VOLTÀ DURÁN, Eric

Academic training

Doctor in Biotechnology, UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA
Master's Degree in Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA
Graduated in Biotechnology, UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA

Professional experience

The work generated during my scientific career has led to the publication of a total of 24 scientific papers in indexed high impact journals. The number of articles in the first quartile is 22. I am the first author of 9 of these papers. The total number of citations of my work is 292 and my h-index is 11. My research has been presented in 7 different international or national conferences in form of poster and oral presentations, from which I have presented 1 poster and 1 oral contribution. I am also the first author of 1 divulgation article. 1 patent submitted.
Experience
I have experience in various steps of the development of protein-based products.
- Rational design and molecular cloning of recombinant proteins
- Molecular modelling and visualization (AlphaFold, ChimeraX, PyMol, I-Tasser, Robbeta)
- Recombinant protein production using microbial cell factories (small scale, medium scale), with different bacterial strains.
- Recombinant protein purification (affinity chromatography, size exclusion chromatography, ion exchange chromatography)
- Protein-drug conjugation by different chemical techniques
- Biomaterials characterization (proteomic techniques (electrophoresis, western blot, quantification, circular dichroism), dynamic light scattering, zeta potential, fluorimetry, electron microscopy)
- Controlled oligomerization and aggreggation of proteins into nanoparticles and microparticles for nanotechnological ends.
- Functional characterization of therapeutic proteins in cell culture (mammalian cell culture (adherence and suspension), cell citometry, confocal microscopy, apoptosis evaluation, cell viability assays)