Prof. Maria-Elena CARBALLO-VALDES
 
Maria E. CARBALLO-Valdes 
 Visiting Professor
Seagram's Fellow

  Contact Points:

  • Phone: +1-514-398-4920

  • Fax:     +1-514-398-6678

  • E-mail:  mecarballo7@hotmail.com

  • Office:  MH Wong Building, Rm. 7260

  • Mailing Address: 

             Chemical Engineering
              McGill University 
              3610 University Street 
             MONTREAL, Quebec,  CANADA  H3A 2B2

 

Degrees:

  • M.Sc.  Biological Science (Fungal Enzymology), 1995 
      •   University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • B.Sc.   Biochemstry, 1983 
      •   University of Havana, Havana, Cuba 

Research Interests :

  • Biosorption of heavy metals: Effects of solvents on biosorbents  
  • Enzymology: Screening and production of diagnostic microbial enzyme  
  • Biopolymer production: Biosynthesis and accumulation of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoic acids 

Collaborators

Selected Publications

    Steroids transformation: I. General aspects, Revista CNIC, Ciencias Biologicas, 16(special No), 1985.
    Steroids transformation: II. Cholesterol transformation by bacteria, Revista CNIC, Ciencias Biologicas, 16(special No), 1985.
    Steroids transformation: III. Effect of 2-2' dipiridil in cholesterol transformation by two bacterial strains,
            Revista CNIC, Ciencias Biologicas, 16(special No), 1985    .

    Steroids transformation: IV. Sugar cane phytosterols biotransformation, Revista CNIC, Ciencias Biologicas, 16(special No), 1985.

    Steroids transformation: V. Effect of tensoactive substances on phytosterol transformation, Revista Biologia, I(3), 1987.

    Phytosterol biotransformation into pharmaceutical intermediaries, Revistas Latinoamericana de Microbiologia, 29(4), 1987.

    Steroids transformation: VIII. Effect of addition time on the transformation of sterols, Revistas Latinoamericana de Microbiologia, 32(4), 1988.

    Steroids transformation: VI. Influence of organic solvents on phytosterols transformation, Revista Biologia, III(2), 1989.

    Steroids transformation: VII. Biotransformation of steroids by Flavobacterium sp. immobilized in Ca-alginate gels, Revista Biologia, III(3), 1989.

    Phytosterols transformation by Flavobacterium sp. immobilized in pectin, Revista Ciencias Biologicas, No. 23, 1990.

    Selection of microorganisms for the uptake of copper, Revista CNIC, Ciencias Biologicas, 30(1), 1999.

    Selection of microorganisms for the uptake of uranium, Revista CNIC, Ciencias Biologicas, 30(1), 1999.