Seminars in November 2010
Nov. 5, 2010, 12 p.m. - Shaking the present. Shaping the future (Alirio E. Rodrigues)
1.Do not loose memory – evolution of ChE: from Unit Operation up to M2P2 E. 2. The innovation triangle: combining science and technology for the development of sustainable processes and products 3.Shaking the present: new processes to separate propane/propylene mixture (PSA and SMB) 4.Shaping the future. “The playing field is ...
More Email announcementNov. 12, 2010, 12 p.m. - Environmentally friendly hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to p-aminophenol using heterogeneous catalysts. (François Figueras)
The selective catalytic hydrogenation of nitrobenzene (NB) to p-aminophenol (PAP) is a reaction of industrial importance since PAP is an important pharmaceutical intermediate for the manufacture of paracetamol, a widely used analgesic drug (world market 160.000 t/year). The industrial process reported for the preparation of PAP, involves first nitrobenzene partial ...
More Email announcementNov. 19, 2010, 12 p.m. - Engineering of de novo pathways for oxidative protein folding in Escherichia coli (Lluis Masip)
In some proteins the formation of disulfide bonds, i.e. the covalent links joining the thiol groups in cysteine amino acids, is required in order to attain their biologically active three dimensional conformation. Many commercially important proteins contain disulfide bonds, and while the bacterium Escherichia coli is used extensively for recombinant ...
More Email announcementNov. 26, 2010, 12 p.m. - CANCELLED - Diagnosis of celiac disease (Julio Cesar Bai)
Celiac disease is a small bowel disorder characterized by mucosal inflammation, villous atrophy, and crypt hyperplasia, which occur upon exposure to gluten and which improves with withdrawal of gluten from the diet. The disorder is produced in patients with genetic predisposition. The diagnosis of celiac disease is based on the ...
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