Laboratório de Engenharia Metabólica e Bioprocessos

Bioprocess & Metabolic Engineering Lab

Our research group is dedicated to the study of biological systems that are relevant for industrial applications. Examples include the production of biofuels, enzymes, food ingredients and other compounds of commercial interest (oils, organic acids, etc.). For this purpose, the group uses experimental, theoretical and computational approaches, in areas such as bioprocess engineering, metabolic engineering (including recombinant DNA technology), microbial physiology, bioinformatics and computational modelling and simulation.

Our team consists of post-doctoral researchers, doctoral and master's students as well as undergraduate students for whom scholarships are awarded from different funding agencies. Our research is performed in collaboration with several national and international groups.

The Bioprocess & Metabolic Engineering Lab (LEMeB - Laboratório de Engenharia Metabólica e Bioprocessos) is part of the Faculty of Food Engineering (FEA) at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), a leading public research university in Brazil.

LEMeB was originally established by emeriti Professors Francisco Maugeri and Maria Isabel Rodrigues, who played a foundational role in shaping the laboratory’s scientific direction and mentoring the next generation of researchers. Today, the laboratory is led by their former students, Professors Rosana Goldbeck and Marcus Forte, together with Professor Andreas Gombert, who continue to expand LEMEB’s legacy through research and academic leadership in the fields of metabolic engineering, bioprocess development, and industrial microbiology.