Aquapreneur » marine biotechnology http://www.aquapreneur.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:47:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Electronic Journal of Biotechnology issues call for papers for Special Issue on Marine Biotechnology http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/02/03/electronic-journal-of-biotechnology-issues-call-for-papers-for-special-issue-on-marine-biotechnology/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/02/03/electronic-journal-of-biotechnology-issues-call-for-papers-for-special-issue-on-marine-biotechnology/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:47:28 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2158 Electronic Journal of Biotechnology Preparing Special Issue on Marine Biotechnology on September 15, 2012.

Call for Papers: invitation to submit a research article, review article, short communication or a technical note in the field of Marine Biotechnology or related areas.

Submission Guidelines

Original and unpublished contributions that are not currently under review by another journal are solicited. All manuscripts must be prepared in English and should be submitted through the online submission system available at

http://www.ejbiotechnology.info/index.php/ejbiotechnology/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions

 

]]> http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/02/03/electronic-journal-of-biotechnology-issues-call-for-papers-for-special-issue-on-marine-biotechnology/feed/ 0 University of Toronto student gets financial boost for top spot in a national automotive R&D competition utilizing marine-derived Chitin http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/02/03/university-of-toronto-student-gets-financial-boost-for-top-spot-in-a-national-automotive-rd-competition-utilizing-marine-derived-chitin/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/02/03/university-of-toronto-student-gets-financial-boost-for-top-spot-in-a-national-automotive-rd-competition-utilizing-marine-derived-chitin/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:50 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2155 A new biodegradable material made from shrimp and crab shells that can replace petroleum-based plastics used in auto components helped a University of Toronto student win a national automotive competition. Aaron Guan, a master of science student, won the AUTO21 TestDRIVE competition, receiving a $10,000 scholarship for his work on recyclable, lightweight, polymeric nanocomposites.

Shrimp and crab shell fibres called chitin nanowhiskers form the base of this new material, which would allow automotive components to meet strict environmental standards without compromising vehicle safety. This material has a much higher strength-to-weight ratio compared to conventional plastics used in most automotive components, and provides higher mechanical strength without aesthetic flaws or deformation at lower densities.

Due to the composite nature of the material, mechanical properties can easily be engineered to suit various strength, stiffness and weight requirements simply by varying the combination of chitin nanowhisker and polymer content. The material is also completely renewable and sustainable as chitin nanowhiskers are derived from the waste of the fishing industry.

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]]> http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/02/03/university-of-toronto-student-gets-financial-boost-for-top-spot-in-a-national-automotive-rd-competition-utilizing-marine-derived-chitin/feed/ 0 AURORA ALGAE SET TO RAISE $100M http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/31/aurora-algae-set-to-raise-100m/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/31/aurora-algae-set-to-raise-100m/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:02:11 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2149 The company’s  Western Australia operation in Karratha is planned to be increased from the initial 100 hectares of commercial operation to 400 hectares in the next stage, and then 1000 hectares.

Aurora Algae began operations in Karratha mid last year and now has its sights on raising $100 million after hitting the $22 million mark a few months ago.

The $22 million has left the company fully funded until its next expansion phase of harvesting algae-based biomass for products in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, aquaculture and renewable energy markets.

The company is looking to raise $100 million from existing and new private investors by mid-year, and is aligning at an IPO later in the year.

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]]> http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/31/aurora-algae-set-to-raise-100m/feed/ 0 Scots and Nordic scientists set to explore sustainable skincare utilizing marine natural ingredients http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/30/scots-and-nordic-scientists-set-to-explore-sustainable-skincare-utilizing-marine-natural-ingredients/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/30/scots-and-nordic-scientists-set-to-explore-sustainable-skincare-utilizing-marine-natural-ingredients/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:36:25 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2145 Scottish company Aquapharm has joined forces with Norwegian firm Aqua Bio Technology (ABT) to create a new generation of sustainable ingredients for the skincare market.

Together the companies hope to identify natural marine ingredients that could replace the petroleum-based components used extensively within the skincare market.

Scientists at Aquapharm believe marine microbes are the key to finding the bio-active ingredients of the future, and have developed specialist fermentation processes to source and produce such extracts.

Now they will undertake a development program in conjunction with ABT, sharing their expertise in a bid to prove these extracts can be produced with minimal environmental impact – and successfully commercialized for the personal care market.

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]]> http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/30/scots-and-nordic-scientists-set-to-explore-sustainable-skincare-utilizing-marine-natural-ingredients/feed/ 0 UC Davis and University of Tokyo collaborating on algae biofuels project http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/22/uc-davis-and-university-of-tokyo-collaborating-on-algae-biofuels-project/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/22/uc-davis-and-university-of-tokyo-collaborating-on-algae-biofuels-project/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:18:41 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2140 A better understanding of how algae can be used to make biofuels is the aim of a new joint project between UC Davis and the University of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of four new grants, jointly funded by the US National Science Foundation and the Japan Science and Technology Agency, to develop environment-friendly fuels and reduce pesticide use.

