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Dra. Jenny Blamey

Cargo: 
Dpto. Biología. Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Biotecnología de Extremófilos
E-mail: 
jenny.blamey@usach.cl

FIGURE 1. Strategy for the screening and production of new extreme biocatalysts from environmental samples. Culture dependent and independent approaches to discover novel extremozymes are depicted in the discovery phase.

Figura extraída del articulo Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol., 12 January 2022
Sec. Industrial Biotechnology Espina, G., Muñoz-Ibacache, S.A., Cáceres-Moreno, P., Amenabar, M. J., Blamey, J.M. (2022) “ From the Discovery of Extremozymes to an Enzymatic Product: Roadmap Based on Their   Applications”

Frontiers of Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Volume 9 - 2022  https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2021.752281

 

Biografía: 

Realizó sus estudios en The University of Georgia, USA

Lineas de Investigación: 

Bioquímica y Microbiología de Extremófilos y sus Biocompuestos y Aplicaciones

Proyectos: 
1.- "Bioengineering Extremophile Enzymes to Develop Biological Sensors, II", (2018-2020), , AFOSR. Grant # FA9550-16-1-0356.
 
2.- "Polymeric platform for immobilization of enzymes to improve their efficiency in biocatalysis" (2019-2022), CONICYT Grant # 1191467.
 
3.-  "Deconvolution of a biofilm involved in biocorrosion of metal alloys". (2019-2021) AFOSR. Grant # FA9550-19-1-0234.
 
4.- "Biological removal of phenolic derivatives from contaminated wastewaters effluents from pharmaceutical, chemical and textile industry"(2020-2023), ANID Grant #NSFC190024
 
5.- "Central/South American convergent margins: Biology meets Subduction" funding (2017-2021) Grant # G-2016-720 de The  Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Deep Carbon   Observatory.
 
6.- "Recombinant thermophilic amine-transaminase: Prototype for the synthesis of intermediary quiral compounds for the pharmaceutical industry " (2020-2022), FONDEF-IDeA, ANID Grant # ID20I10055 
 
7.- "Study of the adaptive genetic variation in thermophilic archaea from a micro- and macro- evolutionary perspective" ( 2020-2024), ANID Grant # 1201692 
 
8.-  "Structural lipids determination of extremophiles from unique Antarctic environments" ( 2021-2023), Grant of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA), International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)
 
9.-"A novel framework of a Cell Free Protein System based on a psychrotolerant extremophile" 2021-2023, AFOSR. Grant # FA9550-22-1-0034.
 
10.- "Biochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of a laccase with biotechnological potential from an extremophilic microorganism" (2021-2023), DICYT Grant # 022143BA
 
11.- "Extremozymes involved in the degradation of highly contaminant phenolic compounds" (2021-2022), DICYT Grant # 022143BA_PD
 
12.- "Bionanoparticles as novel elements in the development of an anticorrosive paint coating" (2021-2023), CCDC Grant # 78576-IN-INT
 
13.-  "Prebiotic oxidation of glyceraldehyde(3P) catalyzed by W/Mo: the evolutionary origin of an energy-conserving metabolic pathway" ( 2022-2025), ANID Grant #1221936
 
14.-  "The Atacama Desert: Natural laboratory for adaptability and resilience, a window to look into the space, origin and future (2022-2023), ANID Grant #476830
 
15.-  "From Atacama Desert to solar System: Challenging the future for Chilean Bio-mining Industry" (2022-2023), ANID Grant #474880
 
16.- "Exploring the use of amyloids as minimalist enzymes for industrial applications" (2023-2026), ANID Grant # 13220108
 

 

Últimas Publicaciones: 
-       Cong Fu, Xuexia Xu, Yukang Xie, Yufei Liu, Min Liu, Ai Chen, Jenny M. Blamey, Jiping Shi, Suwen Zhao, Junsong Sun “Rational design of GDP-D-mannose mannosyl hydrolase for microbial L‑fucose production” (2023) Microbial Cell Factories 22:56 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-023-02060-y
 
