graduate at Engenharia Química from Universidade de São Paulo (1992), master's at Chemical Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (1996) and ph.d. at Chemical Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo (2001). Has experience in Chemical Engineering, focusing on Biochemical Processes (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This proposal to acquire an EMU, a system of parallel mini-bioreactors, for the cultivation of microorganisms, involves 6 higher education and research institutions in the state of SP (Faculty of Food Engineering and Faculty of Chemical Engineering at Unicamp, Escola Politécnica and Engineering School of Lorena at USP, Bioenergy Research Institute and Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at …
A total of three exchange activities are planned for this proposal: two missions from the Brazilian (BR) team to the South African (SA) partner institution and one mission (involving two researchers) from the SA team to the BR partner institution. The research project funded by FAPESP, involved in this proposal, is entitled "Towards understanding the microbial ecology of alcoholic ferment…
Fuel ethanol production from sugarcane is a well established business in Brazil, contributing to the national economy and to global sustainability. The ethanol yield on sugars is the key process indicator in the ~400 active sugarcane biorefineries and has been stable for some decades. Breakthrough technologies are required to push this indicator to higher levels and for this, a deeper kno…
Yeast glycolysis is the central pathway to relevant biobased building blocks. It's regulation has been subject to decades of research - nevertheless engineering strategies to increase the glycolytic flux have failed. Interestingly, the glycolytic rate of native and industrial strains is higher on sucrose compared to glucose. In spite of these findings, sucrose metabolism in Saccharomyces …
This project will be developed by researchers from the University of Campinas and Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina). The main goal is to develop a biorefinery c oncept to deliver the products ethanol and probiotics. (AU)
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The provision of a thermotolerant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is deeply desired by the bioethanol industry due to the potential for reducing costs and process times. Several strategies have already been described in the literature to obtain a strain with this characteristic, including the hybridization of S. cerevisiae with other thermotolerant yeasts, thus combining their properti…
Cellobiose is a disaccharide present in the context of a second-generation (2G) biorefinery, which employs lignocelullosic raw materials for the production of bio-based fuels and chemicals. The fuel ethanol industry currently uses the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the microbial platform for the production of ethanol via fermentation. However, S. cerevisiae is not able to naturally met…
The glucose molecule, commonly found in industrial and laboratorial cultivation media, is used by yeasts in two ways: as carbon and energy source. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a microorganism employed in the biotechnology industry, has two possible energetic metabolisms: fermentation and respiration, which allows cells to conserve their Gibbs energy through glucose oxidation. This energy is …
Fuel ethanol production in Brazil is a well-established industrial process, of major importance for the country's economy and environment. This biofuel may be utilized in pure form in the whole light vehicle fleet equipped with flex motors, besides being added to gasoline in proportions as high as 25%. Considering that Brazil is one of the largest ethanol producers in the world, the use o…
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Fuel ethanol production from sugarcane in Brazil is a vigorous agricultural/industrial activity, which contributes to economic development and to mitigate climate change. In spite of decades of operation, there still is a knowledge gap concerning several aspects of the process, such as on the microorganisms that thrive in the fermentation environment. Population dynamics has been followed…
Yeast glycolysis is the central pathway to relevant biobased building blocks. Its regulation has been subject to decades of research - nevertheless engineering strategies to increase the glycolytic flux have failed. Interestingly, the glycolytic rate of native and industrial strains is higher on sucrose compared to glucose. In spite of these findings, sucrose metabolism in Saccharomyces c…
Brazilian ethanol production is one the cheapest and fastest industrial bioprocesses in the world. However, improvements to the fermentation process are necessary to maintain a profitable business. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae presents the most suitable features to produce ethanol under industrial conditions: high ethanol tolerance (concentrations higher than 10%); ability to grow u…
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| 3 / 3 | Ongoing grants |
| 11 / 10 | Completed research grants |
| 2 / 2 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 19 / 11 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 5 / 5 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 40 / 31 | All research grants and scholarships |
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