CBMA team discovers enzyme with potential for biofuels and pharmaceuticals
A team, led by Björn Johansson from CBMA, discovered an enzyme that degrades one of the most abundant sugars in nature, with potential in the production of biofuels and molecules with pharmacological interests.
ARNET Associate Laboratory Approved
ARNET – Aquatic Research Network is an Associate Laboratory in aquatic sciences composed by 742 researchers (318 Integrated PhDs) from three multidisciplinary R&D units: MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA) and Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA).
Europe was main cause for Covid-19 global spread
A study coordinated by Pedro Soares (CBMA) and Teresa Rito (ICVS) indicates that it is Europe, not China, which has been the main source for spreading the disease around the world.
New yeast discovered in grapes with potential to produce biomass and lipids
It is called “Clavispora santaluciae” and the discovery has just been published in the prestigious “International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology”.
Filipe Costa awarded Prize of Scientific Research and Technological Development
CBMA researcher Filipe Costa awarded a prize of 300.000 EUR to improve the sustainable management of fishing resources on the Atlantic
CBMA creates app that alerts farmers about climate
UMinho creates app that alerts farmers about climate change.
Internacional Microorganism Day – new article on FEMS
Read in this mini-review by Soares-Silva et al. about how transporter protein expression enables the optimization of microbial cell factories for the bioproduction of organic acids.
Time travelling through local ecological knowledge regarding an endangered species
Time travelling through local ecological knowledge regarding an endangered species