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Projects - prof.dr.ir. RH (Rene) Wijffels
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Tailored microalgae as a sustainable oil crop production platform
We aim at understanding fundamental processes of metabolic networks involved in oil production in photosynthetic organisms. Obtained insights will be... -
Enhancing Algae-based CO2 Capture and Sequestration for Large Scale Application in Qatar
CO2 supply to microalgae cultures can be challenging, especially in large scale cultivation. This project focusses on improving CO2 transfer and CO2... -
Production of bioengineered outer membrane vesicles as vaccine platform
Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are spherical nanoparticles produced by bacteria. OMVs encompass only the outside of the bacterium and are well suited... -
Microalgae production in liquid foam-bed photobioreactors
The objective of the project is to develop a liquid foam-bed photobioreactor as an innovative microalgae cultivation concept. The project aims to... -
Metabolic engineering of eukaryotic microalgae to improve lipid content
Microalgae accumulate large quantities of lipids under stress conditions, which makes them a valuable feedstock for biotechnological applications. In... -
Robust cultivation of marine microalgae species for the aquaculture industry in Zeeland
Microalgae are the first link in every lifeform of marine species. Land-based aquaculture requires a large supply of marine microalgae. Using economic... -
Microalgae Biorefinery: developing mild, scalable technologies
Microalgae are able to accumulate various products like lipids, proteins and carbohydrates. When all these products are successfully recovered, the... -
Integrated biorefineries AlgaePro4U: Extraction and fractionation of functional proteins from microalgae
Algae shows a remarkable potential as source of biomolecules with application in many industries. However, in order to make feasible its commercial... -
Lipid metabolism of the microalgae Nannochloropsis gaditana
The microalgae Nannochloropsis gaditana can accumulate lipids (triacylglycerol) upon nitrogen starvation. But also contains the omega-3 fatty acid... -
Microalgae Biorefinery 2.0 (MAB 2.0)
Microalgae cultivation provides a means to combine recovery of nutrients and carbon dioxide from wastewater and flue gas with the production of...