Towards Commercial Valorisation of Porphyra’s Conchocelis-Phase: A presentation by Madalena Mendes at ISS23

Madalena Mendes, GreenCoLab’s Macroalgae Specialist, participated in the 24th International Seaweed Symposium (ISS23), hosted by the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, online and in Hobart, Tasmania, from Feb 19th to Feb 24th. In parallel with other presentations by our partner ALGAplus, Madalena shared her latest work entitled “Targeting commercial scale production […]

GreenCoLab & Associates share new developments and know-how at the Algae Nexus Conference in Istanbul

GreenCoLab participated at the Algae Nexus Conference, in Istanbul, Turkey, held on February 9-10 (2023) followed by a Technical Visit, on February 11. On the event, Hugo Pereira has been invited to speak, at Session II, and share his knowledge and insights on the production of Tetraselmis striata CTP4 at industrial scale and the establishment of a novel biorefinery pipeline. He was joined […]

INTEGRATE Project takes GreenCoLab to AlgaPlus

As part of the INTEGRATE project, GreenCoLab members visited its partner ALGAplus facilities, in Ilhavo, in a 2 days-visit. Aiming to conduct a life cycle assessment within the scope of the project, the event provided an opportunity to learn more about the progressive work that AlgaPlus is doing in the field of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) and macroalgae cultivation.

GreenCoLab participates in the Connect4Food initiative

GreenCoLab was part of the Connect4Food initiative, promoted by Colab4Food, on November 15th, taking place at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, where it had the opportunity to present the organization, strengthen relationships with Colab4Food and connect with its Associates and Strategic Partners.

Algae breeze and synergy mark the 2nd General Meeting of GreenCoLab

Last Friday, May 6th, the awaited General Meeting of GreenCoLab took place at the University of Algarve, Gambelas Campus, with the participation of almost 40 elements, which included collaborators, partner members and other associates, such as PROALGA.   Here’s how the day unfolded: Opening Session |  Prof. Adelino Canário & Hugo Pereira       GreenCoLab Partners introduction | Companies & […]

MAGNIFICENT promoted an online webinar, where Hugo Pereira presented on behalf of Necton, during the “Highlights and conclusions” session

On Wednesday, 9th of March, MAGNIFICENT project promoted the online webinar “High value products from marine microalgae: learnings and opportunities from the Magnificent BBI-JU / H2020 project (2017-2021)”.   The webinar addressed recent progress in the area of industrial microalgae cultivation and biorefinery for the successful development of new products from 3 algae strains: Tisochrysis lutea, Phaeodactylum tricornutum and […]

Madalena Mendes’s Poster of her work on display during the virtual event of the 7th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology 2021 (ISAP)

The GreenCoLab phycologist Madalena Mendes had a Poster of her work, “Asexual reproductioon in Porphyra umbilicalis Kützing (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) and its development for cultivation in a land-based IMTA system, in Portugal” on display during the virtual event of the 7th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology 2021 (ISAP), during May 14th to August 13th. Her work, developed […]