Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title microAlgae for climate, food and feed Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Vidar Remi Jensen Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2014 End year 2018 Funding (€) € 1,016,750 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/238851?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=60&Fag.3=Kjemisk+prosessteknologi Summary Different microalgae have different properties with respect to carbon harvesting and storage and it is hypothesized that the carbon-binding properties of these organisms may be improved through controlled selection and growth. Since they are already the m ost important carbon harvesters of the oceans, even a minor improvement could transform the thus designed new microalgae into a future emergency tool for limiting global warming. A screening and selection approach based on computational generation of gene tic and metabolic cell inventory combined with single cell cultures and mixed cultures will be used to develop fast-growing, high-density algae for efficient sediment formation, using laboratory-scale experiments only. The selection experiments will be ac companied by molecular- and cell-level investigations of light-use efficiency that can help optimize productivity. A similar combined selection- and light-based approach will be used to identify algae rich in lipids (oils), as well as conditions that max imize lipid production. Next, fatty acids derived from algal lipids are excellent starting points for food and renewable feedstock for chemical production, and new nanostructured catalysts for the transformation of such fatty acids into alpha-olefins will first be designed, using a novel in silico approach, and then realized and tested in experiments. The project is highly interdisciplinary and includes also development and application of powerful visualization tools to aid the algae screening and the in silico catalyst design. Similarly, ELSA-issues are actively handled and include preparatory studies with scenarios, reflections and decision-making approaches for microalgae carbon capture.
Keywords
Bioprospecting;
Human food;
Animal feed;
Land-based aquaculture;
Technology;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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