Sustainability and Innovation in Cellular Aquaculture: A Circular Approach with Microalgae
Description INOVACEL mission is to transform the production of alternative proteins by creating a microalgae-based serum to replace animal serum in cell culture media, establishing fish and marine invertebrate cell lines, and promoting a circular economy that integrates microalgae production with cellular aquaculture. This groundbreaking project, led by Necton in collaboration with S2AQUAcoLAB, GreenCoLab, and […]
GreenCoLab sparkles at AlgaEurope 2024 with new algae-based solutions and a food-tasting experience
GreenCoLab’s presence at AlgaEurope 2024, which took place from December 10 to 13 in Athens and was organized by the European Algae Biomass Association (EABA) and DLG Benelux, was marked by inspiring moments for the team and its partners. With a robust presence of more than 15 members, the group stood out by presenting 15 various scientific posters and 4 […]
EU4Algae The Insider’s Perspective: How GreenCoLab is Pioneering Algae Research and Innovation Across Industries
GreenCoLab at the International Spirulina Industry Development Conference 2024, Etoke, Ordos, China
Between November 15 and 16, Ordos City, in Inner Mongolia, became the epicenter of innovation and knowledge with the International Spirulina Industry Development Conference 2024. GreenCoLab was honored to participate in this landmark event, which coincided with the 4th Launch of the China-EU Geographical Indications Mutual Recognition Product Mark. During three intense days, our director Hugo Pereira introduced GreenCoLab with a presentation entitled “GreenCoLab: […]
GCL attends LCA Food Conference 2024, Barcelona, Spain
Lais Speranza, Leader of GreenCoLab’s Sustainability WG, attended the 14th International Conference LCA FOOD 2024, with the theme: Healthy food systems for a healthy planet. The event, organized by the Institut de Recerce i Tecnologia Agroalimentáries, Generalitat de Catalunya and Universitat de Barcelona, Campus de L’Alimentació, took place from 8 to 12 September in Barcelona, Spain. Laís Speranza presented the […]
Giant Leaps Annual Meeting 2024, Finland
The Giant Leaps consortium, of which GreenCoLab is a partner, recently met in Helsinki, Finland, for its second annual meeting, organized by VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd). The leader of GreencoLab’s WH LCA/Sustainability, Lais Speranza, joined the partners and presented the work carried out by GreencoLab and the new directions and opportunities to be projected in the future. […]
Microalgae for bioremediation of effluents from recirculating aquaculture systems and the development of value-added products
Description AQUA4ALL project aims to close the water and nutrient cycle of RAS systems using a circular economy approach, contributing to and promoting a more sustainable aquaculture sector. The innovation to be implemented is crucial to improve the ecological status of adjacent aquatic resources and reduce waste. AQUA4ALL project consortium, made up of the companies […]
Interregional innovation investments for the piloting, demonstration and scale-up of innovative seaweed/algae-based solutions and ecosystem building
Description Comprising 16 partner entities from 6 EU countries – PT, ES, BE, DE, NL, IE – the I3-4-SEAWEED project champions interregional collaboration aimed at scaling, demonstrating, and ensuring market readiness of business ventures within the macroalgae / seaweed sector. Combining the strengths of innovative SMEs, universities, tech hubs, and industry clusters, the project envisions a […]
Empowering the Future: Laís Speranza Inspires Young Minds at UFABC’s MiN@s Project at Brazil
Laís Speranza, leader of GreenCoLab’s Sustainability WG, was honoured to be invited to take part in the fantastic ‘UFABC for MiN@s’ project, in which with passion and dedication, shared her personal experience as a scientist. Her motivating words can help girls who are graduating from secondary school when it comes to deciding their future careers. […]
Laís Speranza leads workshop at UFABC Brazil
Laís Speranza, leader of GreenColab Sustainability Group, led a three-day workshop ‘Sustainability, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and open LCA’ for students from the Centre for Engineering, Modelling and Applied Social Sciences (CECS) at the Federal University of ABC – UFABC, at Brazil. During the event, the students had the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of environmental impact analysis and […]