Global Biosciences Center, SGS

SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. SGS, as a large multinational, has a global presence and outreach, allowing to operate globally and access to different companies, academia and governmental entities due to its  robust network.  SGS is used to execute complex projects that entail dealing with many different stakeholders and it has well established internal procedures and governance structure to warrant successful project management.

In Portugal, SGS PT has set the Global Biosciences Center (GBC), an applied R&D center working close to the market to develop new products and services in the molecular and microbiology realm. GBC hosts a state-of-the-art  lab and a multidisciplinary team of highly skilled and passionate experts in molecular and microbiology. GBC leads the molecular-based environmental services within SGS, given its expertise, experience and high-end technology.

Within SGS, GBC leads the molecular-based environmental services, namely biodiversity assessments and monitoring through environmental DNA, covering several matrixes (soil, air, water, surfaces, flowers, etc), microbiome analysis as well as studies of microbial communities and of biological processes (e.g. microbiological corrosion, anaerobic digestion, bioremediation, bioleaching, biofuel production) to successfully exploit these processes to our benefit or to provide answers towards prevention and mitigation of the negative effects of microorganisms.

Our expertise is particularly relevant for biodiversity and zero pollution topics.