Firstly, the lectureship Biobased Products looks into the isolation and stabilization of blue dye from algae. Blue dye is an interesting commercial product for algae cultivation. Over the past period, the project team succeeded in isolating blue dye. Unfortunately the dye is not stable yet and fades quickly. Stability is the subject of the next phase of the research.
In addition to the isolation of blue dye from algae, the CoE BBE is also involved in research into the possibilities for growing duckweed on wastewater of algae cultivation. The lectureship Biobased Energy looks into the possibilities to isolate proteins from duckweed and the usage in non-food applications. During the recent period the composition of duckweed has been examined and a start was made with research into various isolation techniques. In addition, the possibilities to use duckweed as cattle feed were researched. Mid-2017 a report on this subject will be available.
Source: Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy