Dr Valerie Rodrigues

Dr Valerie Rodrigues

Post Doctoral Research Scientist in Sustainable Protein

IBERS

Manylion Cyswllt

Rwy'n fiocemegydd trwy hyfforddiant, gyda BSc mewn Biocemeg a Botaneg ac MSc mewn Biocemeg. Es ymlaen i wneud PhD mewn Biotechnoleg, ar brosiect gwyddoniaeth gymhwysol i roi gwerth ar fiomas gwymon gwyrdd. Ymunais ag IBERS, Prifysgol Aberystwyth fel Cymrawd Marie Sklodowska-Curie ym mis Medi 2021 i weithio ar brisio biomas o flwmau algaidd niwsans/llanw gwyrdd. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n gweithio fel ymchwilydd ôl-ddoethurol yn IBERS ar brosiect sy'n ymwneud â datblygu proteinau amgen cynaliadwy o borthiant newydd. Thema graidd fy ymchwil yw mynd i’r afael â materion amgylcheddol a diogelwch bwyd gan ddefnyddio porthiant anhraddodiadol fel gwymon a glaswelltiroedd sy’n doreithiog ond nad ydynt yn cael eu defnyddio’n ddigonol ledled Cymru. Rwyf wedi sicrhau £300,000+ mewn cyllid ymchwil yn yr ychydig flynyddoedd diwethaf drwy Gymrodoriaeth Unigol Marie Skłodowska-Curie, Grant Cyfnewid Gwyddonol EMBO a Chronfa Ymchwil Joy Welch i enwi dim ond rhai.

Optimising pretreatment methodologies to improve the use of nuisance macroalgal biomass from bloom Ulva spp. prior to enzyme hydrolysis for downstream processing and application. / Jackson, Eloise; Rodrigues, Valerie; Sandoval Rueda, Juan et al.
In: Applied Phycology, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2612052, 20.01.2026.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Biochemical characterisation of a PL24 ulvan lyase from seaweed-associated Vibrio sp. FNV38. / Rodrigues, Valerie J.; Jouanneau, Diane; Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis et al.
In: Journal of Applied Phycology, Vol. 36, No. 2, 30.04.2024, p. 697-711.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Industrial application of cellulases. / Rodrigues, Valerie; Odaneth, Annamma A.
Current Status and Future Scope of Microbial Cellulases. Elsevier, 2021. p. 189-209.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Chemical and biological routes for the valorization of macroalgal polysaccharides. / Rodrigues, Valerie; Odaneth, Annamma A.
Enzymatic Technologies for Marine Polysaccharides. 1. ed. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2019.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Diversity of ulvan and cellulose depolymerizing bacteria associated with the green macroalgae Ulva Spp. / Rodrigues, Valerie; Onime, Lucy; Huws, Sharon et al.
In: Journal of Applied Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Vol. 2, No. 4, 09.03.2017, p. 136-142.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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