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Indoor cultivation of green and red seaweeds at Tjärnö Marine Laboratory
Indoor cultivation of green and red seaweeds at Tjärnö Marine Laboratory.
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Sweaweed – Seaweed production systems with high-value applications

Research project
Inactive research
Project period
2015 - 2020
Project owner
Department of Marine Sciences

Short description

Marine seaweed is an unexplored resource in Swedish coastal waters. Besides as food ingredients, seaweed biomass is a potential source for fine chemicals, bio-based materials and other attractive applications. In this project we develop new methods for cultivating green and red seaweeds in Sweden, and sustainable techniques for extracting seaweed-based high value compounds.

Learn about the research on seaweed cultivation and the extraction of proteins.

Navigate to video: Seaweed – a future food source
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Seaweed – a future food source

People

Principal Investigators

Eva Albers, Industrial Biotechnology, Chalmers University of  Technology

Ulrica Edlund, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH

Henrik Pavia, Department of Marine Sciences – Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg

Gunilla Toth, Department of Marine Science – Tjärnö, University of Gothenburg

Ingrid Undeland, Food and Nutrition Science, Chalmers University of  Technology

Photo: Sophie Steinhagen
Photo: Anna-Lena Lundqvist

Publications

Niklas Wahlströms dissertation at KTH
Photo: Ulrica Edlund

A sustainable source of nanomaterials

Navigate to video: Sea lettuce offers sustainable source of nanomaterial
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Sea lettuce offers sustainable source of nanomaterial