Engineer Project

CURRICULUM VITAE

George Songulashvili Ph.D Phone:

+32 (0) 4 89 33 47 82

Born: Telavi, Georgia

Fax : +32 (0) 23 733 309

Date of Birth: February 2, 1980

E-mail: **************@*****.***

Marital Status: Married

Citizenship: Georgian

Address: Avenue de Beersel 129, Drogenbos 1620, Belgium

Experienced Ph.D. level microbiology; with particular expertise in

biochemistry, biotechnology, mycology and toxicology. Scientific

research interest is focused on biomass, lignoceluloliticytic

enzyme, lectin and polysaccharides production, characterisation,

immobilization (insolubilisation) and it's environmental,

biotechnological (food industrial) and medicinal applications.

Present Position

2012- Scientiste - TIPS, Ecole Polytechnique, Universit libre de

Bruxelles, 50Av F. Roosevelt, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Project title: THE POTENTIAL OF WHITE ROT FUNGI OXIDATIVE ENZYMES

SYSTEMS FOR REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS IN URBAN AND

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS (OXEROM II) (Convention IP-ENVI 10)

Education

2009-2012 Post Doc - Universite de Libre de Bruxelles, Laboratoire

de Physiologie et d'Ecologie Microbiennes, Institut Paster de

Bruxelles 642, 1180 Bruxelles, Belgium; Project title: THE

POTENTIAL OF WHITE ROT FUNGI OXIDATIVE ENZYMES SYSTEMS FOR REMOVAL

OF ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS IN URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS

(OXEROM I) (Convention IP-ENVI 10)

2005-2008 PhD Microbiology - The University of Haifa Faculty of

Science; Education Department of Evolutionary and Environmental

Biology-Haifa, Israel; Thesis title: Physiological Regulation of

Basidiomycetes Ligninolytic Enzymes Production in Bioconversation

of Local Lignocellulosic Agro-Industrial Wastes.

2002-2004 MS Engineering (Bioengineering) - Georgian Technical

University - Tbilisi, Georgia; Thesis title: Planning of Alcohol

Plant with Capacity of 300 litters of Alcohol Distillation per 24h.

1997-2001 BD Process-Engineer (Technology of Fermentation

Production) Georgian Technical University - Tbilisi, Georgia.

Work Experience

2008-2009 Scientist, Durmishidze Institute of Biochemistry and

Biotechnology, 0159 Tbilisi, Georgia;

2002-2005 Laboratory assistant, Durmishidze Institute of

Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 0159 Tbilisi, Georgia.

Personal and Additional Skills

Knowledge of computers (PC, Mac) for scientific and business

applications including: MS-Office suite

Good communication skills

. Working experience in the international groups

. Performing the research within interdisciplinary scientific

area

. Deal well with critical circumstances

Languages

Georgian (Native language)

English (excellent reading, speaking and writing knowledge)

Russian (excellent reading, speaking and writing knowledge)

French (third module, and now in progress)

Publications

FULL PAPER

Fr d ric Debaste, George Songulashvili, Michel J. Penninckx. The

potential of white rot fungi oxidative enzymes systems for removal

of organic micropollutants in wastewaters. Desalination and Water

Treatment (in revision).

George Songulashvili, Daniel Spindler, Gloria A. Jimen z-Tob n,

Charles Jaspers, Gerhard Kerns, Michel J. Penninckx. Production of

high level of laccase by submerged cultivation at 150L scale of

Cerrena unicolor C-139 grown on wheat bran. Fungal Biology (in

revision).

Songulashvili G, Jimen z-Tob n G, Jaspers C, Penninckx MJ.

Immobilized laccase of Cerrena unicolor for elimination of

endocrine disruptors micropollutants. Fungal Biology 2012, 116,

883-889.

Songulashvili G, Jimen z-Tob n G, Jaspers C, Penninckx MJ. High

production of laccase by Ganoderma lucidum 447 in submerged

cultivation on ethanol production residue supplemented with Cu2+.

Mycosphere, 2011, 2(4), 507-513.

Asatiani Mikhael D, Elisashvili Vladimir, Songulashvili George,

Wasser Solomon P. Higher Basidiomycetes Mushrooms as a Source of

Antioxidants. Current Trends in Mycology, 2010, 309-324.

Songulashvili George, Elisashvili Vladimir, Wasser Solomon P.,

Hadar Yitzhak, Nevo Eviatar. Purification and Particular

Characterization of Laccase from the Ling Zhi or Reishi Medicinal

Mushroom Ganoderma lucidum (W. Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst. 447

(Aphyllophoromycetideae). Intern. J. Med. Mushr., 2008, 10,

361-368.

Songulashvili George, Elisashvili Vladimir, Wasser Solomon P, Hadar

Yitzhak, Nevo Eviatar. Effect of the carbon source and inoculum

preparation method on laccase and manganese peroxidase production

in submerged cultivation by the medicinal Mushroom Ganoderma

lucidum (W. Curt.: Fr.) P. Karst. Intern. J. Med. Mushr., 2008, 10,

79-86.

Songulashvili George, Elisashvili Vladimir, Wasser Solomon P., Nevo

Eviatar, k Hadar Yitzha. Basidiomycetes laccase and manganese

peroxidase activity in submerged fermentation of food industry

wastes. Enzyme Microb. Technol., 2007, 41, 57-61.

Songulashvili G., Elisashvili V., Wasser S.P., Nevo E., Hadar Y.

Phellinus robustus and Ganoderma adspersum laccase and manganese

peroxidase activity in submerged fermentation of food industry

wastes. Biotechnol. Lett., 2006, 28, 1425-1429.

