For the first time, researchers of the Composting Research Group (GICOM) have achieved flower aromas of roses, hyacinths or jasmine from agroindustrials residues using solid-state fermentation technology (SSF) and microorganisms that have the ability to transform...
The Composting Research Group (GICOM) from the Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering Departament at UAB has developed an aroma producing process by yeast solid state fermentation (SSF) of organic waste from the sugar industry. This process is cleaner and more economic than the...
Researchers from the Biotechnology and Biomedicine Institut (IBB) at UAB have discovered a new therapeutical aproximation to Parkinson’s disease, focused on the alpha-synuclein, a protein involved in this and other neurodegenerative disorders, which’s...
The wastewater treatment plant developed by the UAB and Aigües de Manresa S.A. municipal company, generates value-added products simultaneously to the debugging process. The system recovers 50% of the phosphorus, useful as a fertilizer, extracts materials to produce...
Dr. Xavier Font Segura, professor at the UAB School of Engineering and researcher of the GICOM group, has carried out a prospective study to find the countries and research institutions that lead research on anaerobic digestion in Europe. The empirical study of have...
The research group at UAB GICOM evaluated and compared two different methods for treating waste leather industry so for to reduce the environmental impact mainly in wastewater. Researchers have found an...
The TRITON network, funded by the CYTED program, aims to promote the treatment and recycling of wastewater from the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Latin American region by using...
Biodiesel isan alternative to fossil fuels which also has environmental benefits such as reducing emissions of certain pollutants. But, the fact that biodiesel mainly comes from edible oils for human consumption involves...
Researchers in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering are coordinating an EU LIFE Programme to explore the possibility of generating energy from the treatment of urban wastewater. This is the first project in this programme to...
UAB's researchers have found a bacterium that can help to clean up contaminated waters. After three years’ research, they have shown these bacteria's capacity to transform some of organochlorine compounds that are frequently found in aquifers into harmless products.
