Sebastian Tanco

Areas of expertise:

Recombinant protein expression and purification. Crystallography. Enzymology. Cell Biology. Molecular Biology.

Areas of interest:

Recombinant protein expression and purification. Crystallography. Enzymology. Cell Biology. Proteomics.
 

Projects IBB:

Functional and enzymatic characterization of human ProCarboxypeptidase A4.
Recombinant expression and crystallization of Drosophila carboxypeptidase D.
Recombinant expression and characterization of Cytosolic Carboxypeptidases (CCPs)

Graduation:

• M.Sc. in Biotechnology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2005-2006)

• B.Sc. in Biochemistry at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (1997-2004)

Professional experience:

• Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB), Unitat d'Enginyeria de Proteïnes i Enzimologia, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Ph.D. Student, January 2005 - Present

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Pharmacology – Fricker’s Lab, Yeshiva University – New York. Visiting Scientist, July 2007 – November 2007

• EMB Hamburg - Wilmanns Group Visiting Scientist, November 2006

• Institute for Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology Investigation (INGEBI), Chagas Disease Lab, University of Buenos Aires. Assistant, July 2004 - December 2004

• Institute of Research in Theoretical and Applied Physical Chemistry (INIFTA), Nanoscopies Lab, Faculty of Exact Sciences, National University of La Plata. Assistant, October 1999 - May 2003

Participation in other projects:

Nanoestructura y dinamica de superficies
Dr. Roberto C. Salvarezza
Nanoscopies Lab, Faculty of Exact Sciences, National University of La Plata
Assistant, October 1999 - May 2003
http://www.inifta.unlp.edu.ar/investig/nano.htm

Laboratorio de Biología Molecular de la Enfermedad de Chagas
Dr. Mariano Levin
Chagas Disease Lab, University of Buenos Aires.
Assistant, July 2004 - December 2004
http://www.ingebi-conicet.gov.ar/dr_levin.htm

Nna1-like proteins are active metallocarboxypeptidases of a new and diverse M14 subfamily.

Rodriguez de la Vega M, Sevilla RG, Hermoso A, Lorenzo J, Tanco S, Diez A, Fricker LD, Bautista JM, Aviles FX.

FASEB J. 21(3):851-65 (2007)

http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/full/21/3/851

The Role of Defects and Molecular Interactions in the Charge Transfer Process through Self-Assembled Thiolate Monolayers on Au(111).

G. Benítez, C. Vericat, S. Tanco, F. Remes Lenicov, M. F. Castez, M. E. Vela, and R. C. Salvarezza.

Langmuir, 20(12), 5030-5037 (2004).

 

Binary self-assembled of alkanethiols on Au(111) studied by STM.

C. Vericat, F. Remes Lenicov, S. Tanco, G. Andreasen, L. Vázquez, M. E. Vela and R. C. Salvarezza.

Acta Microscopica Special Volume (2003).

 

Building complex two-dimensional structures: methylene blue on self-assembled monolayer-covered Au(111).

C. Vericat, F. Remes Lenicov, S. Tanco, G. Andreasen, M. E. Vela and R. C. Salvarezza. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (physical chemistry of surfaces and interfaces), 106, 9114 (2002).