ALGAEOILSYNTH

Towards improving biofuel production - Oil synthesis and accumulation pathways in promising oleaginous microalgae

 Coordinatore GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS 

 Organization address address: WILHELMSPLATZ 1
city: GOTTINGEN
postcode: 37073

contact info
Titolo: Mrs.
Nome: Nadja
Cognome: Daghbouche
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 551399795
Fax: +4955139 189795

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Germany [DE]
 Totale costo 349˙047 €
 EC contributo 349˙047 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF
 Funding Scheme MC-IOF
 Anno di inizio 2014
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2014-05-01   -   2017-04-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITAET GOETTINGEN STIFTUNG OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS

 Organization address address: WILHELMSPLATZ 1
city: GOTTINGEN
postcode: 37073

contact info
Titolo: Mrs.
Nome: Nadja
Cognome: Daghbouche
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 551399795
Fax: +4955139 189795

DE (GOTTINGEN) coordinator 349˙047.20

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tags    oleaginous    models    oceanica    university    metabolism    genetic    lipid    outgoing    expression    microalgae    promising    experimental    tricornutum    biofuel    scientific    prof    algaeoilsynth    genes   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The AlgaeOilSynth project aims at identification and characterization of oil synthesis and accumulation pathways in two promising oleaginous microalgae - Nannochloropsis oceanica and Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Photosynthetic microalgae are promising biofuel resource and can provide sufficient liquid fuels on a few per cent of available land when compared to plants. The key feature of oleaginous microalgae is that under unfavourable environmental conditions, they produce substantial amounts of lipids, mainly as triacylglycerols (TAGs), which are important fuel precursors. Therefore, there is a strong need of mechanistic studies on lipid metabolism in microalgae oriented towards developing of new avenues of genetic engineering of a direct use for boosting global biofuel production. The AlgaeOilSynth project is designed to understand, through cytological, molecular and genetic analysis how oleaginous algae cells synthesize and accumulate TAGs. Based on their features as well as on some particular differences in lipid metabolism, N. oceanica and P. tricornutum have been chosen as experimental models. The specific objectives of the project are: 1) to analyze and compare cellular mechanisms of lipid droplets formation in both models, 2) to identify the most promising genes controlling TAGs formation and to test their spatiotemporal expression patterns, and 3) to perform functional analysis of the candidate genes by their expression in yeast and plant. The scientific outcomes of this project and its original experimental strategy is based on excellent experience of scientists in charge - Prof. Christoph Benning (outgoing phase of the project at Michigan State University, USA) and – Prof. Ivo Feussner (outgoing phase of the project at University of Göttingen, Germany). The scientific and methodological potential of AlagaeOilSynth project support its’ great value for the European Community and will strengthen the 2020 Vision for the European Research Area (ERA).'

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