COST Action ES1408: European Network for Algal- Bioproducts

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1 COST Action ES1408: European Network for Algal- Bioproducts Cristina González

2 COST Action A network of researchers with nationally funded research pursuing the fulfilment of the objectives and deliverables described in the approved proposal (MoU)

3 No predefined topics COST Action Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences (BMBS) Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies (CMST) Earth System Science and Environmental Management (ESSEM) Food and Agriculture (FA) Forests, their Products and Services (FPS) Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) Materials, Physics and Nanosciences (MPNS) Transport and Urban Development (TUD) Join existing Actions The funding is provided via an yearly grant agreement. COST is supported by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020.

4 ORGANIZATION- EUALGAE Start of Action 24/03/2015 End of Action 23/03/ countries proposal 3 non COST countries 3 European Bodies 29 Researchers Grant Holder: IMDEA Energy

5 ORGANIZATION 27 countries 4 non COST countries 147 researchers

6 ORGANIZATION- EUALGAE

7 ORGANIZATION 75 researchers The aim is to address constraints related to microalgae productivity: Task (a) Photobioreactor (PBR) design Task (b) Nutrients source (synthetic vs wastewater) and nutrition modes Task (c) Interaction with other co-occurring microorganisms

8 ORGANIZATION 32 researchers The objective is to focus on the evaluation of innovative harvesting and cell disruption techniques in accordance to the targeted bioproducts Task A) Harvesting and Dewatering Task B) Cell disruption

9 ORGANIZATION 67 researchers The aim was defined as evaluating techniques to overcome the main bottleneck of the bio-refinery approach in the downstream processing of microalgal high-value products such as PUFAs, antioxidants and pigments

10 ORGANIZATION 49 researchers The aim of this WG is the development of valorization methods from intermediates and sub-products of microalgal biomass from previous valorization processes. The WG will focus in the optimal valorization process to obtain useful products as food and feed ingredients, chemicals, materials, as well as liquid and gaseous energy carriers.

11 ORGANIZATION 28 researchers Prior to large-scale production, the environmental impacts of the new pathways for bioenergy and biomaterials production from microalgae have to be assessed.

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14 COST Action -EUALGAE Meetings, Workshops and Conferences Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) Training Schools Dissemination Activities and Publications

15 Meetings, Workshops and Conferences First MC meeting in Brussels ( ) WG meeting in Dublin (14& ) Second MC meeting in Dublin ( ) WG meeting in Madrid ( ) ACHEMA, Frankfurt (Germany), June Cristina Gonzalez MEETINGS IX Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería Bioquímica, XX Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Veracruz (Mexico), March Luisa Gouveia AlgaEurope, Madrid (Spain), December Cristina Gonzalez CONFERENCES

16 Meetings, Workshops and Conferences WORKSHOPS April 2016 at Valladolid University (Spain) 1st EUAlgae Workshop of Algae Bioproducts for Early Carreer Investigators 18 ECI from 11 countries

17 Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) Nº STSM Topic Participant Affiliation HOST 1 Use of metabolicc modeling for terpenoid production enhancement Mr Konstantinos Vavitsas University of Copenhagen (DN) University of Iceland (IS) 2 Application of milking process in the Botryococcus braunii production Ms Judit Martin Juarez University of Valladolid (ES) Wageningen University (NL) 3 Biogas upgrading using an algal-bacterial The National Institute for Research & photobioreactor Ms ANA-MARIA GALAN Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry (RO) University of Valladolid (ES) 4 Supercritical CO2 extraction of hydrocarbons from B. braunii with an emphasis on cell viability Ms Ece YILDIZ OZTURK Ege University (TR) Wageningen University (NL) Nº STSM Topic Participant Affiliation HOST 1 Optimising micro-algal protein extraction and characterisation of bioactivities and technofunctional attributes Teagasc - Food Research Center Ms Ana Lorenzo Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid (ES) (IE) 2 Life cycle assessment of algal-bacterial photobioreactors for biogas upgrading Dr Ana Ferreira Universidade de Lisboa (PT) University of Valladolid (ES) 3 Microalgae in savoury food bioproducts evaluation of in vitro digestibility and antioxidant activity Dr Ana Paula Batista Universidade de Lisboa (PT) University of Florence (IT) 4 Pretreatment of microalgae by in-situ enzymes for enhanced biogas production Ms Ece Kendir Hacettepe University (TR) IMDEA Energy Institute (ES) 5 Dinoflagellates for sustained supply of active Ms Joana Assunção Universidade do Porto (PT) University of Almería (ES) compounds in optimized photobioreactors 6 Wastewater treatment and biogas production: a comparison of green algae and diatoms Dr Jelena Godrijan Ruder Boškovic Institute (HR) IMDEA Energy (Spain) 7 Optimization of Tetraselmis species growth, productivity and harvest 8 Transfer of knowledge to operate glass column photo-bioreactors 9 Suitability of Microalgae to Biodiesel Production Dr Mariana Carneiro Universidade do Porto (PT) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES) Mr Adrian Pulgarin EPFL (CH) Institute of Microbiology (CZ) Ms Vânia Pôjo Universidade do Porto (PT) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (ES)

18 Training Schools The first Training School Microalgae based processes: upstream and downstream was held in Lisbon (Portugal) from 9th to 11th of November PhD students from 15 countries

19 Dissemination Activities and Publications Microalgae-Based Biofuels and Bioproducts beggining of Photobioreactors for the production of microalgae 2 Heterotrophic and mixotrophic microalgae cultivation 3 Microalgae cultivation in wastewater 4 Applications of genome-scale metabolic models to microalgae and cyanobacteria production systems 5 Harvesting of microalgae: overview of process options and their strengths and drawbacks 6 Cell Disruption Technologies 7 Biogas production from microalgae 8 Breakthroughs in bio-alcohol production from microalgae: Solving the hurdles 9 Biohydrogen production from microalgae 10 Biodiesel from Microalgae 11 Pyrolysis of microalgae for fuel production 12 Biogas upgrading using algal-bacterial processes 13 Synthetic biology of cyanobacteria for production of biofuels and high-value products 14 Biorefinery of algae: Technical and economic considerations 15 Microalgal proteins for food and feed 16 Cyanobacterial toxins as a high value added product 17 Trends in Red Biotechnology: Microalgae for Pharmaceutical Applications 18 Extraction of added-value compounds from microalgae 19 The prospective of algal based biorefineries: pros and cons 20 Economics of Microalgae Cultivation 21 Environmental impacts of mass-scale algae cultivation

20 Next Networking activities of EUALGAE Meeting with industries Slovenia - March 2017 MC meeting Slovenia - March 2017 More STSM 2 ND GP 2 nd Training School - Belgium- Sept rd GP More STSM 2 nd ECI Workshop to be defined when and where MC meeting to be defined when and where

21 COST Action ES1408: European Network for Algal- Bioproducts Cristina González