Daniele Farias

My main area of research is bioprocess engineering aiming to use the C5 and C6 sugar fractions derived from lignocellulosic biomass hydrolyzate in order to produce biofuels and biomolecules. I did my doctoral thesis at Unicamp - Brazil (2014), with the development of a fermentation process for simulataneous production and extraction of 2G bioethanol, under the supervision of Prof PhD Francisco Maugeri. My research focuses on understanding the responses of microorganisms to the stress conditions they encounter during the fermentation process involved. I have established methods to monitor the biological and physiological responses of microorganisms during their production of ethanol by fermentation and their resistance to stress linked to the toxicity of the accumulated product. Recently, during my postdoctoral research in France at Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB), as well as, Toulouse Biotechnology Institut (TBI), both located at INSA-Toulouse, I worked on the bioprocess optimization in order to produce organic acids and also carotenoid substances using genetically modified strains with the synthetic pathway of interest. The objective is to investigate the kinetic behavior, its robustness and its genetic stability, using different culture strategies in bioreactors. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)