Microalgae protein factory: Turning organic waste to bio-functional proteins

Project team: Leonidas Matsakas (project Leader), Paul Christakopoulos, Alok Kumar Patel, Ulrika Rova

Duration: 2019-2021

Funded by the Kempe Foundations

This project aims to establish an advanced and holistic production system for high-value nutraceuticals by microalgae conversion of industrial waste streams. This system will consist the first algae based refinery in Sweden for the production of nutraceutical and pharmaceutical compounds from waste streams. More specifically the project aims to establish a biological route for the production of functional proteins with nutritional and pharmaceutical value from microalgae.