Christina Pentari
Info
Biography
Education
03/2019-present
Ph.D. in Biotechnology
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
School of Chemical Engineering
Biotechnology Laboratory
Ph.D. Thesis: Improvement of enzyme systems for the efficient utilization of lignocellulosic biomass
12/2013-10/2018
Diploma in Chemical Engineering (8,82/10)
National Technical University of Athens
School of Chemical Engineering
Diploma Thesis: Utilization of enzymatic systems of Basidiomycetes in applications of biodegradation
Languages
Greek (Native speaker)
English (Level C2)
German (Level Β2)
Spanish (Intermediate level)
Work Experience
09/2017-10/2017
Intern
General Chemical State Laboratory
Analysis of packaging materials, inorganic materials, industrial products, metal and plastic materials using instrumental analysis techniques
Publications
4. Nikolaivits E. Pentari C., Kosinas C., Feiler C.G., Spiliopoulou M., Weiss M.S., Dimarogona* M., Topakas* E. (2021). Unique features of the bifunctional GH30 from Thermothelomyces thermophila revealed by structural and mutational studies. Carbohydrate Research, 273, 118553; doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118553.
3. Zerva A., Pentari C., Termentzi A., America A.H.P., Zouraris D., Bhattacharya K.S., Karantonis A., Zervakis G.I., Topakas* E. (2021). Discovery of two novel laccase-like multicopper oxidases from Pleurotus citrinopileatus and their application in phenolic oligomer synthesis. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 14:83; doi: 10.1186/s13068-021-01937-7.
2. Zerva A., Pentari C., Topakas E., (2020) “Crosslinked Enzyme Aggregates (CLEAs) of Laccases from Pleurotus citrinopileatus Induced in Olive Oil Mill Wastewater (OOMW)”, Molecules, 25, 2221; doi:10.3390/molecules25092221
1. Zerva A., Pentari C., Grisel S., Berrin J.G., Topakas E., (2020) “A new synergistic relationship between xylan-active LPMO and xylobiohydrolase to tackle recalcitrant xylan”, Biotechnol Biofuels 13:142, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-020-01777-x
National Conferences
1. C. Pentari, A. Zerva, D. Zouraris, A. Karantonis, E. Topakas, “Study of the synthetic potential of two novel laccases PcLac1 και PcLac2 from the Basidiomycete Pleurotus citrinopileatus”, 12th Panhellenic Scientific Conference of Chemical Engineering (Athens, Greece 2019)
Praktical Skills
HPLC analysis. HPAEC analysis, Spectrophotometric sugar quantification, Agarose and SDS-PAGE electrophoreses, PCR mutagenesis, Gene cloning, Cell growth and cultivation methods, Heterologous enzyme production and purification, Enzyme characterization (substrate specificity, optimal activity conditions), Analysis of kinetic data, Enzyme immobilization in Cross-Linked Enzyme Aggregates
Other Skills
Use of the following computer programs:
Matlab, MathCad, Microsoft Office, AspenPlus Software, PyMOL, Comsol Multiphysics, Gepasi
