Hello guys,

 Do you remember our sulfur cycle workshop that would happen in early July?!

Well,  we hope everyone enjoyed,  learned a little more and seized the opportunity to establish networks.













We were happy to see so many people of differents groups participating and some wining their own limits.
There were two  days of professional and personal growth.

The organizing committee thanks everyone and hope see you soon in a next opportunity to talk about science and the technological challenges!!

Research frontiers in sulfur cycle (July 3rd and 4th)

Hello guys, how are you?

Don’t you think this blog has been in standing by for a long time?! We do!!

Are you already aware of the upcoming event that will happen at LPB? No?? So let's update you!!!

On July 3^rd and 4^th 2018, the workshop "Research frontiers in sulfur cycle" will be placed here in the amphitheater of Environmental Engineering, at USP São Carlos, and will be attended by the renowned Prof. Dr. Piet Lens and colleagues from the sulfur cycle and associated biotechnology. And how about learning and/or improving your knowledge ?! Have you thought about how to recover elemental sulfur? And recover metals?

Participate with us, be part of our discussions, it will be a pleasure to share more this moment together!!

Registrations by link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScff0oORzL5S0Mk7s7eASvP3TSpHna8ol_FtY51Jccb4nLPrQ/viewform

More information by e-mails:

mirabelle.cunha@usp.br and rachel.costa@usp.br

LPB in the 14th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD14)

Professors, researchers and former researchers from LPB  had attended to the 14th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD14) placed in Viña del Mar, Chile!

It was a time to present our projects, to share ideias, to establish networks and to discuss about the current state of anaerobic digestion processes around the world! And moreover, to debate about future paths for assuring a more sustainable environment!

To finish the works and celebrate these meeting, the researchers attended to the gala dinner offered by AD14 in a winery.

Farewell party!

Last Friday we had a double farewell party in our lab. Our friends Tania e Mara Rúbia are going to leave us in a couple of days...

Tania is returning to Cuba, after 11 months working with us. Her research here was focused on the use of zeolites in anaerobic treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater. We wish you all the best, Tania! The doors of our lab are always open to you!

Mara Rúbia is going to defend her PhD thesis on next Thursday (September, 24^th). After her defense, Mara is going directly to the airport to get a flight to Italy. She will work on a post-doctorate research at the University of Pisa, under supervision of Professor Giulio Petroni, as part of the CARBALA Project (CARBon BALAncing for nutrient control in wastewater treatment). Mara, besides your research development, the time that you will spend in Pisa will be, for sure, very important for your personal progress! We will miss your companionship and your happiness in LPB!

MSc. defense shortly

Title: Remoção de matéria orgânica e nitrogenada de esgoto sanitário em reator de leito estruturado, em escala piloto (removal of organic and nitrogen matter  from sewage in structured bed reactor in pilot scale)

Candidate: Kiemi de Brito Murata   
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Márcia Helena Rissato Zamariolli Damianovic


September 25th, 2:00 p.m., SHS Amphitheater (University of São Paulo, São Carlos - Campus 1)

Mara is going to defense her thesis sonn

Title: Análise dos Parâmetros que Interferem no Metabolismo da Microbiota Anaeróbia e Anóxica na Remoção de Bifenilas Policloradas (Parameter analysis that interfere with the metabolism of anaerobic and anoxic microbiota in removing polychlorinated biphenyls)

Candidate: MSc. Mara Rúbia de Lima e Silva 

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Maria Bernadete Amâncio Varesche 

Septenper 24th, 14:00 p.m., LATAR Amphitheater (Departament of Hydraulic and Sanitation, University of São Paulo, São Carlos - Campus 1)

The Sulfur Cycle in Environmental Biotechnology

Big news! For those interested on Sulfur cycle in Environmental Biotechnology, we are organizing a very interesting course , to be held in São Carlos from 6-8 July, 2015. Save the date! We invited 
Prof. Dr. Piet Lens professor of Environmental Biotechnology at the Pollution Prevention and Resource Recovery Chair Group of the Department of Enivronmental Engineering and Water Technology of UNESCO-IHE to talk about the sulfur cycle. 

