Seaweed farming set to benefit from the Bezos Earth Fund

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has received $100 million for Nature-based Climate Solutions from the Bezos Earth Fund, giving seaweed aquaculture and mangrove preservation a huge boost!

A deep dive into Zero Hunger: the seaweed revolution

If just two per cent of the ocean were to be sustainably farmed, we could provide enough protein to feed a world population of 12 billion people, according to Vincent Doumeizel, a senior advisor on ocean-based solutions at the UN Global Compact, and an evangelist for seaweed. Here we take a look at the huge potential role of seaweed in mitigating climate change, cutting marine pollution, and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger.

Seaweed extract found to have promising effects in brain cancer treatment

A compound found in brown seaweeds could help to treat one of the most common and aggressive forms of malignant brain tumour.

SW-Grow Seaweed Industry Survey for Seaweed Farmers, Harvesters and Producers

SW-Grow, an EU funded seaweed research project aims to identify common issues and trial solutions within the seaweed industry in the Northern Periphery and Arctic region.

FREE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN – GENIALG Final Conference Online – 30 November 2020

On 30 November 2020, GENIALG will host an international, one-day, open-door, final conference. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this conference has been adapted to an online event with FREE registration!

The Seaweed Manifesto: Towards implementation

Following on from the launch of the Seaweed Manifesto in June 2020, this meeting showcased the many ways the ambitions and initiatives of the Seaweed Manifesto are being driven forward across the world.

GENIALG partners identify natural process to extract chlorophyll from wild and farmed seaweeds

GENIALG partners Olmix Group, ALGAplus and University of Aveiro have recently identified a natural process that successfully extracts chlorophyll from Ulva spp. seaweeds from two different European biomasses.

Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint – A Blueprint for Growth 

The Australian Seaweed Institute has published its Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint

The Norwegian Seaweed Biorefinery Platform – Newsletter Out Now

The Platform produces a monthly newsletter to provide an update on the ongoing activities and news within the project, as well as news from their different seaweed stakeholders.

*SAVE THE DATE* GENIALG Final Conference Online – 30 November 2020

On 30 November 2020, GENIALG will host an international, one-day, open-door, final conference. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this conference has been adapted to an online event with FREE registration!

A future for seaweed farming in Europe

Seaweeds utilise energy from sunlight, taking up nutrients and carbon dioxide from the seawater. Seaweed has great potential for the future; a crop that could help fight climate change by offsetting carbon emissions while also providing an important food source with numerous health benefits for both humans and animals. In this article we hear how pioneering seaweed companies including GENIALG partners, SINTEF and ALGAplus are paving the way for the future of seaweed farming in Europe.

Ice age kelp found by scientists off coast of Scotland, Ireland and France

Scientists have discovered kelp off the coast of Scotland, Ireland and France that has survived since the last ice age around 16,000 years ago!

EABA Flash Webinar on EU Programmes & Opportunities

A series of presentations that demonstrate the current landscape of algae-related projects in the EU framework and indicate their possible contributions to antivirals in modern times.

EAS Webinar – Sustainable seaweed production in Europe: economic and environmental insights from the GENIALG project

An EAStalk with GENIALG partner Sander van den Burg, Wageningen Economic Research (WUR)

Seaweed Day 2020 celebrated with the launch of the Seaweed Manifesto

This year on Seaweed Day, 4 June 2020, the Seaweed Manifesto was officially launched.

PhD and Post Doc Positions with the Norwegian Seaweed Biorefinery Platform

Four postgraduate positions have been announced in connection with the Norwegian Seaweed Biorefinery Platform (SBP-N). 

GENIALG E-Newsletter Issue 2 Out Now

Issue 2 of the GENIALG e-newsletter has now been published.

Meet the ‘Star Ingredient’ Changing Fortunes in Alaska’s Waters: Seaweed

Growing awareness of the climate crisis and a shift to plant-based diets, has turned seaweed farming into a successful industry in Alaska.

‘All we need is sun and sea’: England’s First Commercial Seaweed Farm

A former fisherman, deep-sea diver and lifeboat man, and his marine scientist partner, are in the process of establishing England’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm.

Research Evidence Prompts Rethink on Global Seaweed Policy

United Nations delegates attending the FAO Sub-Committee on Aquaculture in Trondheim have called for more work to be done to understand the global seaweed industry, after hearing from Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) scientist Professor Elizabeth Cottier-Cook and five other international experts.

Mexico Trial Biogas Production from Seaweed Energy

A laboratory in Mexico has developed a prototype system that converts seaweed into biogas.

China Approves Seaweed-based Alzheimer’s Drug. It’s the First New One in 17 Years

The seaweed-based drug is called Oligomannate and according to China's drug safety agency, can be used for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's.

Key Results from GENIALG part of European Commission’s Horizon Results Platform Pilot

European Commission launches pilot platform to showcase project results

Repeated harvesting trial as a possible cultivation strategy for Sugar Kelp in Norway

A harvesting trial of Saccharina latissima by GENIALG partners SINTEF Ocean and Seaweed Energy Solutions (SES)

GENIALG at the International Seaweed Symposium 2019

23rd International Seaweed Symposium (ISS) 28th April – 3rd May 2019 in Jeju, Korea

Project Blog: Sustainable Seaweed – Planting Forest Crops of a Very Different Kind

Seaweed farming - how we are fast adapting and innovating to provide for the rising global demand for algae as a source of energy, food, clothing, animal feed, cosmetics, algotherapy, bioplastics, fertiliser, textiles, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals!

Research team deciphers enzymatic degradation of sugar from marine alga Ulva

Algal biomass is emerging as a sustainable raw material for the bioeconomy. However, potential exploitation of algae is sometimes hindered by limited knowledge of the microbial pathways and biochemical functions of algal enzymes.

How The Irish Times Reported the Discovery of Penicillin

What has Irish seaweed and penicillin got in common?

How Seaweed Contributes to Sustainable Food Production

A start-up, SeaSpace from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is designing a platform where seaweed farmers are able to gain insights from satellite data from the European Space Agency.

This Biodegradable T-Shirt Made from Trees and Algae

The all-natural Vollebak T-Shirt is made from algae, eucalyptus, spruce, and beech wood and can be composted after consumer use!

Antimicrobial, Anticancer Help May Come from Kelp

A seaweed, Laminaria ochroleuca, harvested in northern Portugal, has been found to contain cultivable actinobacterial strains that show promising antimicrobial and anticancer activities.

Crùbag collaborates with GENIALG researcher: merging marine science & art to create colourful fashion accessories

Check out the Gachon Collection inspired by SAMS researcher Claire Gachon and the algae-pathogen interactions she studies!

GENIALG Launches Promotional Video for Seaweed Biorefinery

An introduction to the project, its objectives, activities, partners, expected impacts and the concept of seaweed biorefinery

The Promises of Seaweed – Les Promesses de l’Algue

Algae a plant for the future, GENIALG Project Coordinator Philippe Potin (CNRS) and GENIALG partner C-Weed Aquaculture spoke about the project, seaweed, its uses and benefits for the future on France 3 television channel. Watch it here and learn about Les Promesses de l'Algue - The Promises of Seaweed!

Study finds sea lettuce seaweed strains could play key role in Irish aquaculture

Sea lettuce seaweed strains show extensive variation in growth and metabolism, demonstrating a large potential for boosting biomass and metabolite yields in aquaculture in Ireland

GENIALG E-Newsletter Issue 1: OUT NOW!

The first GENIALG E-Newsletter has been published! You can read it here.