Projet GHaNA (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The GHaNA project aims to explore and characterize a new marine bioresource, for blue biotechnology applications in aquaculture, cosmetics and possibly food and health industry. The project will determine the biological and chemical diversity of Haslea diatoms to develop mass-scale production for viable industrial applications by maximising biomass production and associated high-value compound production, including terpenoids, marennine-like pigments, lipids and silica skeletons. The genus Haslea species type H. ostrearia, produces marennine, a water-soluble blue pigment used for greening oysters in Western France, which is also a bioactive molecule. Haslea diatoms have thus a high potential for use in (1) existing oyster farming, (2) production of pigments and bioactive compounds with natural antibacterial properties, (3) application as a colouring agent within industry, and (4) use of silica skeletons as inorganic “biocharges” in the formulation of new elastomeric materials. This will be achieved through fundamental and applied-oriented research to isolate fast- growing strains of Haslea, optimising their growth environment to increase marennine and other high-value compound productivity; to develop blue biotechnology specifically applied to benthic microalgae (biorefinery approach, processes); and to develop industrial exploitation of colouring and bioactive compounds through commercial activities of aquaculture, food, cosmetics and health.

Mots clés : microalgae, diatoms, haslea, biodiversity, photobioreactors, biomass, biorefinery, natural blue pigments, isoprenoids, lipids, blue biotechnology, omics, aquaculture, antimicrobial compounds

Participants :
- Université Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella (Algérie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Brawijaya (Indonésie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Crete (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 54000.0 €
- Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 40500.0 €
- Padjadjaran University (Indonésie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Zürcher Fachhochschule (Suisse) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 9000.0 €
- Research Foundation for the State University of New York (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- Middle Tennessee State University (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Laval (Canada) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Tasmania (Australie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Microphyt (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Nantes Université (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 130500.0 €
- Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 117000.0 €
- Mount Allison University (Canada) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université du Québec (Canada) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Saigon University (Viêt Nam) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Tanjungpura University (Indonésie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 27000.0 €
- University of Szczecin (Pologne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 387000.0 €
- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 99000.0 €
- Le Mans Université (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 589500.0 €
- University of North Carolina System (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Arkansas System (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Copenhagen (Danemark) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 94500.0 €
- Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Cardiff University (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 54000.0 €