Program

17:00 Registrations (until 19:00)

📍Café Onder de Linden

8:00 Registrations + Bike Pickup

9:00 Opening Ceremony

9:30 Invited Speaker

Susan Løvstad Holdt, DTU

10:00 Sponsor Talk

Cytobuoy

10:15 Coffee Break / Break the Ice

10:30 Young Algaeneer Talks

Cultivation

Franziska Lindecke - From Algae to Platform Chemicals: A Sustainable Biorefinery Pathway

Ana Lilia Tovar Aguirre - Development of a semicontinuous photobioreactor system for cultivation and monitoring of native marine microalgal polycultures

Fangting Bai - TWO-STAGE CULTIVATION OF NANNOCHLOROPSIS LIMNETICA IN DAIRY WASTEWATER: MICROALGAL–BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS, NUTRIENT REMOVAL, AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION 

Maya Moshkovitz - DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A MICROALGAE-BASED RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEM FOR NUTRIENT RECOVERY THROUGH CO-PRODUCTION OF MICROALGAL BIOMASS

Sara Scotto D'Apollonia - Microalgae as a sustainable solution for modern agriculture

Ajda Kranjc Požar - EFFICIENCY OF NUTRIENT REMOVAL AND IMPACT OF HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME IN A  PILOT HIGH-RATE ALGAE POND 

Matyas Jedlicka - Light attenuation effect on biosynthesis of phycocyanin in the microalga Galdieria sulphuraria; implications for harvest timing

Daniel Macken - DUAL IRON SEQUESTRATION MECHANISMS IN GALDIERIA YELLOWSTONESIS:  POLYPHOSPHATE AND FERRITIN

11:30 Gold Sponsor Talk: SCHOTT

By Fritz Wintersteller

11:45 Invited Speaker

Vincent Doumeizel, UN

12:15 Lunch

13:15 Case-study Groups

(drinks and snacks provided)

📍in Orion

15:45 Young Algaeneer Talks

Processing

Natasha Waris - Valorization of Wastewater-Grown Microalgae and Agro-Industrial Residues into Sustainable Fertilizers

Francesca Mazzolini - Circular bioprocessing of sugar beet molasses: melanoidin removal, microalgal growth and betaine-based green extraction

Kai Lois Baltrusch - DEPOLYMERIZATION OF SEAWEED POLYSACCHARIDES BY ULTRASOUND-REDOX PROCESS: MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION

Byron Perez - Osmolarity as a tunable parameter to shape membrane resealing windows in microalgae pulsed electric field processing

Sneha Shivakumar - Non-Thermal Plasma–Autolysis Synergy Enhanced Pigment Extraction in Nannochloropsis oceanica

Olivia DeAngelis - WHAT THE FUCOIDAN; QUALITY TESTING OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SEAWEED FUCOIDANS

Khalilan Lambangsari - Redesigning Microalgae Extraction: Integrating Biobased solvents and process intensification for Tisochrysis lutea Biorefineries

Diogo Coelho - THE RED MACROALGA PALMARIA PALMATA AS A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF BIOACTIVE  XYLOOLIGOSACCHARIDES 

Lucas Bozzovanderheijden - One process, ten organisms, different outcomes: structural diversity drives distinct microbial fractionation behavior

16:45 Afternoon Food and Drinks / Book Signing Vincent Doumeizel:

“The Seaweed Revolution and “The Power of Plankton”

17:00 Poster Presentations

(Even numbers)

18:00 Close of the Day

20:00 Pubquiz at the Grandcafé Loburg

Social Programme at the Grandcafé Loburg (speed-dating, pub-quiz and more!)

9:00 Invited speaker

Julie Zedler, Jena University

9:30 Young Algaeneer Talks

Physiology and genetic engineering

Francisca Félix - Development of a cryopreservation protocol for Laminaria ochroleuca gametophytes: evaluation of cryoprotectants and freezing methods

Igor Vunderink - Engineering Nannochloropsis oceanica for increased medium-chain fatty acid production via thioesterase gene-stacking

Rom Steinmetz-Walther - Unlocking the Diatom Cell Factory: Overcoming Epigenetic Silencing through CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Sir2 Knockout in Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Kylee Hillman - Plant-derived peptides as a novel tool for algae engineering

Mohammadhosein Rahimi - GREEN BIOREFINERY STRATEGIES FOR MICROALGAE: IMPROVING
PROTEIN AND LIPID RECOVERY THROUGH COMBINED
PRETREATMENTS

Valeriya Denisova - Microbiome dynamics and physiological acclimatization of Ulva compressa during transition to brine-based cultivation

Lorenzo Mollo - Study and Applications of a Microalgal Consortium: Results and Perspectives

10:30 Coffee-break

11:00 Gold Sponsor Talk: Algreen

Stefano Canziani

11:15 Invited Speaker

Maria Barbosa (WUR)

11:45 Roundtable YAS Alumni

12:45 Lunch

13:45 Case-Study Groups

(drinks and snacks will be provided)

📍in Orion

16:15 Pitches Innovation Competition

17:00 Poster Presentations

Odd numbers

18:00 Busses leave for Dinner venue

19:00 Welcome Dinner and YAS anniversary celebration

At Slot Doddendael

9:00 Working groups

12:15 Lunch

13:15 Site visit to AlgaePARC/Algreen and workshops/Seaweed suiteTM

Site-Visit AlgaePARC

Everyone visits AlgaePARC and two workshops. The Seaweed SuiteTM is open to all participants and the Public all day outside of the workshop times!

18:00 Close of day

20:00 Evening Programme

Show: Salty | Storytelling Night, with Emma Holmes

9:00 Invited speaker

Alexander Mathys (ETH Zurich)

9:30 YAS Spotlight Talks

10:00 Coffee break

10:30 Young Algaeneer Talks

Applications and sustainability

Radin Dabbagh Rezaeiyeh - STRATEGIES FOR EXTENDING H2 PHOTOPRODUCTION IN SYNECHOCYSTIS

Eva Cepec - Phytohormone profiling and bioactive potential of wastewater-grown microalgae: Thin line between stimulation and toxicity

Emil Gundersen - AlgaeVita – developing a pilot-scale solarium concept for production of vitamin D3-rich microalgal oil 

Fateme Saadatinavaz - INTEGRATED BIOMASS PRODUCTION, NUTRIENT RECOVERY, AND OMEGA-3 GENERATION FROM AQUACULTURE WASTEWATER USING MICROALGAE

André Perreira - Microbiome changes across the life cycle of Atlantic Nori (Porphyra spp.) inform sustainable aquaculture practices

Fabiana Marques - Sustainable heterotrophic cultivation of microalgae using retail food waste

Anthony Schmutz - Deuterium on Pavlova gyrans productivity and photosynthesis

Sofia Amendola - A NATIVE MICROALGAE-VIRUS SYSTEM AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTION

11:30 Case Study Group Presentations

📍in Orion

13:00 Closing Ceremony

Awards and final remarks

13:30 Lunch

14:00 Site-Visit

Site-Visit to Lgem