The four grants, totaling $12 million (¥960 million), will be divided between the Japanese and US laboratories. UC Davis’ share will be about $1.5 million over three years, with the possibility of renewal for another two years.

All four projects are based on metabolomics, an approach that uses high-tech analysis to understand all the chemicals involved in a living cell’s metabolism.

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]]> http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/22/uc-davis-and-university-of-tokyo-collaborating-on-algae-biofuels-project/feed/ 0 OriginOil and DOE to Develop Direct Conversion of Algae into Renewable Crude Oil Source http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/22/originoil-and-doe-to-develop-direct-conversion-of-algae-into-renewable-crude-oil-source/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/22/originoil-and-doe-to-develop-direct-conversion-of-algae-into-renewable-crude-oil-source/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:14:26 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2138 Good news on the algae-to-oil front has been released by Los Angeles-based OriginOil, Inc., in conjunction with the US Department of Energy. The company will work in partnership with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to help algae growers to enter the global crude oil market.

OriginOil, a developer of a technology platform to extract oil from algae, reports that it plans to co-develop an integrated system with the DOE’s INL for direct conversion of raw algae into a renewable crude oil that can be used by existing petroleum refineries.

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]]> http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/22/originoil-and-doe-to-develop-direct-conversion-of-algae-into-renewable-crude-oil-source/feed/ 0 Algae-based fuels a growing business in New Mexico http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/22/algae-based-fuels-a-growing-business-in-new-mexico/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/22/algae-based-fuels-a-growing-business-in-new-mexico/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:09:43 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2136 Sapphire Energy Inc., which uses a proprietary process to turn algae oil into renewable gasoline to replace fossil fuels at the pump, broke ground last June on a 300-acre commercial demonstration facility in Columbus.

In Hobbs, in the heart of southeast New Mexico’s oil patch, Massachusetts-based Joule Unlimited Inc. broke ground this fall on a five-acre site that will use concentrating-solar biorefineries to extract ethanol and diesel from bacteria in salt-water mixed with carbon dioxide.

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]]> http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/22/algae-based-fuels-a-growing-business-in-new-mexico/feed/ 0 United States Patent and Trademark Office issues patent to Heliae http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/12/united-states-patent-and-trademark-office-issues-patent-to-heliae/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/12/united-states-patent-and-trademark-office-issues-patent-to-heliae/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:01:52 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2133 Heliae, an Arizona-based algae technology company, announced today three significant additions to its expanding portfolio of intellectual property.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued patent number 8,084,038 to Heliae entitled “Methods of and Systems for Isolating Nutraceutical Products from Algae” on December 27, 2011. Heliae has received a Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for two additional patent applications focused on Heliae’s breakthrough extraction technology. These patents are expected to issue in the first half of February.

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]]> http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/12/united-states-patent-and-trademark-office-issues-patent-to-heliae/feed/ 0 ArcticZymes establishes US subsidiary http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/12/arcticzymes-establishes-us-subsidiary/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/12/arcticzymes-establishes-us-subsidiary/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:56:31 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2131 ArcticZymes AS announced today the formation of ArcticZymes Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary located in Plymouth Meeting, PA. ArcticZymes AS is a subsidiary of Biotec Pharmacon, focusing on enzymes for use in molecular biology and diagnostics.

“The formation of a U.S. based subsidiary is a key milestone for our company and our B2B and OEM customers in North America. Our intention is to facilitate our end users’ research by providing access to our products and technical support in an effective and productive manner,” said Jan Buch Andersen, Managing Director of ArcticZymes AS.

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]]> http://www.aquapreneur.com/2012/01/12/arcticzymes-establishes-us-subsidiary/feed/ 0 Mar. Drugs, Volume 9, Issue 12 (December 2011), Pages 2488-2817 Release issue http://www.aquapreneur.com/2011/12/27/mar-drugs-volume-9-issue-12-december-2011-pages-2488-2817-release-issue/ http://www.aquapreneur.com/2011/12/27/mar-drugs-volume-9-issue-12-december-2011-pages-2488-2817-release-issue/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:35:57 +0000 Admin http://www.aquapreneur.com/?p=2124 MDPI is pleased to announce the publication of the following issue:Mar. Drugs, Volume 9, Issue 12 (December 2011), Pages 2488-2817 at http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/

Table of Contents:

Jeen-Kuan Chen, Chao-Hsien Yeh, Lian-Chen Wang, Tzong-Horng Liou, Chia-Rui Shen and Chao-Lin Liu
Article: Chitosan, the Marine Functional Food, Is a Potent Adsorbent of Humic Acid
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2488-2498; doi:10.3390/md9122488
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2488/

Oriol Sacristan-Soriano, Bernard Banaigs and Mikel A. Becerro
Article: Relevant Spatial Scales of Chemical Variation in Aplysina aerophoba
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2499-2513; doi:10.3390/md9122499
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2499/

