PROSE
Environmental biotechnologies – processes – Sustainable development – Biogeochemistry – Modelling
The Component presentation
The PROSE unit conducts research into environmental biotechnologies, from the scale of microbial communities to that of processes (wastewater treatment plants, anaerobic digesters, bioelectrochemical processes for biorefineries, etc.), in connection with the major societal challenges of sustainable development, the circular economy and the bioeconomy.
The PROSE unit is part of a transdisciplinary approach based on microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, process engineering, physical measurements and modelling.
Research areas
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Understand processes by implementing advanced analytical approaches and acquiring on-line process data on pilot and industrial scales
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Integrating and combining knowledge from an engineering perspective, through the development of databases, processing tools (bioinformatics and biostatistics) and models of coupled biophysical-chemical processes
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Optimising and innovating in the field of bioprocesses, by removing the scientific and technical obstacles to implementing innovative processes and carrying out full-scale tests
Analytical chemistry laboratory
Ion chromatography; Continuous flow analyser; Sequential analyser; Carbon and nitrogen analyser; CHONS elemental analyser; Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry; Gas chromatography with isotope mass spectrometry; Elemental analyser with isotope mass spectrometry; Liquid chromatography with high resolution mass spectrometry.
Molecular microbiology laboratory
Phase contrast microscope; Confocal laser scanning microscope; Automated electrophoresis; Pipetting robot; Ultracentrifuge for separating stable isotope-labelled nucleic acids; Flow cytometer; Next-generation sequencer
Laboratory and field measurements
Geophysical measurement tools; Laboratory pilots for studying the physical properties of porous media; Experimental field platform for characterising flows and material transfer in environmental bioprocesses; Systems for collecting and analysing gas emissions from wastewater treatment/recovery bioprocesses; Instrumented semi-industrial field pilot for in situ monitoring of the filtration properties of industrial membrane modules; Physico-chemical characterisation tools for biological sludge; On-line sensors for in situ monitoring of environmental bioprocesses and associated data acquisition units; Equipped laboratory truck; Experimental hall for conducting bioprocess tests.