4. THE ROLE OF MICROALGAE BIOTECHNOLOGY
IN BLUE & GREEN ECONOMY

PROGRAMME

 

Monday  June 12 nd · SEMINARS

9.00 - 9.30  Course Presentation.
(Dr. José. A. Perales, University of Cádiz).

9.30 - 10.30  General principles of Microalgae Biotechnology: Microalgae Production and Harvesting.
(Dr. Francisco G. Acien, University of Almería).

10.30 - 11.30  Microalgae bioprospecting:
The potential of extremophiles microalgae species.
(Dr. Carlos Vílchez, University of Huelva).

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 13.00 Microalgae as feedstock for biofuels.
(Dra. María Barbosa, University of Wageningen)

13.00 – 14.00 Microalgae as feedstock for bulk chemicals
(Dr. Rene Wijffels,  University of Wageningen).

 

Tuesday June 13 rd · SEMINARS

9.00 - 10.00  Microalgae as feedstock for high value chemicals  (Dr. Rene Wijffels,  University of Wageningen).

10.00 - 11.00  Towards industrial products
from microalgae: economic analysis.
(Dra. María Barbosa, University of Wageningen).

11.00 – 11.3o  Break.

11.30 – 12.30 Strategies for valuable compounds
accumulation in microalgae
(Dr. Carlos Vílchez, University of Huelva).

12.30 – 13.30 Microalgae for wastewater treatment.
(Dr. Francisco G. Acien, University of Almería).

13.30 – 14.30 Round Table: Main Bottlenecks
in microalgae biotechnology
(Dr. Acien, Dr. Wijffels, Dra. Barbosa and Dr. Vilchez).

 

Wednesday June 14 th · LABORATORY

9.30 - 10.30  Measurement of microalgae concentration
(Dra. Carmen Garrido, University of Cádiz).

10.30 - 11.30  Microalgae Compositional Analysis Laboratory Procedures (Dra. Carmen Garrido, University of Cádiz).

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 13.00 Light and nutrients determination
(Dra. Carmen Garrido, University of Cádiz).

13.00 – 14.00 Microalgae photobioreactors monitoring
(Dra. Carmen Garrido, University of Cádiz).

 

Thursday June 15 th · SPREAD SHEET:
DATA ANALYSIS AND USE

9.30 - 11.30  Microalgae growth kinetic modelling
(Dr. José. A. Perales, University of Cádiz).

11.30 – 12.oo  Break.

12.00 – 14.00 Pre-Dimensioning of an installation
for microalgae production
(Dr. José. A. Perales, University of Cádiz).

 

Friday June 16 th · FIELD TRIP

9.30 - 13.00  Visit to the R&D installations of the UE Project ALL-GAS at the WWTP of el Torno (Chiclana de la Frontera) (Dr. José. A. Perales, University of Cádiz, Dr. Zoe Arbib, AQUALIA).

 

Dates: June 12 nd-16 th

Course Director:
Dr. José A. Perales Vargas-Machuca

Department of Environmental Technologies, Faculty of Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Cádiz, Spain

Speakers:
Dr. José A. Perales Vargas-Machuca

Department of Environmental Technologies, University of Cádiz

 

Dr. Rene Wijffels

Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences,
University of Wageningen, The Netherlands

 

Dra. Maria Barbosa

Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences,
University of Wageningen, The Netherlands

 

Dr. Francisco Gabriel Acién

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Almería

 

Dr. Carlos Vílchez

Department of Chemistry and materials science
(Microalgae Biotechnology), University of Huelva

 

Dra. Carmen Garrido Pérez

Department of Environmental Technologies, University of Cádiz

 

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