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H2020Doctoral network2016–2020

SE2B · Solar Energy to Biomass - Optimisation of light energy conversion in plants and microalgae

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2016-03-01 → 2020-08-31
EU contribution
€3,839,377
Participants
12
Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN

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Results in brief

Solar Energy to Biomass - Optimisation of light energy conversion in plants and microalgae

In the face of the increasing global consumption of fossil resources, photosynthetic organisms offer an attractive alternative that could meet our rising future needs as clean, renewable, sources of energy and for the production of fine chemicals. Key to the efficient exploitation of these organisms is to optimise the conversion of Solar Energy into Biomass (SE2B, www.se2b.eu). The SE2B network deals with this optimisation in an interdisciplinary approach including molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics and biotechnology. Regulation processes at the level of the photosynthetic membranes, integrating molecular processes within individual proteins up to flexible re-arrangements of the membranes are analysed as a dynamic network of interacting regulations. SE2B will yield information about the similarities and differences between cyanobacteria, green algae, diatoms and higher plants, the organisms most commonly employed in biotechnological approaches exploiting photosynthetic organisms, as well as in agriculture. The knowledge gained from understanding these phenomena will be directly transferred to increase the productivity of algal mass cultures for valuable products, and for the development of sophisticated analytic devices that are used to optimise this production. In future, the knowledge created can also be applicable to the design of synthetic cell factories with efficient light harvesting and energy conversion systems. Results of the SE2B project were made available by 50 publications, 3 international conferences, and numerous presentations by lectures of posters on conferences.

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Project objective

In the face of the increasing global consumption of fossil resources, photosynthetic organisms offer an attractive alternative that could meet our rising future needs as clean, renewable, sources of energy and for the production of fine chemicals. Key to the efficient exploitation of these organisms is to optimise the conversion of Solar Energy into Biomass (SE2B). The SE2B network deals with this optimisation in an interdisciplinary approach including molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics and biotechnology. Regulation processes at the level of the photosynthetic membranes, integrating molecular processes within individual proteins up to flexible re-arrangements of the membranes, will be analysed as a dynamic network of interacting regulations. SE2B will yield information about the similarities and differences between cyanobacteria, green algae, diatoms and higher plants, the organisms most commonly employed in biotechnological approaches exploiting photosynthetic organisms, as well as in agriculture. The knowledge gained from understanding these phenomena will be directly transferred to increase the productivity of algal mass cultures for valuable products, and for the development of sophisticated analytic devices that are used to optimise this production. In future, the knowledge created can also be applicable to the design of synthetic cell factories with efficient light harvesting and energy conversion systems.The SE2B network will train young researchers to work at the forefront of innovations that shape the bio-based economy. SE2B will develop a training program based on individual and network-wide training on key research and transferable skills, and will furthermore disseminate these results by open online courses prepared by the young researchers themselves.

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Participants

  • JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE-UNIVERSITAET FRANKFURT AM MAIN · Frankfurt Am MainCoordinatorGermany
  • COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · ParisFrance
  • PHYCOSOURCE · Garges-Les-GonesseCity levelFrance
  • PSI (PHOTON SYSTEMS INSTRUMENTS), SPOL. SRO · DRASOVCzechia
  • QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON · LONDONUnited Kingdom
  • RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN · GroningenNetherlands
  • STICHTING VU · AmsterdamNetherlands
  • TURUN YLIOPISTO · TurkuFinland
  • UMEA UNIVERSITET · UMEASweden
  • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA · VeronaItaly
  • UNIVERZITA PALACKEHO V OLOMOUCI · OlomoucCzechia
  • WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY · WageningenNetherlands

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