 
 
-       Cortes-Antiquera, R., Espina, G., Márquez, S. L. Sánchez-San Martin, J., Blamey, J.M. (2023) “Recombinant expression and characterization of a new laccase, bioinformatically identified, from the Antarctic thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus sp. ID17” Extremophiles Jul.10; 27(2):18  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-023-01299-y
 
 
 
-        Urbieta, M.S., Panyushkina, A., Cuadros-Orellana A., Gonzalez-Toril, E., Aguilera-Bazan, A., Blamey, J.M. (2023) “Microbial communities from geothermal fields: recent advances on characterization, interaction with the environment, and potential applications in biotechnology” Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1205759
 
 
 
-        Bueno-Nieto,C., Cortés-Antiquera, R., Espina, G., Atalah, J., Villanueva J., Aliaga C., Zuñiga, G.E., Blamey J.M. (2023) “Biochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of a Recombinant Laccase from Thermophilic Bacillus sp. FNT with Potential for Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons” Catalysts 13(4), 763; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13040763
 
 
 
-   Atalah, J., Espina, G., Blamey, L. Muñoz-Ibacache, S.A., Blamey, J.M. (2022) “Advantages of Using Extremophilic Bacteria for the Biosynthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles and Its Potential for Rare Earth Element Recovery” Frontiers in Microbiology. Sec. Microbiol.Chem.13:855077 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.855077
 
      
 
-        Barry, P. H., De Moor, J. M., Chiodi, A., Barraza, F. A., Hudak, M. R., Bekaert, D. V., Turner, S. J., Curtice, J., Seltzer, A. M., Jessen, G. L., Osses, E., Blamey, J. M., Amenábar, M. J., Selci, M., Cascone, M., Bastianoni, A., Nakagawa, M., Filipovich, R., Bustos, E., Schrenk, M. O., Buongiorno, J., Ramírez, C. J., Rogers T. J., Lloyd, K. G., Giovannelli, D. (2022) “The Helium and Carbon Isotope Characteristics of the Andean Convergent Margin” Front. Earth Sci. 10:897267. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.897267
 
 
 
 -Atalah, J., Blamey, J.M. (2022) “Isolation and characterization of a novel laccase from an Antarctic thermophilic Geobacillus” Antarctic Science. Vol. 34, Issue 4, pp. 289-297    doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102022000074
 
 
 
-         Espina, G., Muñoz-Ibacache, S.A., Cáceres-Moreno, P., Amenabar, M. J., Blamey, J.M. (2022) “ From the Discovery of Extremozymes to an Enzymatic Product: 12; Roadmap Based on  Their Applications” Frontiers of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 9:752281  doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.752281
 
 
 
-        Valenzuela, B., Benavides, A., Gutierrez, D., Blamey, L., Monsalves, M. T., Modak, B., Blamey, J. M. (2022) “Violacein from an Antarctic Iodobacter sp. 7MAnt and its Fuction as immunomodulator of the defense mechanism of innate immunity in fish cells” Journal of Fish  Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13559
 
      
 
-        Amenabar, M. J., Martinez, L., Yuan, M., Contardo, X., Cerpa, L.M., Rodrigo, C., Blamey, J.M. (2021) "Role of Chemosynthetic Thermophilic Communities on the Biogeochemical Cycles of Minerals in the Orca Seamount Area, Antarctica" Geomicrobiology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2021.1966141
 
 
 
-        Elcheninov, A. G., Toshchakov, S.V., Kochetkova., T. V., Novikov, A.A., Blamey, J.M., Kublanov, I.V. (2021) "Novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Infirmifilum lucidum gen. nov. sp. nov., reclassification of Thermofilum uzonense as Infirmifilum uzonense comb. nov. and assignment of the family Thermofilaceae to the order Thermofilales ord. nov." Systematic and Applied Microbiology. SYAPM-D-20-00315R1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126230
 
 
 
-        Espina, G., Atalah, J.,Blamey, J.M. (2021) "Extremophilic oxidoreductases for the industry: five successful examples with promising projections" Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 12; 9:710035. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2021.710035
 