Tsiklauri N., Kachlishvili E., Kutateladze L., Metreveli E.,

Asatiani M., Songulashvili G., Aladashvili N. Basidiomycetes of

Georgia - producers of lignocellulolytic ensymes. Proc. Georgian

Acad. Sci., Biol., Biol. Ser. B, 2005, 3, 17-20.

Kachlishvili E., Tsiklauri N., Metreveli E., Songulashvili G.,

Asatiani M., Kutateladze L., Aladashvili N. Identification and

reception of pure culture of the cellulose degrading

basidiomycetous fungi from diverse ecological niches of Georgia.

Proc. Georgian Acad. Sci., Biol. ser. B, vol. 2, 2004, 16-20.

ABSTRACTS

Songulashvili George, Huon Alice, Spindler Daniel, Jimenez-Tobon

Gloria A., Koenig Swetlana, Jaspers Charles, Kerens Gerhard,

Flahaut Sigrid, Ddeaste Fr d ric & Penninckx Michel J. Up-scale

production of Cerena unicolor laccase and insolubilization for

transformation and optimization of phenolics content in red and

white Porto wines. OxiZymes & 10th Simposium on Peroxidases, 2012,

57.

Jim nez-Tob n G., Jaspers C., Songulashvili G., Tanghe A. &

Penninckx M.J. Production of laccase at low cost for environmental

and industrial applications. OxiZymes & 10th Simposium on

Peroxidases, 2012, 75.

Songulashvili George, Daniel Spindler2, Gloria A. Jimenez-Tobon1,

Swetlana Koenig2, Charles Jaspers1, Gerhard Kerns2 &J. Penninckx

Michel. - The potential of laccase of Coriolopsis gallica for

continuou elimination and transformation of

endocrine disruptors micropollutants. SGMDUBLIN 2012, 76.

Songulashvili George, Jimen z-Tob n Gloria A., Jaspers Charles and

J. Penninckx Michel - Basidiomycetes laccase as efficient agents

for the elimination of estrogenic activity. Congress of

International Medicinal Mushrooms Croatia 2011.

Asatiani Mikheil D., Songulashvili George, Elisashvili Vladimir,

Eviatar Nevo and Wasser Solomon P. - Effect of medicinal mushroom

Coprinus comatus on NF-?B down regulation in MCF7 breast cancer

cells. Congress of International Medicinal Mushrooms Croatia 2011.

Penninckx M.J., Songulashvili G., Jaspers C., Jimenez Tobon G.

Immobilization and characterisation of a laccase from Cerrena

unicolor C-139. Application to elimination of micro pollutants.

FEMS 4th Congress of European Microbiologists, 2011, 134.

Songulashvili G. Jimenez G. Jaspers C. & Penninckx M.J. Selected

Basidiomycetes laccase activity in submergedand solid-state

cultivation of lignocellulosic wastes. OxiZymes & 9th Simposium on

Peroxidases, 2010, 59.

Penninckx M. J., Songulashvili G., Jimenez G., Jaspers C., Agathos

S. N., Junghanns C., Nair R, Haut B., Debaste F. et Talvy S.

Utilisation des enzymes oxydatifs des moisissures de la pourriture

blanche de bois pour l'elimination des micropolluants organiques

des eaux uses urbanes et industrielles. 2eme Colloque International

Microbiologie sous le theme: BioMiEDD, 2010, 105.

Elisashvili V., Tsiklauria N., Khardziania T., Metrevelia E.,

Asatiania M., Songulashvili G. and Kobakhidze A. Prospects of

Basidiomycetes potential application in white biotechnology.

Abstracts of the 14th European Congress on Biotechnology., Spain,

2009, S192.

Asatiani M.D., Kachlishvili E.T., Khardziani T.Sh, Metreveli E.M.,

Mikiashvili N.A., Songulashvili G.G., Tsiklauri N.D., Wasser S.P.,

Elisashvili V.I. Basidiomycetes as a source of antioxidants,

lectins, polysaccharides, and enzymes. J. Biotech. 2008, v. 136S,

717.

Songulashvili George, Wasser Solomon P. The medicinal mushroom

Ganoderma lusidum 447, as a promising organism for laccase

production. 4th European Meeting on Oxizymes, Helsinki, 2008, 72.

Elisashvili V., Kachlishvili E., Kardziani T., Metreveli E.,

Songulashvili G., Tsiklauri N., Asatiani M. Several approaches to

regulate Basidiomycetes laccase and manganese peroxidase

production. 4th European Meeting on Oxizymes, Helsinki, 2008, 27.

Songulashvili George, Elisashvili Vladimir, Nevo Eviatar, Hadar

Yitzhak. Higher Basidiomycetes laccase and manganese peroxidase

activity in submerged fermentation of food industry wastes. Intern.

J. Med. Mushr., 2008, 9, 354.

Elisashvili V.I., Asatiani M.D., Kachishvili E.T., Kenkebashvili

N.V., Khardziani T.S., Mikiashvili N.A., Songulashvili G.G., and

Tsiklauri N.D. Basidiomycetes as a Source of Food, Enzymes,

Polysaccharides, Lectins, and Antioxidants. Fourth International

Medicinal Mushroom Conference, September 23-27, 2007, Lyubljana,

Slovenia.

Elisashvili V., Kachlishvili E., Tsiklauri N., Metreveli E.,

Songulashvili G., Asatiani M., Penninckx M. Evaluation of white

rot basidiomycetes laccase activity. 2th European Meeting on

Oxizymes, Naples, 2004, 54.

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