Microalgal Biotechnology

Dr Shekh is currently a Visiting Academic at the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia. In India, he is affiliated to CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India as a DST-INSPIRE Faculty and an Assistant Professor of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). He completed his PhD at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), studying microalgal lipids. His research interest extend from fundamental biochemistry of microalgal systems to industry-oriented investigations. He is currently working on scale-up studies of method patented for enhancement of commercially important microalgal metabolites. Professor Peer Schenk works to address food and energy security concerns facing today’s world. Through his role at the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at The University of Queensland, Australia, Peer heads laboratories in both Algae Biotechnology and the Plant-Microbe Interactions. Peer and his team opened the Algae Energy Farm at Pinjarra Hills, a prototype demonstration farm (250,000 L) that deploys new cost-saving technologies to produce food, feed, nutraceuticals or biodiesel from microalgae. Dr R. Sarada is a Chief Scientist and the Head of the Plant Cell Biotechnology Department at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India. Her primary research has been algal biotechnology for more than 25 years. Her contributions in the field of algal biotechnology have been awarded with funding’s from various government funding bodies like Department of Biotechnology, Department of Science and Technology and private industries.

Microalgae as Cell Factories: Food and Feed-grade High-value Metabolites;

Microalgal Biorefineries: Key Processes and Main Challenges;

Recent Advancements in Algal Biorefineries;

Technological Bottlenecks in Establishing of Microalgal Biorefineries;

Production of High-value Metabolites from Microalgae;

Microalgae as an Alternative Sustainable Source of Squalene;

Network of Metabolic Pathways for Biosynthesis of High-value Products in Microalgae;

Genetic Engineering of Microalgae for the Production of High-value Metabolites: Status and Prospects;

Recent Advances in Closed Photobioreactors and Open Cultivation of Microalgae;

Challenges in Scale-up and Commercialization of Microalgae Products;

Biosafety and Regulatory Issues Related to Genetically Modified Microalgae;

Application of Microalgae for Food Supplements and Animal Feed: Scientific, Sustainability and Socioeconomic Challenges;

Life Cycle Assessment Perspective of Microalgae Cultivation for High-value Nutraceuticals;

Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainability of Microalgae Production;

Market Penetration, Potential and Sustainability of Algal Products