Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences

The goal of our work is to advance knowledge, develop innovative tools, technologies and materials, solve pressing challenges and train human resources within the Human Health and Bioeconomy areas.

Human Health


Develop innovative engineering approaches to support the manufacturing of cellular (stem cells) and molecular (antibodies, plasmid-based vectors) products for gene and cell therapies and regenerative medicine applications


Develop tools, technologies and biomaterials for modeling target diseases (cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, immune-mediated), drug screening and delivery (nanostructured materials, fluorescent probes) and toxicology/pharmacological testing


Understand cell and molecular mechanisms underlying specific degenerative diseases, microbial drug resistance and opportunistic infections

Bioeconomy

Develop sustainable microbial production of biofuels and natural products, carbon-based building blocks and commodities from agro-forest residues and water resource recovery


Develop superior microbial strains, data analysis tools, bioprocessing technologies and materials to solve industrial bottlenecks characteristic of biologically based manufacturing