Yeasts

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M. Ginovart, C. Prats, X. Portell, M. Silbert, 2011
Exploring the lag phase and growth initiation of a yeast culture by means of an Individual-based Model.
Food Microbiology 28, 810-817
doi:10.1016/j.fm.2010.05.004

X. Portell, M. Ginovart, R. Carbó, A. Gras,  J. Vives-Rego, 2011
Population analysis of a commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeast in batch culture by electric particle analysis, light diffraction and flow cytometry.
FEMS Yeast Research 11, 18-28
doi:10.1111/j.1567-1364.2010.00682.x

X. Portell, M. Ginovart, R. Carbó,  J. Vives-Rego, 2011
Differences in stationary-phase cells of a commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeast grown in aerobic and microaerophilic batch cultures assessed by electric particle analysis, light diffraction and flow cytometry.
Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 38, 141-151
doi:10.1007/s10295-010-0839-x

M. Ginovart, C. Prats, X. Portell, M. Silbert, 2011
Analysis of the effect of inoculum characteristics on the first stages of a growing yeast population in beer fermentations by means of an Individual-based Model.
Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 38, 153-165
doi:10.1007/s10295-010-0840-4

C. Prats, J. Ferrer, A. Gras, M. Ginovart, 2010
Individual-based modelling and simulation of microbial processes: yeast fermentation and multi-species composting
Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems 16, 489-510.

P. Gómez-Moreulo, M. Ginovart, 2009
The differential equation counterpart of an individual-based model for yeast population growth.
Comput Math Appl 58, 1360-1369

 

M. Ginovart, JC. Canadas, 2008
INDISIM-YEAST: an individual-based simulator on a website for experimenting and investigating diverse dynamics of yeast populations in liquid media.
J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 35, 1359-1366

doi:10.1007/s10295-008-0436-4
aneto.upc.es/simulacio/hoja-portada.html

 

M. Ginovart, D. López, A. Giró, M. Silbert, 2006
Flocculation in brewing yeasts: a computer simulation study.
Biosystems. 83, 51-55

doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2005.09.002


Book chapters:
C. Prats, J. Ferrer, A. Gras, M. Ginovart, 2009
Individual-based modelling and simulation of microbial processes: yeast fermentation and multi-species composting.
In: Inge Troch, Felix Breitenecker, Proceedings MATHMOD VIENNA 09. Ed. ARGESIM Full Papers CD Volume, 1495-1506. ISBN:978-3-901608-35-3

 

M. Ginovart, X. Portell, M. Silbert, 2009
Repitching of yeast in beer fermentations: Individual-based Model simulations.
In: Inge Troch, Felix Breitenecker, Proceedings MATHMOD VIENNA 09. Ed. ARGESIM Full Papers CD Volume, 2655 – 2658. ISBN:978-3-901608-35-3

 

M. Ginovart, J. Xifré, D. López, M. Silbert, 2007
INDISIM-YEAST, an individual-based model to study yeast population in batch cultures.
In: Communicating Current Research and Educational Topics and Trends in Applied Microbiology. Ed. A. Méndez-Vilas. Microbiology Book Series nº 1 Vol. 1, Communicating Current Research and Educational Topics and Trends in Applied Microbiology, Formatex (Badajoz), p 401-409. ISBN-13:978-84-611-9422-3. http://www.formatex.org/microbio/.

 

M. Ginovart, A. Gras, R. Carbó, 2007
INDISIM-YEAST, a simulator for individual-based modelling of yeast metabolism and process dynamics in asynchronous batch fermentations.
In: 5th International Conference on Predictive Modelling in Foods. Proceedings, 333-336. Ed. G.Nychas et al., Agricultural University of Athens, Grècia. ISBN:978-960-89313-7-4

 

M. Ginovart, A. Gras, R. Carbó, J. Vives-Rego, 2007
The use of flow cytometry and particle size analysis in the individual-based model INDISIM-YEAST, a simulator of yeast populations.
In: 5th International Conference on Predictive Modelling in Foods. Proceedings, 16-19. Ed. G.Nychas et al., Agricultural University of Athens, Grècia. ISBN:978-960-89313-7-4

 

Conferences' proceedings:

