2020 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

117 CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2020 Dr. Lorena Wilson (Chile) Professor and researcher at the School of Biochemical Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Dr. José Manuel Guisán (Spain) Research Professor at the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid. They taught the online course “Heterogeneous Biocatalysis: Design and Application of Immobilized Enzymes,” together with Dr. Lorena Betancor, Professor of Protein Technology, as part of Project Redes 190023 of the International Cooperation Program of the National Research and Development Agency of Chile, on November 5, 12, 19, and 26. Dr. Juan Manuel Bolívar (Spain) Research Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the Complutense University of Madrid. He delivered the virtual seminar “Opportunities and Challenges of Enzymes in Oxidations for Green Chemistry,” as part of the Biotechnology Seminar Series Web#Biotecort, organized by the Chair of Protein Technology in the Department of Biotechnology, April 24. Dr. Scott Mitchell (Spain) Senior Research Scientist at the Aragón Institute of Materials Science at the University of Zaragoza. He delivered the virtual seminar “Antimicrobial Nanomaterials to Prevent Biodeterioration in Cultural Heritage Objects” as part of the BiotechnologyWeb#Biotecort Seminar Series, organized by the Chair of Protein Technology in the Department of Biotechnology, on May 22. Dr. Fernando López Gallego (Spain) Research Professor at Ikerbasque - Basque Foundation for Science at the CIC-biomaGUNE Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials, San Sebastián. He presented the virtual seminar “Solid-State Biocatalysts. Molecular and systematic studies of immobilized multi-enzyme complexes,” as part of the Biotechnology Web Seminar Series #Biotecort, organized by the Chair of Protein Technology in the Department of Biotechnology, June 12. Dr. Susana Carregal (Spain) Research Associate at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), San Sebastián. She delivered the virtual seminar “Nanotechnological solutions for challenges in therapy and diagnosis” as part of the BiotechnologyWeb#Biotecort Seminar Series, organized by the Chair of Protein Technology in the Department of Biotechnology, July 10. Dr. Ilaria Armenia (Spain) Researcher at the Aragón Institute of Materials Science. She presented the virtual seminar “3D Protein Imagine: an easy tool for biomolecule visualization” as part of the BiotechnologyWeb#Biotecort Seminar Series, organized by the Chair of Protein Technology in the Department of Biotechnology, July 17.