Laboratório de Microbiologia e Bioprocessos da UFFS - Campus Erechim.

06/03/2026

Plastic Waste Valorization: Strategies to Tackle Plastic Waste Pollution for Sustainable Environment presents advanced approaches for mitigating the hazardous effects of plastics on ecosystems and human health, offering a detailed examination of microplastics and their impacts. It highlights new, sustainable technologies for the bioremediation and biodegradation of plastic contaminants. 🤩
This book explores methods for managing plastic contaminants and transforming plastic waste into valuable products. By advancing knowledge and practices in the field, this book significantly contributes to ongoing research and efforts toward achieving carbon neutrality and environmental protection. 😍

12/01/2026

✨ Nota 5 CAPES: excelência reconhecida! ✨
Nosso Programa de Pós-Graduação alcançou nota 5 na avaliação da CAPES, um reconhecimento que atesta a excelência acadêmica e científica em nível nacional.
Esse resultado reflete o trabalho conjunto de docentes, discentes, egressos e parceiros, a qualidade da produção científica, a formação sólida de pesquisadores e o impacto do PPG na sociedade.
Seguimos comprometidos com a qualidade, a inovação e a busca contínua pela excelência, avançando rumo a novos desafios e à internacionalização. 🚀📚

19/12/2025

Lindo artigo de revisão!!!
Parabéns, Marcelli, Vitória e Larissa!!!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1F5C9WkJCA/

The increasing generation of agro-industrial and food waste poses both an environmental challenge and an opportunity for the recovery of high-value enzymes. This review focuses on low-cost and environmentally friendly purification methods for waste-derived enzymes, including precipitation, three-phase partitioning (TPP), and aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS). Precipitation is commonly used as an initial step due to its simplicity and low cost, while TPP integrates extraction and purification in a single process and can be optimized using green solvents. ATPS enables efficient enzyme separation in polymer- or salt-based liquid–liquid systems. The reviewed studies indicate that these methods can achieve high enzyme activity and yield with reduced environmental impact. However, technological limitations remain for large-scale application, highlighting the need for more sustainable and economically viable purification strategies to support waste valorization and the circular bioeconomy. Please visit: https://ojs.wiserpub.com/index.php/FSE/article/view/8837

12/12/2025

Um belíssimo artigo que, além de sua importância científica e social, merece alguns comentários: trata-se de mais um produto inerente ao doutorado da Aline Frumi Camargo; mais uma importante produção com participação da Profa. Gislaine Fongaro; primeira publicação de nosso projeto em cooperação com o Prof. Gustavo Ribeiro da Silva (UNESP/Bauru), Edital FAPERGS-FAPESP. “Estratégia sustentável para tratamento de águas residuárias e produção de bioprodutos utilizando biotecnologia de microalgas-bactérias”; ingresso da Dra. Jadiane Paola Cavaler como pesquisadora colaboradora em nossa equipe; e a colaboração sempre importante das discentes Simone Kubeneck, Vitoria Longo e Larissa Capeletti Romani.

OBRIGADA 😍

This study evaluated the feasibility of using microalgae cultivated in domestic sewage as a substrate, combined with Trichoderma koningiopsis for fermentation to produce enzymes of environmental relevance. Fermentation experiments were conducted at both small and bench scales, using an airlift bioreactor. The results showed that Trichoderma koningiopsis effectively converted the microalgal biomass into enzyme products, with stable enzyme production maintained even at larger scales. Among the enzymes evaluated, catalase exhibited the highest activity, reaching 7,344.83 U/mL under condition C1. These findings demonstrate that microalgal biomass from domestic wastewater is a promising biotechnological resource, supporting the development of sustainable and scalable industrial enzyme production processes, offering a new approach to addressing wastewater treatment and pollution control challenges.
For details, please visit: https://ojs.wiserpub.com/index.php/ibe/article/view/8779

12/11/2025

V Simposio de Residuos Agropecuarios y Agroindustriales e X SIGERA International Symposium of Agricultural and Agroindustrial Waste Management

Excelente evento!

18/07/2025

05/07/2025

New publication!

"Fungal extracts have been recognized for producing secondary metabolites with cytotoxic, antimicrobial, and antitumor properties, often exhibiting selectivity for tumor cells."

We believe the Trichoderma-based extract has secondary metabolites with relevant biological properties, including antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antitumor activity. These properties can directly benefit human health, both by reducing exposure to toxic chemicals that harm the environment and health and by developing new therapeutic compounds for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.

Enjoy it!!

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexres.2025.100557

Helen Treichel
Gislaine Fongaro
Aline Frumi Camargo

02/04/2025

Vem aí o SULBIOTEC INNOVATION 🌱🔬
No dia 24 de abril, Passo Fundo/RS será palco do SULBIOTEC INNOVATION, um evento que conecta a academia ao mercado para impulsionar a biotecnologia na região.

Se você é pesquisador, empreendedor ou profissional do setor, essa é a oportunidade perfeita para conhecer as demandas e ofertas de produtos, processos e conhecimento em biotecnologia, além de ampliar sua rede de contatos com empresas e startups do setor.
📍 Arena UPF Parque
📅 24 de abril às 8h

🔗 Confira a programação completa e garanta sua inscrição em: https://sulbiotec.com.br/evento/innovation-passo-fundo-rs/
Não fique de fora dessa revolução na biotecnologia!