Born out of the Synthetic Biology Club EEL/USP
and driven by an enormous interest in applying our knowledge to
projects that add to science and society, we, team USP-EEL-Brazil,
are enthusiastically representing the Lorena School of Engineering
at the University of São Paulo (USP-EEL) for the fifth time in iGEM editions.
In the past editions, our team presented projects that sought innovative solutions to everyday problems using synthetic biology.
Our iGEM journey began in 2016, when we took part in the competition for the first time with the Ecoil project,
which aimed to explore alternative sources for renewable fuels by identifying effective oils for biodiesel production.
In 2018, we took part in the competition again with the Lacquase project,
in which we developed methods to remove estrogens from water in order to reduce
the amount of these toxic compounds in the sea, which affect marine fauna.
In 2021 and 2022, we returned with the Honorato project which sought to develop synthetic
inhibitors for snake venom, proposing an alternative approach to antivenom. In 2023,
through a lot of research and brainstorming, we pursued a new project, CBDynamics, to
develop a technology for the production of cannabidiol by synthetic biology.
Team leadership
Júlia Lóris Senosien Redígolo
Ana Paula Contelli Xavier
Dry-lab leadership
Pedro Ribeiro Faria
Gustavo Cabral Ferraz Santos
Human practices leadership
Beatriz Costa Santos
Manuela Bernardes de Oliveira
Administration leadership
Team matters and legal burocracy
Lucas Henrique Cardia
Finance leadership
Fundraising and fee payment
Camila Klein Fenner
Marketing and Communication leadership
Social media management, wiki development and video production
Gustavo Nascimento de Araujo
PIs, Instructors & Advisors
Primary Principal Investigator
PhD Professor at the Department of Biotechnology at the Lorena School of Engineering, University of São Paulo
Talita Martins Lacerda, PhD
Secondary Principal Investigator
PhD Professor at the Department of Biotechnology at the Lorena School of Engineering, University of São Paulo
Fernando Segato, PhD
Instructor
MSc. Agricultural Microbiology and PhD Student in the Industrial Biotechnology Program
Ana Luiza da Rocha Fortes Saraiva
Advisors
Biochemistry engineering undergraduate students
Giovanni Henrique Silva
Jean Lucas Ribeiro
