The Group [G3. Bioresources and Applied Biosciences] brings together a group of researchers with very diversified R&D interests, although very focused on the sustainable use and valorization of Bioresources and of the residues resulting from their exploitation (e.g., Pulp & Paper, Green or Blue Biorefinery, etc.) and in very relevant subareas of Applied Biosciences, such as Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacognosy, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Food Engineering, Agronomy, etc. However, relevance is also given to R&D activities in certain subareas of Fundamental Biosciences that are pertinent by themselves, or because they complement other existing scientific interests in the Unit (e.g., Medical Sciences, Biology, Ecology, Microbiology, Drug Discovery, Nutrition, Toxicology, Virology, etc.). Employed approaches and methodologies are focused both on the development of Products (e.g., Pulp & Paper, bio-fuels, bio-solvents, biopolymers, and other natural products with high added-value – for multiple applications), and on the development of innovative, more efficient, and/or more sustainable Processes (e.g., design; reaction, bio-reaction, and enzymatic catalysis; thermochemical processes; extraction; separation and purification; formulation; sterilization; characterization; process integration and optimization; use of bio-solvents, supercritical carbon dioxide, ionic liquids, eutectic solvents, etc.). The vast majority of these approaches also take into account some of the new paradigms of Chemical Engineering, such as Circular (Bio)Economy, Sustainability, Chemistry and Green Engineering, Nanotechnology, and Health and Well-Being.
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