Wednesday 8 June
Scientific programme
Programme
8:45-9:30 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
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Opening sessionChair: Yagut Allahverdiyeva, University of Turku, Finland |
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9.30-9.40 |
Yagut Allahverdiyeva, University of Turku, Finland – Opening words |
9.40-9.50 |
Kyösti Lempa, NordForsk, Norway – Green transition of Nordic societies: towards carbon neutrality and sustainable circular and bio-based economy |
9.50-10.10 |
Vitor Verdelho Vieira, the European Algae Biomass Association – Bottlenecks that limit the development of the algae biomass sector |
| 10.10-11.00 | Keynote lecture Maria Barbosa, WUR, Netherlands – Towards industrial products from microalgae: translating research into applications |
11.00-11.45 |
Coffee break, exhibition and poster session (odd numbers) |
Session 1: Algae industries, networks and large initiatives |
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11.45-12.05 |
Alexandre Rodrigues, Necton, Portugal – Necton, 25 years in the microalgae world: hurdles, achievements and prospects |
12.05-12.25 |
Tryggvi Stefánsson, Algalif, Iceland – ALGALIF – The journey from a R&D concept to an industry leader |
12.25-12.45 |
Agnes Mols Mortensen, TARI, Faroe Seaweed, Faroe Islands – From spore to products: sustainability, resilience and high-quality |
12.45-14.15 |
Lunch break, exhibition and poster session |
| Chair: Sema Şirin, University of Turku, Finland | |
14.15-14.30 |
Silvia Fluch, Social Research Innovation Unit, Austria – Of Algae and Fish – a new go with an old problem |
14.30-14.50 |
Dorinde Kleinegris, NORCE, Norway – Microalgae in a circular bioeconomy |
14.50-15.10 |
Carole Llewellyn, Swansea University, Wales – The ALG-AD Project: An overview of achievements and reflections |
15.10-15.25 |
Jonathan Burns-Tang, Algiecel, Denmark – Algiecel, carbon capture as-a-service |
15.25-16.30 |
Coffee Break, exhibition and poster session (even numbers) |
16.30-16.40 |
Sponsor flash talks – SANI Membranes, LI-COR |
16.40-16.55 |
Jean-Louis Roux dit Buisson, Neocarbons, Switzerland – Industrial CO2 remediation with high productivity microalgae farming equipment: constraints, results |
16.55-17.15 |
Berat Haznedaroglu, Bogazici University, Turkey – An integrated algal biorefinery concept for carbon-negative bioproducts |
17.15-17.30 |
Marianne Nymark, SINTEF Ocean, Norway – Industrial-scale production of microalgae: from factory fume to fish feed |
17.30-17.45 |
Inês Beatriz Maia, University of Algarve, Portugal – ALGACYCLE – Valorization of greenhouse drain water with microalgae for the sustainable production of aquafeeds and biostimulants |
19.00- |
Welcome Reception at Turku City Hall, Aurakatu 2, Turku
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Thursday 9 June
Session 2. Algal technologies for sustainable futureChair: Silvia Fluch, SIRU, Austria |
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9.00-9.20 |
NordAqua Speaker Jorunn Skjermo, SINTEF Ocean, Norway – Seaweed farming for blue biorefinery |
9.20-9.35 |
Antoinette Kazbar, WUR, Netherlands – Multi-product biorefinery of seaweed using green solvents |
9.35-9.55 |
NordAqua Speaker Christiane Funk, Umeå University, Sweden – Wastewater reclamation and biomass generation by microalgae – a Nordic perspective |
9.55-10.10 |
Pia Steinrücken, NORCE, Norway – A closer look into the microbiome of microalgal cultures |
10.10-10.25 |
Ricarda Kriechbaum, Technical University Vienna, Austria – Lignocellulosic waste stream hydrolysis: Formation of inhibitors and how to deal with them during microalgae cultivation |
10.25-11.00 |
Coffee break, exhibition and poster session (odd numbers) |
11.00-11.20 |
NordAqua Speaker David Fewer, University of Helsinki, Finland – Genomic insights into the chemical diversity and biological activity of natural products from cyanobacteria |
11.20-12.00 |
Flash talks
Dorothee Barth, VTT, Finland – Comparison of timegated vs conventional Raman spectroscopy for online metrology in algal cultivations Zorica Svirčev, Åbo Akademi University, Finland – RECAP project, BLOCDUST hypothesis and SYNERGOSIS concept Eszter Széles, Szeged Biological Research Centre, Hungary – Microfluidic platforms designed for morphological and photosynthetic investigations of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii on a single-cell level |
12:00-13:30 |
