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Projects - prof.dr.ir. RH (Rene) Wijffels
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Microalgae Biorefinery 2.0 (MAB 2.0)
Microalgae cultivation provides a means to combine recovery of nutrients and carbon dioxide from wastewater and flue gas with the production of... -
Metabolic engineering of eukaryotic microalgae to improve lipid content
Microalgae accumulate large quantities of lipids under stress conditions, which makes them a valuable feedstock for biotechnological applications. In... -
Microalgae production in liquid foam-bed photobioreactors
The goal of this study is the development of a novel microalgae cultivation design that could enable economically feasible cultivation by reducing... -
Sustainable aviation fuels from algae
Airline Arke and Wageningen UR collaborate on the development of sustainable aviation fuels from algae. Microalgae offer great potential for the... -
Soft magnetic matter for smart separation
The downstream processing of biomolecules from fermentation broth involves several unit operations such as cell disruption, centrifugation, dialysis,... -
Optimisation of duckweed hydro-culture in the Netherlands, focussing on protein production
While there is a growing worldwide demand for new protein-rich food sources, only little research has been done on the influence of culturing... -
Biorefinery of microalgae aiming on protein extraction
Algal biorefinery is aiming on efficient fractionation of the different microalgae cell components. Literature suggests that biorefinery of microalgal... -
Dynamics of Chloroplast metabolism in Scenedesmus obliquus
Eukaryotic microalgal cells are comprised of various organelles, in which specialized metabolic processes take place. Shifting conditions, such as an... -
Improving Botryococcus braunii cultivation as a source of hydrocarbons and exopolysaccharides
The SPLASH project will develop a new biobased industrial platform using microalgae as a renewable raw material for the sustainable production and... -
Optimization of microalgal biomass and lipid production under outdoor climate conditions aiming biofuels production
Microalgae are considered one of most promising and suitable sources for achieving sustainable production of commodities. However, there is still a...