Between November 10 and December 19, 2025, the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) will receive research proposals from the external academic public for use of the Bioprocess Development and Scale-up (DEB) facility. Approved proposals will be made public until February 27, 2026 and fulfilled between March and December 2026. Using the…
Agreement will be signed during groundbreaking course on biorenewables at the university campus in Sergipe. From October 27–29, the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) host the first edition of the Itinerant Biorenewables School: Integrated Approaches in Synthetic Biology for Biofoundries. This initiative from the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) centered around…
Appointment was formalized in a decree from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) published in the official federal gazette. Mario Murakami, director at National Laboratory of Biorenewables (LNBr/CNPEM) of the Brazilian Center for Energy and Materials Research (CNPEM), was appointed president of the National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) for a term of…
Conceived and carried out since the first edition by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), a social organization linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Workshop reaches its 4th edition, consolidated as a strategic space for the integration between academia, industry, public bodies and funding…
Pesquisadores do Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM) e da Universidade de Greifswald (Alemanha) descreveram uma arquitetura inédita no funcionamento de enzimas envolvidas na modificação de açúcares complexos. Sítio ativo da enzima estudada, com os resíduos catalíticos em laranja e a molécula de água que o completa através de pontes de…
The program is aimed at undergraduate students in Exact Sciences, Engineering, Biological Sciences, and Health The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) has opened applications for the 33rd edition of the Summer Scholarship Program (PBV), an initiative that, since 1992, has been training young undergraduate students from Latin America and the Caribbean.…
Candidates can apply until July 31st; the selected fellowship holder will work in person in Campinas (SP), on the CNPEM campus The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), with support from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), offers a postdoctoral fellowship in lignin processing, in the context of the project “Pyrolysis of…
Country can produce the fuel of the future with low carbon emissions using the national power grid A study by CNPEM (the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials) describes how Brazil can become one of the world’s global producers of green hydrogen with its singular environmental advantages. The research was published in the…
Over 650 schools have expressed interest in participating, with nearly 50,000 visitors expected A record-breaking number of registrations have been received for the Ciência Aberta event, when the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) opens its labs to visitors, for the day dedicated to teaching institutions and groups. While these expressions of…
Unprecedented enzyme class prospected in Brazilian soil can increase biorefinery effi-ciency and accelerate the sustainable production of energy and chemicals A new enzyme class discovered in Brazilian soil represents one of the main advances in recent decades in the field of sustainable production of energy and chemicals. This enzyme is capable of accelerating the cellulose…
