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CVMAR+i

Industrial innovation under the context of biotechnological valorization of marine resources and by-products

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PhD in Biology at FCUP, Porto. Full Professor – Faculty of Sciences of Porto University and director of CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research, Chief Strategy Officer – Agriculture – Fykia Biotech. Director of the Team of Blue Biotechnology and Health (BBE) of CIIMAR.
Main research: cyanobacteria secondary metabolites: toxins and molecules with biotechnological applications. Director of the LEGE culture collection comprising more than 2000 strains of cyanobacteria and microalgae. Published 490 papers in Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology. Coordinator of two H2020 projects: RISE and ERA Chair.
Director of the Doctoral Program in Marine Biotechnology and Aquaculture (U Porto and U Minho).

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Industrial innovation through specific collaborations between enterprises and research centers in the context of marine biotechnological valorization – CVMar+i aims to promote industrial innovation around marine biotechnology by the proposal of new products based in marine compounds. This will be done by a synergic effort of enterprises and research enters in the transboundary area, benefiting from the complementarity of the partners.

The project will benefit from former POCTEP projects implemented by partners of this Consortium that can now be potentiated and without who’s the innovation proposed would not be possible. We will develop tools that allow the enterprises of the region to increase their investment in innovation, reinforcing the role of the  region in the Blue Economy. This is in alignment with RIS3T Galicia-North Portugal, developing products based on marine resources and sub-products in the areas of health (tissue regeneration and pharmacology), food and industrial applications.

 

Leader Institution
UM - universidade do Minho
Program
INTERREG POCTEP
Funding
Other projects