The available database comprises research projects in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology active in the time period 2003-2022.
BlueBio is an ERA-NET COFUND created to directly identify new and improve existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market and find new ways of creating value from in the blue bioeconomy.

More information on the BlueBio project and participating funding organizations is available on the BlueBio website: www.bluebioeconomy.eu

Last Update: 2024/06/19

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Marine Biotechnology
Development of an industrial scale extraction process for beta glucans from brown macroalgae
National Programme
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Rajeev Ravindran
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MTU - Munster Technological University (Ireland)
NA - Nutramara Ltd (Ireland),  Snannon ABC - Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre (Ireland), 
2021
2023
€ 96,417
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The project is based on the valorisation of different Irish seaweed species for their various bioactive compounds. Specifically, they are aiming to develop a simple and sustainable process for the extraction of beta-glucan from seaweed such as deep sea tangles (Laminaria) and sugar kelp (Saccharina). Traditional methods of laminarin extraction are energy intensive, time consuming, utilise large volume of solvents, and result in poor yield. Hydrothermal-assisted extraction (HAE) is a low cost, easy to use and environmentally friendly alternative extraction technology that could be easily scaled-up for the industrial production of laminarin. Additionally, most methods utilise large volumes of ethanol which becomes a hurdle from a scale up point of view. Furthermore, limited information is currently available on the relationship between the molecular weight of the beta glucan and its bioactive properties. This project is designed to bridge these gaps while making beta glucan production from macroalgae commercially viable. The polysaccharide thus produced will be tested for its bioactive properties and health benefits such as prebiotic, immunomodulatory, antioxidant properties etc.
Algae; Bioactive compounds; Bioprospecting; Human health;
Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
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