 
 
-        Espina, G., Caceres-Moreno, P., Mejias-Navarrete, G., Ji, M., Sun, J., Blamey, J.M. (2021) "A novel and highly active recombinant spore-coat bacterial laccase, able to rapidly biodecolorize azo, triarylmethane andanthraquinonic dyestuffs" International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. Vol 170: 298-306. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.12.123
 
 
-        Contreras, F., Amenabar, M. J., Blamey, J.M. (2021) "Purification and characterization of two thermostable xylanases from a halotolerant Bacillus sp. Asc6BA isolated from Salar de Ascotán, Atacama Desert". Extremophiles. 25: pp51-59 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-020-01210-z
 
-        Espina, G., Caceres-Moreno, P., Correa-Llantén, D., Sarmiento, F., Blamey, J.M. (2020) “Extremozymes: from discovery to novel bio-products”, in: N.M. Lee (Ed.), Biotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms. DeGruyter, Umeå. ISBN 978-3-11-042773-8. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110424331-004
 
 
-        Ji, M., Li, S., Liu, Y., Wu, H., Chen, Q., Shi, J., Blamey, J.M , Sun, J. (2020) "Development of an inducible T7 expression system in Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6051a for production of α-L-arabinofuranosidase " Research Square: Applied and Industrial Microbiology DOI:10.21203/rs.2.23253/v1
 
 
 
-        Atalah, J., Blamey, L., Gelineo-Albersheim, I., Blamey, J.M. (2020)“Characterization of the EPS from a thermophilic corrosive consortium”    Biofouling, DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2019.1691171
 
 
 
-        Wu, H., Li, S., Ji, M., Chen, Q., Shi, J., Blamey, J.M., Sun, J. (2020) “Improvement of polyhydroxybutyrate production by deletion of csrA in Escherichia coli. ” Electronic Journal of Biotechnology. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejbt.2020.04.005
 
 
 
-        Monsalves, M.T., Ollivet-Besson G.P., Amenabar, J.M., Blamey, J.M. (2020) “Isolation of a Psychrotolerant and UV-C-Resistant Bacterium from Elephant Island, Antarctica with a Highly Thermoactive and Thermostable Catalase” Microorganisms, Vol. 8 (1): 95.
 
 
 
 
-        Atalah, J., Blamey, L., Köhler, H., Alfaro-Valdes, I.M., Galarce, C., Alvarado, C., Sancy, M., Páez, M., Blamey J.M. (2020) “Study of an Antarctic thermophilic consortium and its influence on the electrochemical behavior of aluminum alloy 7075-T6” Bioelectrochemistry. Vol.133:107450. https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2019.107450
 
 
 
-        Atalah, J., Blamey, L., Muñoz-Ibacache, S., Gutierrez, F.,  Urzua, M.,  Encinas, M.V., Páez M.,  Sun J.,  Blamey, J.M. (2020) “Isolation and characterization of violacein from an Antarctic Iodobacter: a nonpathogenic psychrotolerant microorganism” Extremophiles, 24(1):43-52. doi: 10.1007/s00792-019-01111-w
 
 
 
-        Atalah, J., Cáceres-Moreno, P., Espina, P., Blamey, J.M. (2019) “Thermophiles and the applications of their enzymes as new biocatalysts” Bioresource Technology, Vol. 280:478-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.02.008
 
 
 
-        Márquez, S.L., Atalah, J., Blamey, J.M. (2019) “Characterization of a novel thermostable (S)-amine-transaminase from an Antarctic moderately-thermophilic bacterium Albidovulum sp. SLM16” Enzyme and Microbial Technology. Vol 131:109423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2019.109423
 
 
 
-        Li,Y., Cha, Q., Dang,Y., Chen, X., Wang, M., McMinn, A., Espina, G., Zhang, Y., Blamey, J.M. Qin, Q. (2019) “ Reconstruction of the Functional Ecosystem in the High Light, Low Temperature Union Glacier Region, Antarctica” Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol.10, 2408. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02408
 
