; Andrés López-Cortés et al.
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In situ solid-liquid extraction enhances recovery of taxadiene from engineered S. cerevisiae cell factories

2021-07-12 | Other
Contributors: Jorge H. Santoyo-Garcia; Laura E. Walls; Behnaz Nowrouzi; Marisol Ochoa-Villareal; Gary J. Loake; Simone Dimartino; Leonardo Rios-Solis
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Combination of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification and AuNP-Oligoprobe Colourimetric Assay for Pork Authentication in Processed Meat Products

Food Analytical Methods
2021-03-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Pattanapong Thangsunan; Sasithon Temisak; Phattaraporn Morris; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Nuttee Suree
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Current Pretreatment/Cell Disruption and Extraction Methods Used to Improve Intracellular Lipid Recovery from Oleaginous Yeasts

Microorganisms
2021-01-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Fakhri Zainuddin; Chong Kar Fai; Arbakariya B. Ariff; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Murni Halim
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Combination of loop-mediated isothermal amplification and AuNP-oligoprobe colourimetric assay for pork authentication in processed-meat products

2020-07-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Pattanapong Thangsunan; Sasithon Temisak; Phattaraporn Morris; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Nuttee Suree
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Accurate determination of meat mass fractions using DNA measurements for quantifying meat adulteration

2020-06-15 | Preprint
Contributors: Sasithon Temisak; Pattanapong Thangsunan; Jiranun Boonil; Watiporn Yenchum; Kanjana Hongthong; Teerapong Yata; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Phattaraporn Morris
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Biophysical characterization of the inactivation ofE. colitransketolase by aqueous co-solvents

2020-06-10 | Preprint
Contributors: Phattaraporn Morris; Ribia García-Arrazola; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Paul A. Dalby
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Microbial Production of Isoprenoids

Consequences of Microbial Interactions with Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids: Production of Fuels and Chemicals
2017 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9783319314211
Contributors: J. Wong; L. Rios-Solis; J. D. Keasling
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High-titer production of lathyrane diterpenoids from sugar by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Metabolic engineering
2017-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Wong J; de Rond T; d'Espaux L; van der Horst C; Dev I; Rios-Solis L; Kirby J; Scheller H; Keasling J
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Extractive Fermentation of Lactic Acid in Lactic Acid Bacteria Cultivation: A Review

Frontiers in Microbiology
2017-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-302X
Contributors: Majdiah Othman; Arbakariya B. Ariff; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Murni Halim
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Microbial Production of Isoprenoids

Consequences of Microbial Interactions with Hydrocarbons, Oils, and Lipids: Production of Fuels and Chemicals
2016 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9783319314211
Contributors: J. Wong; L. Rios-Solis; J. D. Keasling
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Immobilisation and kinetics of monoamine oxidase (MAO-N-D5) enzyme in polyvinyl alcohol gels

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic
2016-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1381-1177
Contributors: Kristína Markošová; Igor Dolejš; Radek Stloukal; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Michal Rosenberg; Martina Micheletti; Gary J. Lye; Nicholas J. Turner; Martin Rebroš
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Impact of cofactor-binding loop mutations on thermotolerance and activity of E. coli transketolase

Enzyme and Microbial Technology
2016-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0141-0229
Contributors: P. Morris; L. Rios-Solis; R. García-Arrazola; G.J. Lye; P.A. Dalby
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High throughput screening of monoamine oxidase (MAO-N-D5) substrate selectivity and rapid kinetic model generation

Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84937459989

Contributors: Rios-Solis, L.; Mothia, B.; Yi, S.; Zhou, Y.; Micheletti, M.; Lye, G.J.
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Modelling and optimisation of the one-pot, multi-enzymatic synthesis of chiral amino-alcohols based on microscale kinetic parameter determination

Chemical Engineering Science
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84908325705

Contributors: Rios-Solis, L.; Morris, P.; Grant, C.; Odeleye, A.O.O.; Hailes, H.C.; Ward, J.M.; Dalby, P.A.; Baganz, F.; Lye, G.J.
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Evaluation of CV2025 ω-transaminase for the bioconversion of lignin breakdown products into value-added chemicals: Synthesis of vanillylamine from vanillin

Biocatalysis and Biotransformation
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84920091924

Contributors: Du, C.J.; Rios-Solis, L.; Ward, J.M.; Dalby, P.A.; Lye, G.J.
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Non-linear kinetic modelling of reversible bioconversions: Application to the transaminase catalyzed synthesis of chiral amino-alcohols

Biochemical Engineering Journal
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84874428634

Contributors: Rios-Solis, L.; Bayir, N.; Halim, M.; Du, C.; Ward, J.M.; Baganz, F.; Lye, G.J.
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Microscale methods to rapidly evaluate bioprocess options for increasing bioconversion yields: application to the ω-transaminase synthesis of chiral amines

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering
2013-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1615-7591
Contributors: Murni Halim; Leonardo Rios-Solis; Martina Micheletti; John M. Ward; Gary J. Lye
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A toolbox approach for the rapid evaluation of multi-step enzymatic syntheses comprising a 'mix and match' E. coli expression system with microscale experimentation

Biocatalysis and Biotransformation
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80053286493

Contributors: Rios-Solis, L.; Halim, M.; Cazares, A.; Morris, P.; Ward, J.M.; Hailes, H.C.; Dalby, P.A.; Baganz, F.; Lye, G.J.
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Non-α-hydroxylated aldehydes with evolved transketolase enzymes

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2010 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1477-0520
Contributors: Armando Cázares; James L. Galman; Lydia G. Crago; Mark E. B. Smith; John Strafford; Leonardo Ríos-Solís; Gary J. Lye; Paul A. Dalby; Helen C. Hailes
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Peer review (17 reviews for 13 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACS synthetic biology. (4)
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Review activity for Bioresources and bioprocessing. (1)
Review activity for Environmental research. (2)
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Review activity for Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. (1)
Review activity for Metabolites. (1)
Review activity for Molecules. (1)
Review activity for Nature chemical biology. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)
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Review activity for PloS one. (1)
Review activity for SN Applied Sciences (1)