BEGOÑA SÁNCHEZ ASTRAÍN
Biography
Begoña has a degree in Marine Sciences from the University of Alicante and has completed the Official Master in Industrial and Agrifood Biotechnology at the University of Almeria. She is currently developing her PhD with a predoctoral FPI grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ref.: PRE2020-096255).
She has worked in the field of microalgae biotechnology in several European projects and currently her research work is focused on the study of different macroalgae communities in the Cantabrian coast using biological experimentation and species modeling.
RESEARCHER LINES
Microalgae and cyanobacteria biotechnology
Marine seaweeds ecology
Climate change impacts on marine biological communities
PUBLICACITIONS
Sainz-Villegas, S., Sánchez-Astráin, B., Puente, A., & Juanes, J. A. (2024). Exploring the effects of temperature and light availability on the vegetative propagation processes of the non-native species Asparagopsis armata. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1343353.
Sainz-Villegas, S., Sánchez-Astráin, B., Puente, A., & Juanes, J. A. (2023). Characterization of Gelidium corneum’s (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta) vegetative propagation process under increasing levels of temperature and irradiance. Marine Environmental Research, 187, 105966.
Ribeiro, T., Jónsdóttir, K., Hernandez-Bautista, R., Silva, N. G., Sánchez-Astráin, B., Samadi, A., Eiriksson, F., Thorsteinsdóttir, M., Ussar, S. & Urbatzka, R. (2023). Metabolite Profile Characterization of Cyanobacterial Strains with Bioactivity on Lipid Metabolism Using In Vivo and In Vitro Approaches. Marine Drugs, 21(9), 498.
Martínez-García, M., Garduño-Solórzano, G., Lopes, G., Sanchez, B. A., Urbatzka, R., Hentschke, G. S., Campos, J. E. & Vasconcelos, V. M. O. (2023). Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-obesity potential of extracts containing phenols, chlorophyll and carotenoids from Mexican wild populations of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. Biology, 12(4), 620.
Bellver, M., Costa, S. L. D., Sanchez, B. A., Vasconcelos, V., & Urbatzka, R. (2021). Inhibition of intestinal lipid absorption by cyanobacterial strains in zebrafish larvae. Marine drugs, 19(3), 161.
Esta empresa ha recibido una ayuda FPI financiada por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Ref.: PRE2020-096255).