Lunch, exhibition and poster session |
| Chair: Lars Herfindal, University of Bergen, Norway | |
13.30-13.50 |
NordAqua Speaker Margarida Costa, NIVA, Norway – Microalgae biotechnology: the potential of domestication for industrial applications |
13.50-14.50 |
NordAqua Flash talks
Martin Plöhn, Umeå University, Sweden – Utilization of different carbon sources by Nordic microalgae grown under mixotrophic conditions Giorgia Carnovale, NIBIO, Norway – Tailoring microalgal biomass for food applications: brewing as a case study Ylva Rydningen & June Valla, NTNU/SINTEF, Norway – Macroalgae cultivation in Norway: An assessment of critical steps in cultivatingPalmaria palmata Angeliki Barouti, University of Bergen, Norway – Targeting high-value products from the kelps’ epiphytes |
14.50-15.30 |
Coffee break, exhibition and poster session (even numbers) |
Session 3. Photosynthesis and cell factoriesChair: Johannes Messinger, Uppsala University, Sweden |
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15.30-15.50 |
NordAqua Speaker Lauri Nikkanen, University of Turku, Finland – Controlling photosynthetic electron flux in cyanobacteria |
15.50-16.05 |
Szilvia Z. Toth, Szeged Biological Research Centre, Hungary – The chloroplastic phosphate transporter CrPHT4-7 supports phosphate homeostasis and photosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii |
16.05-16.20 |
Martin Trtilek, PSI, Czech Republic – Title tba |
16.20-16.35 |
Giorgio Perin, University of Padova, Italy – Modulation of xanthophyll cycle impacts biomass productivity in the seawater alga Nannochloropsis |
16.35-16.50 |
Amit Sharma, NTNU, Norway – Simultaneous KO and mutation of five Light Harvesting Complex (LHC) genes, effect on photophysiology and a study of the genomic rearrangements |
16.50-17.10 |
Joanna Kargul, University of Warsaw, Poland – Optimising the biomolecular solar conversion systems |
17.10-17.25 |
Anna Frank, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany – Rational design of biophotoelectrodes for in vitro biocatalysis |
19.00- |
Conference Dinner in Restaurant Grädda, Piispakatu 15, Turku |
Friday 10 June
Session 3. Photosynthesis and cell factoriesChair: Karin Stensjö, Uppsala University, Sweden |
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9.00-9.20 |
NordAqua Speaker Peter Lindblad, Uppsala University, Sweden – Engineering photosynthetic microorganisms for direct solar chemical and fuel production from carbon dioxide, example butanol |
9.20-9.40 |
Paul Hudson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden – Metabolite interactions in the bacterial Calvin cycle and implications for flux regulation |
9.40-10.00 |
NordAqua Speaker Pauli Kallio, University of Turku, Finland – Stepwise development towards photoautotrophic biotechnologies |
10.00-10.20 |
Michael Schroda, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany – Engineering Chlamydomonas with synthetic biology tools |
10.20-11.00 |
Coffee break, exhibition and poster session |
11.00-11.20 |
Robert Kourist, Graz University of Technology, Austria – Photosynthesis driven biocatalytic redox reactions |
11.20-11.35 |
Chris Hulatt, Nord University, Norway – Nordic snow-algae biodiversity, biotechnology and genomics |
11.35-11.55 |
Ralf Steuer, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany – Maximizing phototrophic productivity: insights from computational models and high-density cultivation |
11.55-12.40 |
Flash talks Laura Wey, University of Turku, Finland – Biophotovoltaic systems for power generation and biological analysis (NordAqua talk) Otso Turunen, University of Turku, Finland – Engineering σ factors of RNA polymerase for more robust cyanobacterial production strains Barbara Bourgade, Uppsala University, Sweden – CRISPR-based tool development for metabolic engineering applications in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (NordAqua talk) Dorota Muth-Pawlak, University of Turku, Finland – Patterning of the autotrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic proteomes of oxygen evolving cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Vilja Siitonen, University of Turku, Finland – Engineering Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for whole-cell photosynthetic biotransformation (NordAqua talk) |
12.40-12.45 |
Poster awards and closing remarks |
12.45-13.30 |
Lunch and end of conference |
Please note that the programme is subject to changes.