July 2017
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Being recognized as part of the Uruguayan Research Community
October 2017
Vanesa Amarelle Amarelle > Other Awards
PEDECIBA is the Program for the Development of Basic Science. Being recognized as a PEDECIBA Researcher allows you to be the director of post-graduate students (MSc. and PhD)
May 2015
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Outstanding poster presentation at the SUM meeting. Funded by the Uruguayan Society of Microbiology (SUM)
September 2013
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Assistance to the EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Course: Biology Of Bacterial Non-Coding RNA's. Funded by European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
November 2013
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One-month research Internship at Prof. Fernando Sonccini laboratory. IBR, Rosario, Argentina. Funded by PEDECIBA (Program for the development of Basic Sciences)
March 2012
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Three year scholarship for PhD studies. Funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)
November 2011
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Two-month internship at Dr. Patrick England laboratory. Institute Pasteur, Paris, France. Funded by AMSUD-Pasteur and the French ambassy in Uruguay
July 2010
Vanesa Amarelle Amarelle > Other Awards
Two month Research Internship at Prof. Mark O´Brian laboratory. SUNNY, Buffalo, NY, USA. Funded by PEDECIBA (Program for the development of Basic Sciences)
October 2009
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Attendance to the congress ProkaGENOMICS 2009. Gottingen, Germany. Funded by PEDECIBA (Program for the development of Basic Sciences)
March 2008
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Two year scholarship for MSc. studies. Funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)
November 2008
Vanesa Amarelle Amarelle > Other Awards
Attendance to the course New Biotechnologies Applied to the Production of Biofertilizers for Agriculture. Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC). Caracas, Venezuela. Funded by United nations University-Program of Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC)
August 2008
Vanesa Amarelle Amarelle > Other Awards
Outstanding poster presentation during the conference Genomes 2008: Functional Genomics of Microorganisms. Paris, France. Funded by European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
August 2008
Vanesa Amarelle Amarelle > Other Awards
Attendance to the conference Genomes 2008: Functional Genomics of Microorganisms. Paris, France. Funded by Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)
March 2004
Vanesa Amarelle Amarelle > Other Awards
Six-month scholarship at the University of Extremadura, Caceres, Spain. Funded by Organization for Ibero-American States (OEI)
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Awards

July 2017 Member of the Uruguayan National Research System (SNI)

October 2017 PEDECIBA RESEARCHER

May 2015 SUM poster prize

September 2013 EMBO grant

November 2013 PEDECIBA internship grant

March 2012 PhD scholarship grant

November 2011 AMSUD-PASTEUR grant

July 2010 PEDECIBA internship grant

October 2009 PEDECIBA grant

March 2008 MSC. scholarship grant

November 2008 UNU-BIOLAC grant

August 2008 EMBO poster prize

August 2008 FEMS grant

March 2004 Exchange and academic mobility program (PIMA) scholarship grant
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
ASM (American Society of Microbiology)
SUM (Sociedad Uruguaya de Microbiología)

Degrees:

2016
Doctorate
Biological Systems and Organisms

Publications resulting from Research
Converting a Periplasmic Binding Protein into a Synthetic Biosensing Switch through Domain Insertion.
Lucas F. Ribeiro, Vanesa Amarelle, Liliane F. C. Ribeiro, and María-Eugenia Guazzaroni. BioMed Research International, v.: 2019 ID 4798793, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4798793
The Irr and RirA Proteins Participate in a Complex Regulatory Circuit and Act in Concert To Modulate Bacterioferritin Expression in Ensifer meliloti 1021.
Costa D, Amarelle V, Valverde C, O'Brian MR, Fabiano E.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017 Aug 1;83(16). pii: e00895-17. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00895-17. Print 2017 Aug 15.
HmuS and HmuQ of Ensifer/Sinorhizobium meliloti degrade heme in vitro and participate in heme metabolism in vivo.
Amarelle, V.; Rosconi, F.; Lazaro-Martinez J.M.; Buldain, G.; Noya, F.; O´Brian, M.R.; Fabiano, E.
Biometals. 2016 Apr;29(2):333-47. doi: 10.1007/s10534-016-9919-3. Epub 2016 Feb 23.
Improved glycerol to ethanol conversion by E. coli using a metagenomic fragment isolated from an anaerobic reactor
Loaces, I; Rodriguez, C, Amarelle V.; Fabiano, E.; Noya, F.
J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2016 Oct;43(10):1405-16. doi: 10.1007/s10295-016-1818-7. Epub 2016 Aug 13.
Improved ethanol production from biomass by a rumen metagenomic dna fragment expressed in Escherichia coli ms04 during fermentation
Loaces, I; Amarelle V.; Muñoz-Gutierrez, I.; Fabiano, E.; Martinez, A.; Noya, F.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2015 Nov;99(21):9049-60. doi: 10.1007/s00253-015-6801-0. Epub 2015 Jul 15.
Est10: A novel alkaline esterase isolated from bovine rumen belonging to the new family xv of lipolytic enzymes.
Rodriguez, C.; Loaces, I; Amarelle V.; Senatore, D.; Iriarte, A.; Fabiano, E.; Noya, F.
PLoS One. 2015 May 14;10(5):e0126651. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126651. eCollection 2015.
Construction and screening of a functional metagenomic library to identify novel enzymes produced by antarctic bacteria.
Ferrés, I; Amarelle, V.; Noya, F.; Fabiano, E.
Advances in Polar Science. 26 (1): 80-85
Identification of antarctic culturable bacteria able to produce diverse enzymes of potential biotechnological interest.
Ferrés, I; Amarelle, V.; Noya, F.; Fabiano, E.
Advances in Polar Science. 26 (1): 65-73
A new small regulatory protein, HmuP, modulates haemin acquisition in Sinorhizobium meliloti.
Amarelle V, Koziol U, Rossini F, Noya F, O'Brian MR, Fabiano E.
Microbiology. 2010 Jun;156(Pt 6):1873-82.
https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.037713-0
ShmR is essential for utilization of heme as a nutritional iron source in Sinorhizobium meliloti.
Vanesa Amarelle, Mark R. O’Brian and Elena Fabiano
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 Oct;74(20):6473-5.
https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01590-08
other-awards
Awards

July 2017 Member of the Uruguayan National Research System (SNI)

October 2017 PEDECIBA RESEARCHER

May 2015 SUM poster prize

September 2013 EMBO grant

November 2013 PEDECIBA internship grant

March 2012 PhD scholarship grant

November 2011 AMSUD-PASTEUR grant

July 2010 PEDECIBA internship grant

October 2009 PEDECIBA grant

March 2008 MSC. scholarship grant

November 2008 UNU-BIOLAC grant

August 2008 EMBO poster prize

August 2008 FEMS grant

March 2004 Exchange and academic mobility program (PIMA) scholarship grant