Dra. Susana Rodriguez

Ikerbasque Research Professor
(Spain)

Doctor in Chemistry (with honours) from the University of Vigo (Spain)
Research experience: Visiting researcher at the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology from the Graz University of Technology (Graz, Austria) and at the Department of Biological Engineering from the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal). About 80 papers
Research line: Production of ligninolytic enzymes , development of different techniques for microorganism immobilisation and enzyme immobilisation, bioreactor design , bioprocess development , biological treatment of dye-containing wastewater and enzyme purification
Has comes from Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona, Spain)
Has joined the CEIT, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas de Guipúzcoa (San Sebastián)

Publications

2011

Johann F. Osma, Ulla Moilanen, José L. Toca-Herrera and Susana Rodríguez-Couto (2011)
Morphology and laccase production of white-rot fungi grown on wheat bran flakes under semi-solid-state fermentation conditions
FEMS Microbiology Letters

Johann F. Osma, José L. Toca-Herrera and Susana Rodríguez-Couto (2011)
Environmental, scanning electron and optical microscope image analysis software for the determination of volume and occupied area of solid-state fermentation fungal cultures
Biotechnology Journal

Naeimeh Enayatzamir, Fatemeh Tabandeh, Susana Rodríguez-Couto, Bagher Yakhchali, Hossein A. Alikhani and Leila Mohammadi (2011)
Biodegradation pathway and detoxification of the diazo dye Reactive Black 5 by Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Bioresource Technology

Susana Rodriguez-Couto (2011)
Production of laccase and decolouration of the textile dye Remazol Brilliant Blue R in temporary immersion bioreactors
Journal of Hazardous Materials

Rukan Genc and Susana Rodríguez-Couto (2011)
Production of a Biopolymer at reactor scale: a Laboratory Class Experience
Journal of Chemical Education

J.F. Osma, J.L. Toca-Herrera and S. Rodríguez-Couto (2011)
Cost analysis in laccase production
Journal of Environmental Management

2010

K. Enayatzamir, H. A. Alikhani, B. Yakhchali, F. Tabandeh, S. Rodríguez-Couto (2010)
Decolouration of azo dyes by Phanerochaete chrysosporium immobilised into alginate beads
Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Johann F. Osma, José L. Toca-Herrera, Susana Rodrıíguez-Couto (2010)
Biodegradation of a simulated textile effluent by immobilised-coated laccase in laboratory-scale reactors
Applied Catalysis A: General

U. Moilanen, J.F. Osma, E. Winquist, M. Leisola and S. Rodríguez Couto (2010)
Decolorization of simulated textile dye baths by crude laccases from Trametes hirsuta and Cerrena unicolor
Engineering in Life Sciences

Johann F. Osma, José L. Toca-Herrera, Susana Rodríguez-Couto (2010)
Degradation pathway of Remazol Brilliant Blue R by immobilised laccase
Bioresource Technology

2009

S. Rodríguez-Couto, J.F. Osma, J.L. Toca-Herrera (2009)
Removal of synthetic dyes by an eco-friendly strategy
Engineering in Life Sciences

R. Genc, S. Rodríguez-Couto (2009)
Using Biotechnology in the Laboratory: Using an Immobilized-Laccase Reactor-System to Learn about Wastewater Treatment
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

K. Enayatzamir, F. Tabandeh, B. Yakhchali, H.A. Alikhani, S. Rodríguez-Couto (2009)
Assessment of the joint effect of laccase and cellobiose dehydrogenase on the decolouration of different synthetic dyes
Journal of Hazardous Materials

M. S. Roriz, J.F. Osma, J. A. Teixeira, S. Rodríguez-Couto (2009)
Application of response surface methodological approach to optimise Reactive Black 5 decolouration by crude laccase from Trametes pubescens
Journal of Hazardous Materials

Susana Rodríguez-Couto (2009)
Removal of dyes by immobilised fungi
Biotechnology Advances

Susana Rodríguez-Couto (2009)
Enzymatic biotransformation of synthetic dyes
Current Drug Metabolism

In press

Susana Rodriguez-Couto (2012)
The Open Textile Journal
Laccases for Denim Bleaching: an Eco-friendly Alternative

O. Rubilar, G.R. Tortella, R. Cuevas, M. Cea, S. Rodríguez-Couto, M.C. Diez (2011)
Adsorptive removal of pentachlorophenol by Anthracophylum discolor in a fixed-bed column
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution

J.F. Osma, J.L. Toca Herrera and S. Rodríguez Couto (2009)
Biodegradation of a simulated textile effluent by immobilised-coated laccase in laboratory-scale reactors
Applied Catalysis A: General

Susana Rodríguez-Couto (2009)
Enzymatic Biotransformation of Synthetic Dyes
Current Drug Metabolism

