Biotechnology Laboratory

Green Chemistry

• Combinating chemical and biotechnological processes to search out alternatives to conventional technologies related to synthesis of products and waste or pollutant reduction into the environment.
• Obtaining of bioproducts from biomass by scaling technologies.
• Studies of reaction kinetics and catalyst activity.

Fermentation

• Obtaining bioproducts using micro-organisms from conventional carbon sources and waste/by-products in an orbital shaker and scaled in 1-5 L bioreactors.
• Reduction of pollutants in different matrices, production of biofertilizers.

  Upstream processes

• Conversion of waste/by-products into carbon sources assimilable by micro-organisms: enzymatic hydrolysis, pretreatment techniques and optimization of culture medium.

Downstream processes

• Extraction of bioproducts and qualitative and quantitative analysis (HPLC, GCMS, SEM, FTIR).
• Micro-organism encapsulation for different applications.

Molecular Biology

• Identification of micro-organisms by PCR and RT-PCR in food, soil, water, etc.
• DNA extraction and quantification (Nanodrop).
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis of metabolites.