2017 courses
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PhD opportunities
| Title/topic | University | Closing date | Further details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improving photosynthetic efficiency - engineering and evolution of light-harvesting complexes | University of Liverpool | 11 January 2019 | Details |
| Cyanobacterial synthetic biology tools derived from bacteriophages | Newcastle University | 11 January 2019 | Details |
| Characterising Colourful Protein Complexes for Biotechnological Applications | University of Birmingham | Applications accepted all year round | Details |
| Using synthetic biology to develop natural sunscreen compounds from algae | University of Liverpool | Applications accepted all year round | Details |
| Photosynthetic regulation in the red algae Porphyridium cruentum | Swansea University | Applications accepted all year round | Details |
Job opportunities
| Job Title | Institution/Company | Closing date | Further details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral position - super resolution imaging of the algal pyrenoid | University of York | 7 Jan 2019 | Details |
| Molecular & Microbial Biology Support Scientist | SAMS | 8 Jan 2019 | Details |
| Senior Researcher in Algal Biotechnology | SAMS | 11 Jan 2019 | Details |
| Research Associate - synthetic metabolism in cyanobacteria | Imperial College London | 13 Jan 2019 | Details |
| Research fellowship position - algal biomass resources | University of Greenwich | 25 Jan 2019 | Details |
BBSRC-funded NIBB (Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy)
- ADNetwork (anaerobic digestion)
- BIOCATNET (biocatalyst discovery, development and scale-up)
- BioProNET (network in bioprocessing)
- C1Net (gas fermentation)
- CBMNet (crossing biological membranes)
- FoodWasteNet (high value products from agricultural and food processing waste)
- HVCfP (high value chemicals from plants)
- IBCarb (glycoscience tools for biotechnology and bioenergy)
- LBNet (lignocellulosic biorefinery)
- Metals in Biology
- NPRONET (natural products discovery and bioengineering)
- P2P (plants to products)
Publicly-available reports
- A Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Aquatic Species Program: Biodiesel from Algae (1998): link
- Assessing the Potential for Algae in the UK (2009): link
- Algal Research in the UK (2011): link
- Algae and genetic modification: Research, production and risks (2012): link
- Renewable Diesel from Algal Lipids: An Integrated Baseline for Cost, Emissions, and Resource Potential from a Harmonized Model (2012): link
- A UK Roadmap for Algal Technologies (2013): link
- Microalgae-based products for the food and feed sector: an outlook for Europe (2014): link
- CBD Technical Series No.82: Synthetic Biology (2015): link
Other useful links
- Algal Information Network: developed by EnAlgae to support the development of the algae sector in Europe by improving the cooperation of market forces, research organisations, policy and decision makers
- Algal Bioenergy Special Interest Group (ABSIG)
- Algae Industry Magazine
- Algal Innovation Centre Cambridge: will address the requirement for scale-up and pilot facilities to enable translation of fundamental research and showcase technologies
- AlgaeVision: a collection of images of freshwater and terrestrial algae of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
- Algae World focuses on algae as part of the research and teaching programmes at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Algae World News provides algae news and information from around the world.
- BISIGODOS: a project funded by the EU Seventh Framework Programme, addresses production of valuable algae derived chemicals, amino acids and high added-value bio-resins from algae biomass fed with CO2 from industrial emissions
- British Phycological Society: publishes the European Journal of Phycology, provides funding for students and others to attend meetings and organises annual meeting and field courses
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology: has created a coded list of freshwater algae of the British Isles
- Chlamydomonas Resource Center (for strains, molecular reagents and kits for research on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)
- Federation of European Phycological Societies: includes the national Phycological Societies/Algal Groups of: Belgium, Croatia, Czech, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia (FYROM), The Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK
- Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum
- Industrial Biotechnology Special Interest Group
- Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)
- International Phycological Society: dedicated to the development of phycology and international cooperation among phycologists and phycological organizations
- International Society for Applied Phycology: a non-profit organisation promoting research, preservation of algal genotypes, and the dissemination of knowledge concerning the utilisation of algae
Algal strains can be obtained from:
- Algobank Caen at the University of Caen Basse-Normandie
- ATCC
- Australian National Algae Culture Collection at CSIRO
- BCCM/DCG Diatoms Collection (Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Microoganisms)
- Canadian Phycological Culture Centre (CPCC) at the University of Waterloo
- Cawthron Institute Culture Collection of Micro-algae (CICCM), New Zealand
- Chlamydomonas Resource Center
- ChlamyStation (collection of photosynthetic mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)
- Coimbra Collection of Algae at the University of Coimbra in Portugal
- Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP)
- Culture Collection of Algae at Goettingen University (SAG)
- Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Cologne (CCAC)
- Culture Collection of Algae at The University of Texas at Austin (UTEX)
- Culture Collection of Algae of Charles University in Prague (CAUP)
- Culture Collection of Autotrophic Organisms (CCALA)
- Freshwater Algae Culture Collection (FACHB), Institute of Hydrobiology, Wuhan, China
- Marine Biological Association Culture Collection of Marine Algae (available to MBA members and collaborating researchers)
- National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) in Maine, USA
- Pasteur Culture collection of Cyanobacteria (PCC)
- Roscoff Culture Collection (marine microalgae)
- Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
- Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research Culture Collection (TISTR)