X. Portell, C. Prats, M. Silbert, M. Ginovart, 2009
Effect of the inoculum characteristics on the first stages of a growing yeast population in beer fermentations by means of an Individual-based Model. In: Abstracts Book of the BioMicroWorld2009 - III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology, Lisbon, Portugal, Ed. A. Mendez-Vilas, Formatex p. 292

X. Portell, M. Ginovart, R. Carbó, J. Vives-Rego, 2009
Differences in stationary phase cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. bayanus grown in aerobic and hypoxic bath cultures assessed by electric particle analysis, light diffraction and flow cytometry. In: Abstracts Book of the BioMicroWorld2009 - III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology, Lisbon, Portugal, Ed. A. Mendez-Vilas, Formatex p. 469

X. Portell, C. Prats, M. Silbert, M. Ginovart, 2009
Exploring lag phase and growth initiation of a yeast culture by means of an Individual-based Model. In: Extended Abstracts of the 6th ICPMF - International Conference on Predicitive Modeling in Foods, Washington DC, United States, Ed. V.K. Juneja and D.W. Schaffner

R. Dalmau, X. Portell, C. Prats, M. Ginovart, A. Giró, 2009
Individual-based Modelling and simulation: towards a better understanding of growth dynamics from small inocula. In: Second SAFE Consortium International Congress on Food Safety: Novel Technologies and Food Quality, Safety and Health Abstract Book, Girona, Spain, Ed. Flynn, Garriga, Hofstra, Monfort p. 153-154

 

M. Ginovart, R. Carbó, A. Gras, X. Portell, J. Vives-Rego, 2008
A comparative study of the use of an electronic particle analyser and a flow cytometer to assess the changes of cell size distributions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. bayanus during aerobic and anaerobic growth in batch cultures.
In: The 21st International ICFMH Symposium. “Evolving Microbial Food Quality and Safety” Abstract Book. Ed. Odgen, N. Strachan, University of Aberdeen p. 212
 
M. Ginovart, X. Portell, M. Silbert, 2008
Reutilización de la Levadura en Fermentaciones de la Cerveza: Simulaciones por Ordenador.
In: Actas del V Congreso Español de Ingeniería de Alimentos y al II Congreso Iberoamericano sobre Seguridad Alimentaria, CIMNE, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Barcelona, Ed. M. Raventos i J. Salazar, p 957 - 962 ISBN:978-84-96736-57-3
 
R. Carbó, M. Ginovart, M. Vias, 2008
Influencia de Brettanomyces/Dekkera en la Evolución de la Fermentación Alcohólica.
In: Actas del V Congreso Español de Ingeniería de Alimentos y del II Congreso Iberoamericano sobre Seguridad Alimentaria, CIMNE, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Barcelona, Ed. M. Raventos i J. Salazar p 443 - 448 ISBN:978-84-96736-57-3

P.
Gomez-Moruelo, M. Ginovart, 2006
From individual-based model to partial differential equations: an application to the study of yeast populations in batch cultures. In:
Abstracts of the ICM2006 – International Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid, Spain, p. 172-173

M. Ginovart, M. Silbert, 2005
An individual based model to study the behaviour of yeast populations in batch cultures.
In: Book of Abstracts 1 of The European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, ECMTB05. p 390
 
A. Giró, M. Ginovart, D. López, M. Silbert, 2004
An Individual-based Model to Study Growth Inhibitors of Yeast Cells in Batch Cultures
In: Abstracts. 5th International Conference on Biological Physics 2004, Goteborg, Suècia, pàg. 82

J. Xifré, D. López, M. Ginovart, J. Valls, 1994
Simulación discreta de cultivos de Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
In: II Congreso Nacional de Micologia. Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
 
M. Ginovart, D. López, J. Xifré, 1992
Growth simulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: alcohol-induced inhibition phenomena.
In: Computer Simulation in Biology, Ecology and Medicine. Prague (Rep. Txeca)

 

PhD Thesis:

 

X. Portell (en curs), juny 2009
Modelització i simulació discreta de l'activitat dels llevats en processos d’interès biotecnològic.
Programa de doctorat “Biotecnologia agroalimentària i sostenibilitat” del DEAB de la UPC.
Directores: Dra. Anna Gras i Dra. Marta Ginovart