News

Camila was an invited lecturer at the 1st Biotechnology and Bioprospecting Research Symposium at UFOB, Barreiras-BA. It was such a event with an awesome organizing committee!

Samuel was one of the organizers of this historical event at the University of São Paulo, when black postdoctoral fellows met with decision makers to discuss their research and challenges. In this picture (middle), Sueli Carneiro, philosopher, writer and anti-racism activist.

Márcio attended the Prague Workshop for Computational Mass Spectrometry at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Funding: PPGTBF PROAP

Francisco was in Canada, at the Simon Fraser University, for a one-month internship under the supervision of Prof. Roger Lininton, funded by PRPG-USP PROAP and FAPESP.

Jaewon rocked the graduate program selection process and (re)joined our lab as a PhD student. Yaaaaay! 

Camila offered a course on Bioprospecting during the 5th Pharmacognosy Summer School at FCFRP-USP, Ribeirão Preto-SP

Leo and Jaewon have successfully defended their undergraduate theses and are ready to graduate in Pharmacy and Biotechnology, respectively. Congrats!!!

Camila presented as an invited lecturer at International Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CIFARP) 2023, Ribeirão Preto-SP

Samuel was selected to participate in the prestigious Interdisciplinary School - FAPESP 2023.

João and Francisco presented at the 9th Brazilian Conference on Natural Products (BCNP) in Salvador-BA.

Lab azul had massive participation in the 25th Week of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology and João got a poster award!

Leonardo was awarded a scholarship funded by Dow to cotinue his undergraduate research at the Lab Azul.

Marcio has successfully defended his master's thesis titled “Chemoprospecting Brazilian cyanobacteria using metabolomics and bioassays.” Congrats, Master M! 

But wait, it does not stop there. Márcio will continue with us for his Ph.D.!

Rhuana has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “Characterization and bioprospecting of cyanobacterial and microalgal biomass in water reservoirs aiming at their biotechnological potential.” Congrats, Doctor Rhu!

Please meet the new lab member and PUB scholar, Pedro!

Dr. Samuel has just joined our group! We is funded by a pretigious fellowship from PRIP-USP.

Attended super interesting talks, saw great posters, met old and new friends, and Márcio got the ASP Jerry McLaughlin Travel Award!

Camila went to the University of Lavras (UFLA) to give a talk about natural products drug discovery and a workshop on science communication. Thank you, Prof. Cristina Ferreira Silva and NEMAI for inviting! 

Please help me welcome our new lab members and TT-1 scholars, Vitória and André.

We have been awarded a 5y-FAPESP grant to develop the research project "Integrated strategies for natural product discovery from Brazilian cyanobacteria". Way to go, team!

Our brand new stereoscopic microscope has just been installed. It will be used to isolate new cyanobacterial strains.

Camila represented the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the YouTube Health Day. From left to right: Atila Iamarino, Iberê, Camila Vic, Mari Fulfaro, Dr. Daniel Barros.

Lab Azul participated in the celebratory event honoring Prof. Vanderlan Bolzani's contributions to the BIOTA-FAPESP Program.

Our undergrads Jaewon, João, Leonardo, Heloísa, and Yuri  presented their projects at the 30th USP International Symposium of Undergraduate Research (SIICUSP). Congrats!!!

Francisco has joined us as the first PhD student in the lab.

Please meet the new lab members and PUB scholars, Leonardo and Sarah.

Go Lab Azul!

Márcio presented his work titled "Chemoprospection of Brazilian Cyanobacteria Using Metabolomics and Biological Assays" at the ASP Annual Meeting in Charleston, USA. He also receiived the Lynn Brady Student Travel Award!

Márcio has passed his qualifying exam! We very much thank the committee members: João Carlos Monteiro de Carvalho, Monica Tallarico Pupo, and Daniel Pecoraro Demarque.

Please joing us in welcoming Luiza, our new FAPESP TT-1 Fellow!

Memorable times at the 2022 Spring ACS Meeting in San Diego, CA! In the picture, cellebratory dinner after the Ernest Guenther Award session and ceremony. Camila also met with the 2020 CAS Future Leaders and presented on "Combining biodiversity and metabolomics for prospecting natural products from Cyanobacteria".

João has just been awarded a prestigious FAPESP Scientific Initiation Scholarship. Fireworks!

We are happy to announce that ou project "Biotechnological prospection of natural products from Cyanobacteria" was included as part of the prestigious Research Program on Biodiversity Characterization, Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use –Biota/FAPESP. What an honor!

We played card games, enjoyed good food, and had an amazing time together. Cheers, Lab Azul!

Maria just gave an awesome talk about her undergraduate project at the USP International Symposium of Undergraduate Research (SIICUSP). We are so proud!

Our talented undergraduate students Jaewon and Heloísa were awarded a PUB-USP and CNPq/PIBIC scholarships to develop their research projects at the Lab Azul. Congrats!!

Camila was invited to share our research with the Brazilian Chemical Society, Natural Products Division. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_eHRKfO2G8&t=321s [in Portuguese].

Márcio was awarded a CAPES fellowship to develop his project entitled "Chemoprospecting Brazilian cyanobacteria using metabolomics and biological assays".

João is the newest FAPESP Technical Training (TT-1) fellow at Lab Azul. Let's do it, João!

We have been awarded a FAPESP grant to develop research on the "Biotechnological prospection of natural products from Cyanobacteria". Way to go, team!

Lab Azul's website is now online. Here you can find information about us and our research. Exciting news will be posted!

FAPESP has funded the thematic grant “The Role of Chemistry in Holobiont Adaptation” coordinated by Prof. Roberto Berlinck.

Camila presents the webinar "Cyanobacteria: a promising source of molecules for developing pharmaceuticals" for the Brazilian Chemical Society.

Márcio is approved in the selection process of the Graduate Program in Chemical & Pharmaceutical Technology and is now the first Masters Student in the Lab Azul. Well done!

Maria is awarded the Undergraduate Research Fellowship PUB-USP and is joining our lab. Welcome, Maria!

Shout out! The CAS Future Leaders program awards early-career scientists with leadership training and a trip to the ACS National Meeting & Exposition. To learn more: https://www.cas.org/about/futureleaders

Camila presented her postdoctoral work "Improving and diversifying the production and investigating the biosynthesis of phomactins by the cultured fungus Biatriospora sp. CBMAI 1333" in the Gordon Research Conference. Fully funded by a FAPESP travel grant!

We joined the FAPESP-funded project "Bioprospecting, characterization and optimization of Brazilian microalgal strains for CO2 biofixation and bioproducts of commercial importance" coordinated by Prof. Lombardi.

Camila joins the faculty of the Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo.