The University of Manchester have welcomed Gonzalo Figueroa-Torres to the team of researchers who will be working on the Enahnce Microalgae project. By way of introduction, we asked Gonzalo to provide a bit of information about himself: I am a research-driven Chemical Engineer with a strong bioprocess engineering background, and experience on: Algae cultivation: nutrient...Read More

Dr Claudio Fuentes Grunewald, researcher involved in WP7 of EnhanceMicroAlgae project, was invited by Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias, to give a presentation in the “Harmful Algal Biotechnology” workshop on the 22nd and 23rd of May, 2019. Dr Fuentes Grunewald gave an interesting presentation on how to scale up microalgae culture, giving tips and suggestions to...Read More

Swansea University, leader of the Work Package 7: “Knowledge Research & development towards value application” of the ENHANCE microalgae project has received in mid-April a brand new photobioreactor (in the photo, Phyco-Flow©). This new glass system is the most up to date technology in Europe for growing microalgae species in closed system. With a capacity...Read More

The latest chapter of our Decision Support Tool is out! Check on the dedicated section to see it!Read More

Have a look to the new Decision Support Tool! It will help you to better understand the production of microalgae through simulations created by a member of the research team. We also have an accompanying textbook, with new chapters being released monthly. Any problems or suggestions, please email the author at k.j.flynn@swansea.ac.ukRead More

To help explain microalgae, we’ve developed a comic. Get a sneak peak and meet the characters clicking here!   Meet the author @ https://lnkd.in/dQPRwR2 (page available in Spanish or Galician).Read More

The objective of this project is to exploit the biotechnology potential of microalgae in the Atlantic area, to enhance the value of this resource by transferring the latest developments in this field to the business sector, thereby facilitating production of large biomass volumes and optimising production processes in line with their different final products. The...Read More

Last Thursday 11th and Friday 12th, the launching meeting of the project “High added-value industrial opportunities for microalgae in the Atlantic Area – EnhanceMicroAlgae”, led by ANFACO-CECOPESCA, took place at the CYTMA, Centre for Advanced Research Technologies for the Marine and Food Industry of ANFACO-CECOPESCA, with the participation of 20 members of the 11 companies...Read More

The Kick Off meeting of the project took place on 11-12 January 2018 at Anfaco-Cecopesca (Vigo, Spain), with all the partners working in launching the project. Stay tuned!Read More