Books and book chapters

Published

J.F. Osma, S. Rodríguez-Couto and J.L. Toca Herrera (2010)
Type: book
Book: Laccases and their potential application to synthetic dye treatment
Chapter:
Page numbers:
ISBN: 978-3-8383-4525-3 | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co, Germany | Editors:
S. Rodríguez Couto and J. L. Toca-Herrera (2009)
Type: book
Book: Progress in Pesticides Research
Chapter: Pesticide degradation by laccases
Page numbers: Nova Science Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-60456-201-9 | Hauppauge, NY | Editors: Christopher M. Kanzantzakis

In press

Margarida S. Roriz and Susana Rodríguez-Couto (2012)
Type: chapters
Book: Fungi: Types, Environmental Impact and Role in Disease
Chapter: White-rot fungi as promising bioremediation agents
Page numbers: xxxxxxx
ISBN: xxxxxxx | Hauppauge, NY | Editors: M.S. Arias Vázquez, A. Paz Silva
Johann F. Osma and Susana Rodríguez-Couto (2011)
Type: book
Book: Soil Microbiology and Biotechnology
Chapter: Soil bioremediation by the Trametes genus
Page numbers:
ISBN: xxxxxxxx | Hauppauge, NY | Editors: Prof. Dr. Mohammad Miransari
S. Rodríguez-Couto and J.L. Toca Herrera (2011)
Type: chapters
Book: Advances in Environmental Research
Chapter: Applications of Laccases (invitation).
Page numbers: xxxxxxx
ISBN: 978-1-61470-743-1 | Hauppauge, NY | Editors: J.A. Daniels

Doctoral dissertations

Production of laccases by the white-rot fungus Trametes pubescens for their potential application to synthetic dye treatment
2009 -
Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona)
Johann F. Osma Cruz

Managerial activities

Managing editor of Frontiers in Bioscience
Member of the editorial board of The Open Textile Journal

Prizes and Honours

Cover picture of the issue of January 2011 of Biotechnology Journal (2011)

Congresses, Proceedings & Scientific meetings

Biodegradation of the diazo dye Reactive Black 5 by Phanerochaete chrysosporium immobilised in fixed-bed bioreactors. K. Enayatzamir, B.Yakhchali, F. Tabandeh, H.A. Alikhani, L. Mohammadi and S. Rodríguez-Couto
5th European Meeting on Oxizymes (2010) Congress
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ/Leipzig (Germany) (Poster)
In vitro decolouration and kinetic studies by crude MnP from P. chrysosporium. K. Enayatzamir, F. Tabandeh, B.Yakhchali and S. Rodríguez-Couto
5th European Meeting on Oxizymes (2010) Congress
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ/ Leipzig (Germany) (Poster)
Biodegradation with white-rot fungi and their enzymes. Susana Rodríguez-Couto
2nd International Workshop Advances in Science and Technology of Natural Resources (2010) Congress
Universidad de La Frontera/Chile (Invited talk)
Decolouration of the diazo dye Reactive Black 5 by Trametes pubescens at laboratory reactor. Kheirghadam Enayatzamir, Fatemeh Tabandeh, Bagher Yakhchali and Susana Rodríguez Couto
First International Conference on Advances in Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (2009) Congress
University of Tehran (Iran) (Poster)
Combined action of laccase and cellobiose dehydrogenase for the decolouration of the azo dye Ponceau Xylidine R. K. Enayatzamir, H.A. Alikhani, F. Tabandeh, B. Yakhchali, L. Mohammadi and S. Rodríguez-Couto
14th European Congress on Biotechnolgy (2009) Congress
Barcelona (Poster)

Other merits and matters

Evaluadora de Proyectos de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PICT-2011) FONCYT Fondo para la Investigación Científica y tecnológica. Ministerio de Ciencia,Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (Gobierno de Argentina) (2011)
Evaluadora de Investment Subsidy Medium 2011/2012. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The Netherlands (2011)
Member of the jury committee of the master thesis entitled "Designing and Evaluation of the Physicochemical Properties and Antimicrobial Activities of Bioactive Biodegradable Films" submitted by Aml Salah Abd-Elsamii Elnawawy to the Faculty of Science of the Cairo University (Egypt) (2010)
Member of the jury committee of the doctoral thesis entitled "Studying the Fibrinolytic Activity in the Edible Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus" submitted by Ramy Sayed Al-Atress Yehia to the Faculty of Science of the Cairo University (Egypt) (2010)
Evaluadora de proyectos presentados al Concurso de Iniciación en Investigación 2010, programa FONDECYT, CONICYT(Gobierno de Chile) (2010)
Evaluadora de Proyectos de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (PICT-2010) FONCYT Fondo para la Investigación Científica y tecnológica. Ministerio de Ciencia,Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (Gobierno de Argentina) (2010)
Member of the jury committee of the doctoral thesis entitled "Molecular chracterization of virulence factors of Escherichia coli isolated from Egypt and Libya" submitted by Mostafa Mohamad Mohamad Ali to the Faculty of Science of the Cairo University (Egypt) (2010)
Member of the jury committee of the doctoral thesis entitled "Bioengineering biomimetic membranes: combining S-layer technology, polyelectrolyte Multilayers and lipids" defended by Mihaela Delcea at the University of the Basque Country (2009)

Ikerbasque. Basque Foundation for Science