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  • Internship and Academic Exchange in Our Laboratory

    As part of her professional training to obtain a degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Lucia Sadi carried out a two-month internship in our laboratory. Under the supervision of Prof. Gabriela Oksdath-Mansilla, Lucia worked on the application of continuous flow synthetic methodologies for the preparation of potential metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors.…

  • LUMEN-Lab Organizes International Virtual Event and Leads Continuous Flow Chemistry Postgraduate Course

    Members of the LUMEN-Lab led an intensive week dedicated to continuous flow chemistry, organizing a major international scientific event and delivering specialized postgraduate training in Argentina and across the region. The activities focused on the development and application of continuous flow chemistry in research and industrial processes. Representing LUMEN-Lab, researchers Gabriela Oksdath-Mansilla, Fabricio Bisogno, Adrián…

  • A New Member Joins the LU.M.EN-Lab Team

    Tomás Davila has been awarded a CONICET doctoral fellowship to carry out his postgraduate studies in our laboratory. During his PhD research, Tomás will explore photocatalysis, metal catalysis, and biocatalysis, developing different multicatalytic methodologies in continuous flow for the synthesis of compounds of interest.

  • LU.M.EN-Lab Researchers Contributes to the International NET4FLOW Consortium Effort

    Researchers from LUMEN-Lab are part of the international consortium NET4FLOW (Next-generation Enzymes and Technology for Flow Advanced Processes), an initiative that brings together partners from Europe and Latin America with the goal of driving the development of innovative technologies for a more sustainable chemical industry. https://grupo.us.es/horizonnet4flow/ The project focuses on the design of synthetic methodologies…

  • Light, flow chemistry, and enzymes: LUMEN-Lab brings its synthetic methodologies to the UDELAR Faculty of Chemistry

    LUMEN-Lab member Gabriela Oksdath-Mansilla delivered a series of seminars at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of the Republic (UDELAR), showcasing our research group’s work in combining #Light, #ContinuousFlowChemistry, and #Enzymes. Furthermore, she participated in teaching the doctoral course “New Methodologies in Organic Synthesis and Their Applications,” sharing her expertise in the fields of…

  • LUMEN-Lab Abroad: International Research Experience in Uruguay

    Lucía Urbán (PhD student) completed a research internship at the Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Biotransformations within the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of the Republic (Uruguay). The research stay was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Agustina Vila in a leading academic environment within the field. During her internship, Lucía focused on a research…

  • Member of LUMEN-Lab Internationally Awarded!

    Lorenzo Cerutti-Serra (PhD Student) participated in the BIOTRANS 2025 17th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations, held in Basel, Switzerland. Lorenzo gave an oral presentation on the collaborative work he carried out during his stay with the group led by Prof. Melanie Hall at the University of Graz, Australia. This work, titled “Photobiocatalytic Mono-Hydrodehalogenation Reaction…

  • LU.M.EN-Lab Around the World: International Experience in Graz, Austria

    Lorenzo Cerutti-Serra (PhD Student) carried out a research internship at The Elk Crew Group at the University of Graz, Austria. The stay took place under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Melanie Hall, within a leading academic environment in the field of Biocatalysis. During his stay, Lorenzo worked on a research project focused on evaluating the…