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Projects - prof.dr.ir. RH (Rene) Wijffels
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Optimizing cultivation strategies for lipid production in microalgae
Microalgae are promising resource for the production of biofuels. Unfortunately, production costs of microalgal TAGs are not yet competitive compared... -
Soft separation of microalgae- Aqueous two phase system for microalgae components extraction
For biorefinery applications of microalgae biomass, components have to be released from the cells and separated from each other. Mild separation... -
Microalgae production in liquid foam-bed photobioreactors
The goal of this study is the development of a novel microalgae cultivation design that could enable economically feasible cultivation by reducing... -
Optimisation of duckweed hydro-culture in the Netherlands, focussing on protein production
While there is a growing worldwide demand for new protein-rich food sources, only little research has been done on the influence of culturing... -
Biorefinery of microalgae aiming on protein extraction
Algal biorefinery is aiming on efficient fractionation of the different microalgae cell components. Literature suggests that biorefinery of microalgal... -
Dynamics of Chloroplast metabolism in Scenedesmus obliquus
Eukaryotic microalgal cells are comprised of various organelles, in which specialized metabolic processes take place. Shifting conditions, such as an... -
High-throughput, multiplex biosensor development for characterization of therapeutic proteins from mammalian cell cultures
Development of high-throughput, multiplex and label-free immunoassays based on the principle of imaging Surface Plasmon Resonance (iSPR) to measure... -
Process development and scale-down in animal cell (CHO cell) culture
In recent years, with the rapid evolution of animal cell technology, antibody-based therapeutics enjoyed unprecedented success. MAbs and therapeutic... -
Immortalizing marine sponge cell culture
Marine sponge cells are the richest natural source of biologically active and/or commercially attractive compounds. The goal of project is to obtain... -
AlgaePARC: Strain selection and optimization of culture conditions of fast growing strains with high lipid content
Microalgae are considered a promising source for added-value products as well as biofuels. However, production costs are still limiting the...