LABORATORIES

Available area of approximately 80 m². This laboratory is coordinated by Professor Dr. Marcelo Franco. It is equipped with benches, ovens, laminar flow chambers, incubators with temperature and agitation control, autoclave, water activity determinator, balances, UV-vis spectrophotometers, water baths, thermostatic baths, microscopes, centrifuges, vacuum pumps, and other basic equipment for research development in chemistry, food science, microbiology, and biotechnology.

LaBioCat is a laboratory specialized in solid-state fermentation, nanotechnology, biodegradation, food production, and biofuels. It focuses on solving practical problems directly, promoting sustainability through the reuse of agro-industrial waste while generating high-value products for the market, within the concepts of Circular Economy.

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Multi-user Equipment:

• Shimadzu Liquid Chromatograph (fluorescence, UV-VIS, and refractive index detectors)

• Shimadzu Gas Chromatograph (FID detector)

• TEC-BIO-FLEX I Bench-top Bioreactor by Tecnal

• Hydrothermal Reactor (WT Industria)

• Milestone Ethos X Microwave Reactor (with 5 modules: organic or inorganic synthesis, essential oil extraction, reflux reactions, activated carbon synthesis, and high-pressure reactions)

• ELISA Microplate Reader with 6 filters (Loccus)

 

Faculty Team:

• Fabiane Neves Silva (IFBaiano - Uruçuca Campus)

• Iasnaia Maria de Carvalho Tavares (UNEB - Ipiaú Campus)

• Julieta Rangel de Oliveira (UESC)

• Marcio Luís Oliveira Ferreira (UESC)

• Nadabe dos Santos Reis (UFSB - Itabuna Campus)