The Center for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF) celebrated another CBQF Day with the theme "How Green is Our Future?", held at the Faculty of Biotechnology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

It is estimated that 20 per cent of the food produced in the European Union for human consumption is currently lost or wasted. At the same time, the manufacture, processing, retailing, packaging and transport of this food contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. Find out more here.

Universidade Católica Portuguesa completes the first phase of DIP4Agri project (DIP4Agri.eu), which aims to train higher education institutions in innovation and entrepreneurship, in the areas of deep tech and valorization of agri-food by-products (dip4agri.eu).

Joana Cristina Barbosa, Ezequiel Cosqueta, Ricardo Garcia, Viviana Ribeiro and João Botelho (from another institution). These are the names of the researchers from the Center for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF) of the Faculty of Biotechnology who saw their individual projects selected in the 6th edition of the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus.

One of the world's most cited scientists for the fourth year running is Célia Manaia, a researcher at the Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF) at the School of Biotechnology of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Find out more here.

The first Sino-Portugal Joint Laboratory for Marine and Environmental Sciencesis the result of an agreement for China-Portugal cooperation in the areas of marine and environmental sciences between the Institute of Science and Environment of the University of Saint Joseph, the Centre of Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry of Católica, the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, and the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Learn more about the pioneering laboratory.

Accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship training at higher education institutions in the fields of deep tech and the valorisation of agri-food by-products is the main objective of the new DIP4Agri project, led by the Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry at the Universidade Católica in Porto. Find out all about this project.

The Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry (CBQF) of the School of Biotechnology (ESB) of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) held the STARGATE Drone Workshop on 20 July 2023 at Vitacress Portugal.

“Community microbiomes & microbiome communities” was the theme of the first CBQF Day, the most recent initiative of the Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry of the Faculty of Biotechnology of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto.

Promoting a change in eating habits, which involves reducing the consumption of red and processed meats, through the consumption of innovative products based on edible insects and legumes?

Célia Manaia, researcher from the Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina (CBQF) of the Porto Regional Centre of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, is one of the most quoted scientists in the world for the second consecutive year.