Exploring microbial diversity in Atlantic Forest ponds for biotechnological applications
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…
HELVA project: converting CO2 into sustainable plastics using renewable energy and microbes
Coordinated by ICFO, the HELVA project aims to develop a novel technology based on hybrid tandem reactors that will produce bioplastics from CO2 waste. The project seeks to convert CO2 into acetate that will then be upgraded into bioplastic…
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).