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…
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…
CNPEM study, which detailed the structure and functioning of the enzyme, was published in Nature Communications A discovery by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), in Campinas (SP), points out ways to transform distiller’s corn oil into renewable fuels, such as biokerosene and green diesel. The study, published in Nature Communications,…
Under the name Multi-omics, the new facility will operate on a rolling basis; researchers interested in these new resources may submit proposals from January 13 The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), an organization overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), is accepting research proposals to use the equipment…
The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) and Reservas Votorantim (RV), a company dedicated to land management and developing Votorantim’s green economy projects, have signed an agreement to partner in bioprospecting related to herbivores and micro-organisms in the Atlantic Forest that includes bacteria, yeasts and fungi. This partnership initially focuses on carrying…
