Application of Microalgae Biotechnology: Insights at the Molecular Level
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 154
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microalgae; antioxidant activity; antitumor activity; skin UV protection; nanoparticles; ferritin nanocages; anticancer metallodrugs
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Interests: biorefinery; bioreactor design; microalgae; bioprocess engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, microalgae have attracted much attention as “sustainable cell factories” as they produce a wide range of high-added value classes of molecules. Indeed, microalgae are small microorganisms with the ability to perform carbon-capture, grow on non-arable lands, and produce highly valuable bioproducts and molecules important for biofuel production.
However, the high costs related to upstream and downstream processes impose to researchers the application of a biorefinery approach, linked to green chemistry and circular economy, as well as methodologies for increases, at the molecular level, in the production of their molecules. Thus, this Special Issue will consider papers and reviews related to the following:
- Advances in microalgae biotechnology, from the isolation of metabolites to their applications;
- Insights, at the molecular level, of the biological activities of the isolated molecules from algal biomass;
- Innovative strategies to increase the production of microalgae value-added bioproducts;
- Engineering approaches applied to microalgal processes and products.
Pure clinical or model studies will not be suitable for this Special Issue, unless if combined with biomolecular experiments.
Dr. Daria Maria Monti
Dr. Giuseppe Olivieri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microalgae
- biotechnology
- biorefinery
- bioactive molecules recovery
