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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.… Read more: Internship and Academic Exchange in Our Laboratory

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… Read more: LUMEN-Lab Organizes International Virtual Event and Leads Continuous Flow Chemistry Postgraduate Course

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.

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… Read more: LU.M.EN-Lab Researchers Contributes to the International NET4FLOW Consortium Effort

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

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… Read more: LUMEN-Lab Abroad: International Research Experience in Uruguay

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… Read more: Member of LUMEN-Lab Internationally Awarded!

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

We are pleased to share that, since January 2025, Prof. Fabricio Bisogno has been invited to join the Editorial Board of ChemCatChem, published by Wiley-VCH GmbH, a company of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. This appointment represents an important recognition of his academic and scientific career, as well as his valuable contributions to the fields… Read more: An Important Recognition for Prof. Fabricio Bisogno

Members of our laboratory participated in the 5th Latin American Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations (V-SILAByB 2024), held in Montevideo, Uruguay, where they shared with the scientific community the latest advances developed in the field. The team, composed of Lucía Urban, Lorenzo Cerutti-Serra, Sofía Caby, Fabrizio Politano, Gabriela Oksdath-Mansilla, and Fabricio Bisogno, delivered three oral… Read more: A Journey of LU.M.EN-Lab at V-SILAByB 2024

The LU.M.EN – Lab team participated with great enthusiasm in the 2024 Science Week organized by FCQ-UNC, an event dedicated to science communication, innovation, and the exchange of knowledge among researchers, students, and the community. During the event, the team presented various projects and experiences related to technological research and interdisciplinary development, creating a collaborative… Read more: The LUMEN – Lab TEAM in The Science Week 2024!

LU.M.EN-Lab has developed “Light and Chemistry,” an engaging and experimental initiative designed to bring science closer to the community through interactive experiences. Led by researcher Daniel Caminos, the activity invites participants to explore various photochemical phenomena, such as light absorption, fluorescence, phosphorescence, chemiluminescence, and photoinduced reactions. Through explanatory panels and a 50 x 40 cm… Read more: “Light and Chemistry”: Interactive Science to Discover Photochemical Phenomena