The Fungal Bioluminescence Laboratory (LBF) from the University of São Paulo focuses on studying bioluminescent systems, environmental metagenomics, and introducing useful genes into microorganisms to make them perform specific tasks. In the HELVA project, the LBF team is responsible for isolating and engineering certain bacteria strains capable of producing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), biodegradable polymers that have […]
William Mawuko Kodzo Siegu, researcher from Lodz University of Technology (TUL) and member of the HELVA project team, participated in the Biocatalysis Conference for Biological Transformation Along Renewable Value Chains (Biocat4Value), held from November 18 to 20, 2024, in Düsseldorf, Germany. At the conference, Siegu presented a poster outlining the progress of his current research […]
HELVA project coordinator Prof. F. Pelayo García de Arquer, leader of the CO2 Mitigation Accelerated by Photons research group at ICFO, received the ‘Felisa Martín Bravo‘ National Research Prize for Young researchers. In particular, he received the prize in the area of Physics, Materials and Earth Sciences, specifically for his pioneering and interdisciplinary contributions to […]
Furnas and Grande are the names of two ponds located in a mountain region near the city of Iporanga (state of São Paulo, Brazil), in the vast area of Atlantic Forest. A team of researchers from University of São Paulo (USP), and members of the HELVA project, conducted a fieldwork sampling campaign in those two […]
Project HELVA was selected in the Joint Transnational Call 2022 of M-ERA.NET 3, which is an EU-funded network of about 49 funding organisations (Horizon 2020 grant agreement No 958174). The project is funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI, Spain); National Science Centre (NCN, Poland); São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, Brazil).