Scholarship 21/10767-3 - Engenharia bioquímica, Bioprodutos - BV FAPESP
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Extraction and characterization of bioproducts obtained from microalgae

Grant number: 21/10767-3
Support Opportunities:Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
Start date until: January 28, 2022
End date until: May 27, 2022
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Applied Microbiology
Principal Investigator:Patricia Caroline Molgero da Rós
Grantee:Fellipe Cesar Cardoso de Souza Felix
Supervisor: Nídia de Sá Caetano
Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Lorena , SP, Brazil
Institution abroad: Universidade do Porto (UP), Portugal  
Associated to the scholarship:21/02677-4 - Obtaining bioproducts in the context of a sustainable microalgae-based biorrefinery, BP.IC

Abstract

This project aims to extract and characterize bioproducts such as lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and pigments from the marine microalgae Dunaliella salina, aiming to strengthen this line of research in the Department of Chemical of Escola de Engenharia de Lorena at USP. To achieve this goal, the performance of different methods of cell disruption and solvents used for extracting bioproducts will be evaluated, aiming to select the most suitable for release of the cell content of interest, which will be characterized according to the parameters of interest to the project. It is noteworthy that these experiments will be carried out from freeze-dried microalgal biomass, previously cultivated at the EEL-USP Microalgae Engineering Laboratory. In addition to the knowledge acquired by the student, the contribution of this project will be the improvement of an important area of expertise at EEL/USP with researchers from the Superior Institute of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) and the University of Porto (FEUP - Faculty of Engineering, LEPABE - Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy), aiming at strengthening internationalization activities. (AU)

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