Education

Ph. D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Current Position

Research Associate of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Argentina. Laboratory of Production of Plant Protease Inhibitors (UNIPIP), Research Center of Plant Proteins (CIPROVE), Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina
Associate Professor, Area Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina

Publications (since 2013)

1. Lufrano, D., Cotabarren, J., Garcia-Pardo, J., Fernandez-Alvarez, R., Tort, O., Tanco, S., Aviles, F. X., Lorenzo, J. and Obregon, W. D. (2015). Biochemical characterization of a novel carboxypeptidase inhibitor from a variety of Andean potatoes. Phytochemistry 120: 36-45.
2. Llorente, B. E., Obregon, W. D., Aviles, F. X., Caffini, N. O. and Vairo-Cavalli, S. (2014). Use of artichoke (Cynara scolymus) flower extract as a substitute for bovine rennet in the manufacture of Gouda-type cheese: characterization of aspartic proteases. Food Chem 159: 55-63.
3. Rocha, G. F., Obregon, W. D., Munoz, F., Guevara, M. G., Fernandez, G., Rosso, A. M. and Parisi, M. G. (2015). Isolation and characterization of an aspartic protease from Salpichroa origanifolia fruits. Protein Pept Lett 22(4): 379-390.
4. Obregón, W. D., Sebastián Cisneros, J., Ceccacci, F. and Quiroga, E. (2015). A highly stable biocatalyst obtained from covalent immobilization of a non-commercial cysteine phytoprotease. J Bioproces Biotech 5:3.