The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a text that explains how to optimise the commercial production of microalgal biomass. The target audience for this work includes: Undergraduate and postgraduate students of biology, process biotechnology and chemical engineering. Engineers engaging in the design and optimisation of microalgal bioreactors. Aquaculturists wishing to...Read More

The University of Manchester team has complied a Microalgae Strain catalogue containing information on a large variety of strains. The catalogue is part of the deliverables from WP7, led by Swansea University, and includes a wealth of material on strain cultivation, composition, and characteristics. This updated version contains information about more microalgae, besides additional details...Read More

Microalgae and cyanobacteria represent a diverse renewable resource with significant potential for the industrial production of high value-added goods and services. However, scientific, technical/technological, legislative and market gaps and barriers still limit the growth of these markets in Europe and the number of species exploited. The EnhanceMicroAlgae partners at the University of La Rochelle (University...Read More

The 2nd Chapter of the EnhanceMicroAlgae Comic is already available! In this new adventure, Spiruline and her friends will help the mareel people, whose lives are threatened by toxic waste dumps and the pollution of the waters they have inhabited for generations. And they will do so by working as a team! You can get...Read More

EnhanceMicroAlgae partners at CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research), University of Porto, are studying the potential applications of high-value extracts and exopolysaccharides (EPS) from cyanobacteria (also called blue-green algae). In their latest works, they valorise Cyanobium sp. LEGE 06113 as a source of pigment-rich and non-cytotoxic bioactive extracts with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties. They...Read More

You can now download the EnhanceMicroAlgae Comic, created by Xulia Pison, for free by clicking here To celebrate the release of the comic, we are also showing a sneak peak of Ardora, the Noctiluca Scintillans who will appear in the next edition of the comic    Read More

EnhanceMicroAlgae partners at La Rochelle University (La Rochelle University/CNRS UMR 7266 LIENSs) are developing innovative processes to extract and purify microalgae pigments and original applications of microalgae pigments to kill cancer cells and sensitize cancer cells to the cytotoxic effect of anticancer drugs. In their latest work, they studied Tisochrysis lutea (T. lutea, ex T....Read More

EnhanceMicroAlgae partners at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory are studying the potential use of microalgae – rich in nutrients and bioactive compounds – as a functional 3D-printed ink for food applications. They have formulated 3D-printed cookies with enhanced antioxidant activity and colour stability during their storage time by using functional food-inks fortified with the microalgae...Read More

A new paper written by members of the EnhanceMicroAlgae project has been published in Marine Drugs. This review analyzed 26,137 publications at the European level and gives an in-depth overview of microalgae research with potential markets applications until 2019. The main research concepts contained in the publications, the networks between these concepts, emerging concepts and...Read More

The University of Manchester team have complied a Microalgae Strain catalogue containing information on a large variety of strains. The catalogue is part of the deliverables from WP7, led by Swansea University, and includes a wealth of material on strain cultivation, composition, and characteristics. This will be maintained and updated over time.   First released...Read More