More information see the folder  and to registrate   Click Here.

New paper on biohydrogen production from sugarcane vinasse

Ferraz Júnior, A. D. N.; Etchebehere, C; Zaiat, M. (2015). Mesophilic hydrogen production in acidogenic packed-bed reactors (apbr) using raw sugarcane vinasse as substrate: Influence of support materials Anaerobe  (in press).       <Link>

Next Friday (April 24th) Vanessa is going to defense her MSc.

Title:  Obtenção anaeróbia de etanol em  reator  em batela a partir de glicose, xilose e celulose em condição termofílica (Obtaining ethanol in anaerobic batch reactor from glucose, xylose and cellulose in thermophilic condition).

Candidate: Vanessa Cristina da Silva

Advisor: Profa. Dra. Maria Bernadete Amâncio Varesche

April 24th, 14:30 p.m., LATAR Amphitheater (University of São Paulo, São Carlos)

Next Thursday (April 07th) two MSc defense

Title:    Utilização de Glicerol como Fonte de Carbono para Desnitrificação e Remoção Biológica de Fósforo em Reator Submetido à Aeração Intermitente . ( Use of glycerol as a carbon source for denitrification and phosphorus removal in Biological Reactor Submitted to Intermittent Aeration)

Candidate: Rodrigo Braz Carneiro

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Eugenio Foresti 

April 7th, 08:30 p.m., Hydraulics and Sanitation Departament Amphitheater (University of São Paulo, São Carlos)

Title:   Remoção e Degradação de Alquilbenzeno Linear Sulfonado de Água Residuária de Lavanderia Diluída em Esgoto Sanitário. (Removing and degradation of linear Alkyl Sulfonated in Laundry  wastewater Diluted in Sewage)

Candidate: Clara Vieira de Faria

Advisor: Profa. Dra. Maria Bernadete Amâncio Varesche

April 7th, 14:00 p.m., Hydraulics and Sanitation Departament Amphitheater (University of São Paulo, São Carlos)

New paper on anaerobic biohydrogen production and biorefinary

Ferraz Júnior, A. D. N.; Etchebehere, C; Zaiat, M. (2015). High Organic Loading rate on thermophilic hydrogen production and metagenomic study at an Anaerobic Packed-Bed reactor treating a residual liquid stream of a Brazilian Biorefinery Bioresource Technology (in press).       <Link>

MSc. defense coming soon

Title:  Avaliação da influência da fonte suplementar de carbono na remoção de alquibenzeno linear sulfonado de água de lavanderia e comunidade microbiana relacionada em reator anaeróbio de leito fluidificado. (Evaluation of influence of carbon source Supplementary on removing linear alquibenzeno sulfonated in laundry water and related microbial community in anaerobic fluidized bed reactor)

Candidate: Thaís Zanienetti Macedo

Advisor: Profa. Dra. Maria Bernadete Amâncio Varesche

March 12th, 14:30 p.m., Hydraulics and Sanitation Departament Amphitheater (University of São Paulo, São Carlos)

New paper on biohydrogen production in fixed bed reactors

 

Anzola-Rojas, M. P.,

 Fonseca, S. G., 

 Silva, C. C.

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Oliveira, V. M.,  

Marcelo Zaiat

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The use of the carbon/nitrogen ratio and specific organic loading rate as tools for improving biohydrogen production in fixed-bed reactors. Biotechnology reports, 2015, 5, 46-54. <Link>

New paper on methane production from surfactants biodegradation

 
Motteran, F.; Braga, J. K.; Sakamoto, I. K.; Varesche, M. B. A. Methanogenic potential of an anaerobic sludge in the presence of anionic and nonionic surfactants. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2014, 96, 198-204. <Link>

New paper on energy recovery through biohydrogen production

 
Lucas, S.D.M.; Peixoto, G.; Mockaitis, G.; Zaiat, M.; Gomes, S.D. Energy recovery from agro-industrial wastewaters through biohydrogen production: Kinetic evaluation and technological feasibility. Renewable Energy, 2014, 75, 496–504. <Link>