Objective
The GHaNA project aims to explore and characterize a new marine bioresource, for blue biotechnology applications in aquaculture, cosmetics and possibly food and health industry. The project will determine the biological and chemical diversity of Haslea diatoms to develop mass-scale production for viable industrial applications by maximising biomass production and associated high-value compound production, including terpenoids, marennine-like pigments, lipids and silica skeletons. The genus Haslea species type H. ostrearia, produces marennine, a water-soluble blue pigment used for greening oysters in Western France, which is also a bioactive molecule. Haslea diatoms have thus a high potential for use in (1) existing oyster farming, (2) production of pigments and bioactive compounds with natural antibacterial properties, (3) application as a colouring agent within industry, and (4) use of silica skeletons as inorganic “biocharges” in the formulation of new elastomeric materials. This will be achieved through fundamental and applied-oriented research to isolate fast- growing strains of Haslea, optimising their growth environment to increase marennine and other high-value compound productivity; to develop blue biotechnology specifically applied to benthic microalgae (biorefinery approach, processes); and to develop industrial exploitation of colouring and bioactive compounds through commercial activities of aquaculture, food, cosmetics and health.
Fields of science
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheries
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopyelectron microscopy
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculeslipids
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculescarbohydrates
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymes
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72085 Le Mans
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Participants (12)
44000 Nantes
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CF24 0DE Cardiff
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74100 Rethimno
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71-453 Szczecin
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1165 Kobenhavn
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35001 Las Palmas
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8401 Winterthur
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34670 Baillargues
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35003 Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
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29280 Plouzane
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19013 Attikia Anavissos
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75007 Paris
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31000 Oran
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65145 Malang
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45363 Sumedang
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7000 HO CHI MINH
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78124 Pontianak
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G1V 0A6 Quebec
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G5L 3A1 Rimouski
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E4L1E4 Sackville
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37132 Murfreesboro
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12201 Albany Ny
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7001 Hobart
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72701 Fayetteville
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27599 Chapel Hill
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