Jeannette Vera, Jorge Castro, Alberto Gonzalez and Alejandra Moenne
Review: Seaweed Polysaccharides and Derived Oligosaccharides Stimulate Defense Responses and Protection Against Pathogens in Plants
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2514-2525; doi:10.3390/md9122514
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2514/

Nai-Lun Lee and Jui-Hsin Su
Article: Tetrahydrofuran Cembranoids from the Cultured Soft Coral Lobophytum crassum
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2526-2536; doi:10.3390/md9122526
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2526/

Maria Mansson, Anita Nielsen, Louise Kjærulff, Charlotte H. Gotfredsen, Matthias Wietz, Hanne Ingmer, Lone Gram and Thomas O. Larsen
Article: Inhibition of Virulence Gene Expression in Staphylococcus aureus by Novel Depsipeptides from a Marine Photobacterium
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2537-2552; doi:10.3390/md9122537
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2537/

Julianne Dyble, Duane Gossiaux, Peter Landrum, Donna R. Kashian and Steven Pothoven
Article: A Kinetic Study of Accumulation and Elimination of Microcystin-LR in Yellow Perch (Perca Flavescens) Tissue and Implications for Human Fish Consumption
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2553-2571; doi:10.3390/md9122553
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2553/

Massimiliano Borgogna, Barbara Bellich and Attilio Cesàro
Review: Marine Polysaccharides in Microencapsulation and Application to Aquaculture: “From Sea to Sea”
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2572-2604; doi:10.3390/md9122572
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2572/

Marcel Tutor Ale, Hiroko Maruyama, Hidekazu Tamauchi, Jørn D. Mikkelsen and Anne S. Meyer
Article: Fucose-Containing Sulfated Polysaccharides from Brown Seaweeds Inhibit Proliferation of Melanoma Cells and Induce Apoptosis by Activation of Caspase-3 in Vitro
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2605-2621; doi:10.3390/md9122605
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2605/

Ching-Chyuan Su, Jui-Hsin Su, Jen-Jie Lin, Cheng-Chi Chen, Wen-Ing Hwang, Han Hsiang Huang and Yu-Jen Wu
Article: An Investigation into the Cytotoxic Effects of 13-Acetoxysarcocrassolide from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton crassocaule on Bladder Cancer Cells
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2622-2642; doi:10.3390/md9122622
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2622/

Priscilla L. Winder, Shirley A. Pomponi and Amy E. Wright
Review: Natural Products from the Lithistida: A Review of the Literature since 2000
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2643-2682; doi:10.3390/md9122643
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2643/

Asuncion Rocher, Ana Isabel Caceres, Ana Obeso and Constancio Gonzalez
Review: Tetrodotoxin as a Tool to Elucidate Sensory Transduction Mechanisms: The Case for the Arterial Chemoreceptors of the Carotid Body
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2683-2704; doi:10.3390/md9122683
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2683/

Shih-Tseng Lin, Shang-Kwei Wang and Chang-Yih Duh
Article: Cembranoids from the Dongsha Atoll Soft Coral Lobophytum crassum
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2705-2716; doi:10.3390/md9122705
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2705/

Charles B. Berde, Umeshkumar Athiraman, Barak Yahalom, David Zurakowski, Gabriel Corfas and Christina Bognet
Article: Tetrodotoxin-Bupivacaine-Epinephrine Combinations for Prolonged Local Anesthesia
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2717-2728; doi:10.3390/md9122717
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2717/

Aloysio da S. Ferrão-Filho and Betina Kozlowsky-Suzuki
Review: Cyanotoxins: Bioaccumulation and Effects on Aquatic Animals
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2729-2772; doi:10.3390/md9122729
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2729/

Yang-Chang Wu, Jui-Hsin Su, Tai-Ting Chou, Yin-Pin Cheng, Ching-Feng Weng, Chia-Hung Lee, Lee-Shing Fang, Wei-Hsien Wang, Jan-Jung Li, Mei-Chin Lu, Jimmy Kuo, Jyh-Horng Sheu and Ping-Jyun Sung
Review: Natural Product Chemistry of Gorgonian Corals of Genus Junceella—Part II
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2773-2792; doi:10.3390/md9122773
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2773/

Kumiko Yokogawa, Isao Matsui-Yuasa, Akiko Tamura, Masaki Terada and Akiko Kojima-Yuasa
Article: Inhibitory Effects of Ecklonia cava Extract on High Glucose-Induced Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2793-2808; doi:10.3390/md9122793
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2793/

Rihab F. Angawi, Giorgio Bavestrello, Barbara Calcinai, Henny Adeleida Dien, Giovanna Donnarumma, Maria Antonietta Tufano, Iole Paoletti, Elena Grimaldi, Giuseppina Chianese, Ernesto Fattorusso and Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati
Article: Aurantoside J: a New Tetramic Acid Glycoside from Theonella swinhoei. Insights into the Antifungal Potential of Aurantosides
Mar. Drugs 2011, 9(12), 2809-2817; doi:10.3390/md9122809
http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/12/2809/

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