 
 
-        Gulppi, M., Muñoz, L., Vejar, N., Blamey, J.M., Gonzalez, E., Azócar., M., Sancy, M., Molina, P., Zagal, J.H., Paez, M. (2019) “ Electrochemical dynamic sensing of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of microorganisms” Electrochimica Acta. 305:416-422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.03.076
 
 
 
-        Azocar, M.I., Alarcon R., Castillo, A., Blamey, J.M., Walter, M., Paez, M. (2019) “ Capping of silver nanoparticles by anti-inflammatory ligands:Antibacterial activity and superoxide anion generation” Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, B:Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2019.02.005
 
 
 
-        Márquez, S.,Blamey, J.M. (2019) “Isolation and partial characterization of a new moderate thermophilic Albidovulum sp. 1 SLM16 from Deception Island, Antarctica” Biological Research 52:5 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-018-0210-7
 
 
 
-        Ortega, D., Alvarado, C., Kohler H., Páez, M., Sancy, M., Vejar, N., Blamey, J. M. (2019) “Effect of a Bacterial Consortium on Passivation Property of 2024 Aluminum Alloy” International journal of Electrochemical Science.14:1940-1953. http://doi.org:10.20964/2019.02.07
 
 
 
-       Katarzyna Czyzewska, AnnaTrusek-Holownia, MagdalenaDabrowa, Felipe Sarmiento, Jenny M. Blamey (2019) “A catalytic membrane used for H2O2 decomposition”. Catalysis Today. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2017.11.025
 
 
 
-       Cáceres-Moreno, P., Muñoz-Ibacache, S., Monsalves, M.T., Amenabar, M.J., Blamey, J.M. (2019)“Functional approach for the development and production of novel extreme biocatalysts.” Chapter book in ACS Symposium Series Books, ACS Publications. Vol.1:1-22. eISSN: 1947-5918ISSN: 0097-6156.
 
 
 
-       Villalobos, V., Leiva, A., Ríos, H., Pavez, J., Silva, C.,Ahmar, M., Queneau, Y., Blamey, J.M.,Chávez, F.,Urzúa, M.(2018) “Inhibiting pathogen surface adherence by multilayer polyelectrolyte films functionalized with glucofuranose derivatives” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. https://DOI: 10.1021/acsami. 8b03605
 
 
 
-        Rodrigo, C., Blamey J.M., Huhn, O., Provost, C. (2018) “Is there an active hydrothermal flux from the Orca seamount in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica” Andean Geology Journal 45 (3): 344-356. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5027/andgeo%25x
 
 
 
-        Cowan, D., Hughes, K., Pointing, S., Mataloni, G., Blamey J.M., Kong, W. (2018) “Non-native microbial introductions: what risk to Antarctic ecosystems? ” Antarctic Environmental Portal DOI: https://doi.org/10.18124/D40S5T
 
 
 
-        Atalah, J., Zhou, Y., Espina, G., Blamey, J.M., Ramasamy, R.P. (2018) “Improved stability of multicopper oxidase–carbon nanotube conjugates using a thermophilic laccase. ”  Catalysis Science & Technology 8 (5), 1272-1276, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CY00072G
 
 
 
-        Zhou, Y., Szarob, N., Atalah, J., Espina, G., Blamey, J. M., Ramasamy, R.P. (2018) “Electro-kinetic study of oxygen reduction reaction catalyzed by thermophilic laccase” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, volume 165, issue 10, H652-H657, https://doi.org/ 10.1149/2.0871810jes
 
 
 
-       Cabrera, M. A, Blamey, J.M. (2018) “Biotechnological applications of archaeal enzymes from extreme environments” Biological Research 51:37 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-018-0186-3
 
 
 
-       Flores, P. A., Correa-Llantén, D.N., Blamey, J. M. (2018) “A thermophilic microorganism from Deception Island, Antarctica with a thermostable glutamate dehydrogenase activity” Biological Research. 51:55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-018-0206-3