Minimal Cells: Design, Construction, Biotechnological Applications

Alvaro R. Lara was awarded a PhD in Biochemical Sciences from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 2007. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. His research focuses on biological engineering, biochemical engineering and biomanufacturing using microbial and mammalian cells. He has published more than 40 research articles and book chapters, as well as 3 patents. Dr. Lara is member of the editorial board of the journals  Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering  and  Microbial Cell Factories .

Guillermo Gosset was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in 1993. Since 1988 he has been a research scientist at the Biotechnology Institute/UNAM. His main research interests are related to metabolic pathway engineering and microbial physiology. Gosset’s work has appeared in more than 121 publications and been included in 8 patents. Several of these publications are utilized as examples in textbooks in the field of metabolic engineering. His industrial experience includes two years as a visiting scientist at Genencor International (Palo Alto, U.S.A.) and one year at Metabolic Explorer (Clermont-Ferrand, France). He is member of the editorial board of the  Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, where he has been the Senior Editor since 2006. He has also been the Associate Editor of  Microbial Cell Factories  since 2014.