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SUMMARY:Microalgae: Basics and applications
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr Marcel Janssen\, Wageningen University\, Department Agrotec
 hnology and Food Sciences\, Bioprocess Engineering Group\, NL\nThe waters 
 of the world\, oceans\, seas\, rivers\, creeks\, lakes and even ice house 
 a tremendous variety of micro-organisms able to use light energy as the on
 ly source of energy to fuel metabolism. These unicellular organisms\, micr
 o-algae and cyanobacteria\, are also capable of incorporating inorganic ca
 rbon and this type of metabolism is usually referred to as photoautotrophi
 c growth. Microalgae and cyanobacteria are an abundant source of interesti
 ng products that can contribute to human health and wellbeing: high-value 
 food ingredients (proteins pigments and antioxidants)\, bulk chemicals\, f
 ood and feed lipids\, food and feed protein\, or possibly biofuels. The us
 e of sunlight\, or artificial light\, imposes specific demands on the bior
 eactors and cultivation protocols. This seminar aims to give basic insight
  into the energetics of photoautotrophic growth and the maximal productivi
 ty of microalgae-based production processes. In addition\, general charact
 eristics and performance of microalgae cultivation systems (photobioreacto
 rs and pond systems) will be presented. To conclude\, recent developments 
 in biochemical engineering of microalgae and cyanobacteria will be discuss
 ed.
LOCATION:GR A3 31 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=GR%20A3%2031
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