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Carlos Ricardo Soccol is the research group leader of the Department of Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, with vast experience in biotechnological research and development of bioprocesses with industrial application. He graduated in Chemical Engineering (UFPR, 1979), and received his Master’s in Food Technology (UFPR, 1986) and PhD in Genie Enzymatique, Microbiologie et Bioconversion (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France, 1992). He served as a post-doctoral at Institut ORSTOM/IRD (Montpellier, 1994 and 1997) and the Université de Provence et de la Méditerranée (Marseille, 2000). He is HDR Professor at Ecole d’Ingénieurs Supériure of Luminy, Marseille-France. His main research activities are in the areas of Food Science and Technology, with emphasis on agro-industrial and agro-alimentary biotechnology, with specific topics on bioprocess engineering and solid-state fermentation, submerged fermentation, bioseparations, industrial bioprocesses, enzyme technology, tissue culture, bio-industrial projects, and bioproduction. He is currently the Coordinator of the Master BIODEV-UNESCO program at UFPR. He is the Associate Editor of five international journals and Editor-in-Chief of the Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology.

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Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

May-1995 to Present

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Solid-state fermentation technology and innovation for the production of agricultural and animal feed bioproducts

It has now passed more than forty years since solid-state fermentation (SSF) research developments have gained importance for the scientific community. After so many years, numerous processe...

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Isolation, selection and evaluation of yeasts for use in fermentation of coffee beans by the wet process

During wet processing of coffee, the ripe cherries are pulped, then fermented and dried. This study reports an experimental approach for target identification and selection of indigenous cof...

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Characterization of laccase isoforms produced by Pleurotus ostreatus in solid state fermentation of sugarcane bagasse

Laccases are oxidative enzymes linked to biological degradation of lignin. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of inducers and different concentrations of nitrogen on production ...

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Co-Culture of Microalgae, Cyanobacteria, and Macromycetes for Exopolysaccharides Production: Process Preliminary Optimization and Partial Characteriza...

In this study, the biomass and exopolysaccharides (EPS) production in co-cultures of microalgae/cyanobacteria and macromycetes was evaluated as a technology for producing new polysaccharides...

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Production of Powerful Antioxidant Supplements via Solid-State Fermentation of Wheat (Triticum aestivum Linn.) by Cordyceps militaris

The present study has been conducted to evaluate the antioxidant properties of fermented wheat (Triticum aestivum Linn.) extracted using acidified water, 70 % acetone and 70 % ethanol as com...

  • dott image February, 2012

Recent developments in microbial oils production: a possible alternative to vegetable oils for biodiesel without competition with human food?

Since centuries vegetable oils are consumed as human food but it also finds applications in biodiesel production which is attracting more attention. But due to being in competition with food...

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Production and characterization of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate from crude glycerol by Bacillus sphaericus NII 0838 and improving its thermal properties by ...

The aim of this work was to study the production of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) under nitrogen limited conditions by Bacillus sphaericus NII 0838 using crude glycerol from biodiesel industr...

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Application of the biorefinery concept to produce l-lactic acid from the soybean vinasse at laboratory and pilot scale

Lactic acid is a product that finds several applications in food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The main objective of this work was the development of a bioprocess to pro...

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Polysaccharides from Probiotics: New Developments as Food Additives

Microbial polysaccharides with nutraceutical potential and bioactive properties have been investigated in detail during the last few decades. There is an increasing demand in food industries...

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RETRACTED: Potential carbon dioxide fixation by industrially important microalgae

The present study aimed at investigating the carbon metabolism in terms of carbon dioxide fixation and its destination in microalgae cultivations. To this purpose, analysis of growth parame...

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