Research projects and funding

2021-2024 Biodesign for the bioeconomy: efficient biomanufacturing through the Design-Build-Test-Learn cycle (BIOECODBTL). AEI TED2021-131049B. Level of involvement: PI. Total funding: 123k Euros.

2021-2024 Smart biomanufacturing processes: dynamic regulation, optimization and machine learning (SMARTBIOFAB). GVA CIAICO/2021/159. Level of involvement: PI. Total funding: 84k Euros.

2022-2024 Improving bioproduction through dynamic regulation circuits (BioCircus). HE MCSA. Level of involvement: PI. Total funding: 207k Euros.

2022-2025 Advanced Design, Analysis and Control of Synthetic Biomolecular Circuits under Noise (CompSynBio). AEI PID2021-127888NA-I00. Amount: 169k Euros.

2022-2024 Development of probiotics and added-value products from beer brewing waste. AVI (GVA). Amount: 161k Euros.

2021-2024 Dynamic regulation across metabolic engineering scales. Feedback control and automated DBTL cycle. AEI. Amount: 180k Euros.

2019-2023 Shikifactory1000: Modular cell factories for the production of 100 compounds from the shikimate pathway. Horizon2020 BIOTEC-03-2018. Level of involvement: co-PI. Total funding: 8 million Euros; amount granted to University of Manchester: 1 million Euros.

2018 Research collaboration on the development of standardised methods for pathway design and enzyme selection, design of experiments and machine learning-based redesign. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), DOE Joint BioEnergy Institute, DOE Agile Biofoundry. BBSRC Flexible Talent Mobile Account BBSRC Grant BB/R506497/1. Level of involvement: PI. Amount: 4k GBP.

2018-2019 Identification of a novel endogenous enzyme in S. cerevisiae responsible for the glycine conversion to glyoxylate in the endogenous butanol synthetic pathway. Manchester Institute of Biotechnology. Level of involvement: co-PI. Amount: 8k GBP.

2015-2020 Centre for Synthetic Biology of Fine and Speciality Chemicals SYNBIOCHEM. BBSRC-ESPRC. Total funding: 10m GBP.

2016-2019 Towards a Bio-based Manufacturing Platform for High Strength Aramid (Aromatic Polyamide) Synthetic Fibres Using Synthetic Biology. EPSRC Research Grant EP/N025504/1. Level of involvement: participant. Amount: 500k Euros.

2014-2016 Sensing metabolites for dynamic regulation and strain screening of metabolic pathways: METASENS. Toulouse White Biotechnology / Genopole. Level of involvement: partner. Amount: 174k Euros.

2014-2015 Computational systems biology modeling in drug toxicity prediction (eTOX), financed by FP7 Marie Curie Actions COFUND Programme and UPF/IMIM Barcelona. Level of involvement: PI. Amount: 150k Euros.

2012-2013 Enzyme promiscuity computational predictions for biosynthesis, financed by ChemTex Inc. Level of involvement: co-PI. Amount: 75k Euros.

2013 Metabolic regulation of switch protein inhibitors. PRES UniverSud Paris. Level of involvement: PI. Amount: 3k Euros.

2010-2013 RetroSynthBio: retrosynthesis for the bioproduction of therapeutics, Chair d’Excellence, financed by French Government (ANR). Level of involvement: partner & partial responsibility. Amount: 450k Euros.

2009-2012 Metabolic Engineering for bioproduction, financed by Genopole, France. Level of involvement: partner & partial responsibility. Amount: 250k Euros.

2002-2006 Prototype of a high-performance actuator, financed by the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Level of involvement: PI. Amount: 7k Euros.

2000-2004 Design And Analysis Of End-to-end Feedback Congestion Control Schemes, NSF ITR Award No. 0081527, USA. Level of involvement: partner. Amount: 250k Euros.

2001-2004 Adaptive high-performance systems, financed by the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Level of involvement: PI. Amount: 7k Euros.

2001-2002 Development of an Electronic Reference Consulting Tool in Standardization and Calibration, financed by the Regional Government of Valencia and the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Level of involvement: PI. Amount: 45k Euros.

2000-2004 Design And Analysis Of End-to-end Feedback Congestion Control Schemes, NSF ITR Award No. 0081527, USA. Level of involvement: partner. Amount: 250k Euros.

1999-2000 Adaptive Intelligent Control of Complex Processes, financed by the Regional Government of Valencia. Level of involvement: partner. Amount: 75k Euros.

1996-1997 Development of a Software Application for Monitoring, Remote Control, Data Storage and Management of a Temperature Control System in a Wine Cellar, financed by private funds. Level of involvement: PI. Amount: 75k Euros.