CV Lattes
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Raquel de Lima Camargo Giordano is Full Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), where she works since 1980. She graduated in Chemical Engineering (Bachelor, MSc and PhD) in the University of São Paulo Polytechnic School, and was pos-doctorate fellow at MIT (Biochemical Engineering). Her research activities focus on different areas of Biochemical Engineering: enzyme immobilization, enzymatic reactors, production of proteins with wild and recombinant microorganisms, non-conventional bioreactors, bioseparations. She is interested in biotechnological industrial processes for: production and separation of recombinant penicillin G acylase (PGA); immobilization and industrial application of several enzymes, such as PGA, proteases, lipases, celullases, xylanases; production and separation of penicillin G; synthesis of semi-synthetic beta-lactam antibiotics; transformation of proteic residues from the agro-industry; biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel). She leads the Enzymatic Process Engineering group, LabEnz (www.labenz.deq.ufscar.br). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This proposal intends to face technological challenges put forth by a new conception of integrated biorefinery, taking advantage of synergies between the production processes of the two most important biofuels in the Brazilian context: 1st and 2nd generation bioethanol from sugarcane, and biodiesel from vegetable oils and of microbial origin. With this purpose, researchers with large expe…
Large amounts of sugar cane bagasse are available in Brazil. It contains circa 30% of hemicelluloses (w/w), composed by several heteropolymers, mainly xylan, a xylose polymer. Xylitol, ethanol and xylooligosaccharides (XOS), small oligomers of xylose (2-5 xylose-units), are possible products of xylose. The production of XOS from lignocellulosic material requires soft extraction of hemicel…
The industrial production of biofuels, understood as fuels produced from biological feedstock, is presently at what can be called a technological crossroad, and a hard competition among different technologies is in course. The winners will be defined by a combination of economical criteria, process robustness and compliance to environmental and sustainability restrictions. In this scenari…
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Bacteriocins are proteins/peptides that have bactericidal or bacteriostatic action. Industrially, foods are submitted to sterilization techniques that involve high temperatures or the application of chemical preservatives, which can cause side effects like allergies, indigestion and headaches. In this way, bacteriocins are a promising alternative in food preservation. Probiotics are live …
Bacteriocins are proteins/peptides released extracellularly by some strains of probiotic bacteria, especially lactic bacteria, which have a bactericidal or bacteriostatic action. The production of these substances is related to microorganism probiotic potential. Prebiotics are nondigestible oligosaccharides that can positively influence probiotic microorganisms. Thus, substances that stim…
Hypersensitivity to cow's milk proteins is a major cause of food allergies, which affect mainly children. Cow milk contains over 20 proteins with allergenic potential, furthermore, ±-lactoalbumin and ²-lactoglobulin are the most important, especially the former, as it is not present in human milk. Several studies report that partial hydrolysis of these proteins reduces their allergenic po…
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