Laboratory of Algal Biotechnology
The research is aimed in optimizing the technologies of algal
production and of processing the product as well as on various
practical uses of algae:
- design, construction and operation of photobioreactors using artificial light
- design, construction and testing of solar culture units with a thin layer of suspension on tilted surface
- optimizing of downstream processing of algal biomass for various types of users
- production of algal biomass with a defined composition or a specific content of xenobiotic components
- participation in development of commercial products including algae as a source of valuable biochemicals for nutrition, medicine and industry
Regarding the practical utilization of the Laboratory work, 8
industrial contracts have been implemented. The know-how of
technology of large-scale algal biomass production developed in
this laboratory was sold to a Czech-Greek company. An agreement
concerning the future development of new products based on
microalgae was closed with the above company.