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Microalgae biomass to your composition requirements

We are studying companies' needs for biomass as a source of pigments and for product development. Tell us which component you need, in what form and for which process. We will discuss the requirements and whether a research pilot is possible.

Describe your requirementsDiscuss a pilot

We are currently collecting requirements. Availability of components, their content, suitability of the material and timelines are confirmed separately for each project.

Document structure

Batch passport

Spec → batch
Culture
identification, origin
Process version
regime, protocol
Batch number
date, mass
Preparation
drying method, packaging
Parameters
agreed in the spec
Analytical methods
laboratory, limitations
Composition and characteristics are confirmed for a specific batch by agreed analytical methods.

Verifiable grounds

Demand research areas

Which components and characteristics do you need

  • Fucoxanthin

    We are studying requirements for biomass as a raw material for fucoxanthin. Tell us about the content you need, the form of the material and your processing route.

    Describe your need

  • Phycocyanin

    We are studying requirements for raw material for this blue pigment. Do you need biomass for processing or a ready-made colorant? Tell us the form and conditions of use.

    Describe your task

  • Phycoerythrin

    We are studying requirements for raw material and development of this pigment, including for research purposes. We will clarify the type of material and its analytical characteristics.

    Discuss requirements

  • Another task for biomass

    Let's discuss composition requirements for your formulation or aquaculture process.

    Describe your task

These are demand research areas, not a catalog of finished products. Ready-made extracts and purified substances are not automatically part of the offer. For a specific material, composition, analyses and conditions of use are agreed individually.

Where the material may be used

How a project is built

From a product task to a controlled process

The advantage is not a single culture or a single installation, but a controlled technological chain in which every step is documented.

  1. 1

    Customer task and requirements

    Intended application, target parameters, constraints and acceptance criteria.

    What the customer getsControl of characteristicsAgreeing parameters, analytical methods and the set of documents for a specific batch.
  2. 2

    Culture and target parameters

    Choosing a culture, verifying its origin and the basis for its use.

    What the customer getsA culture fit for the taskSelecting and verifying a culture with regard to the intended application, its origin and the available basis for its use.
  3. 3

    Laboratory test of the regime

    Working out conditions for cultivation and biomass production.

    What the customer getsA reproducible regimeDeveloping and fixing the parameters of cultivation, harvesting and biomass production.Technology baseCultivation and biomass productionCultivation regimes, harvesting, collection, drying, and linking each batch to a process version.
  4. 4

    Experimental batch and analytics

    Batch passport and protocols of agreed analyses.

    Technology baseProcess monitoring and controlSampling, optical and analytical measurements, recording of deviations.
  5. 5

    Decision on a pilot and scale-up

    Conclusion on suitability and the next step, with a risk assessment.

    What the customer getsScale-upVerifying transfer of the process from a laboratory regime to pilot and production configurations.Technology baseEngineering scale-upPhotobioreactor solutions and verification of process transfer between configurations.

After discussing the task, a technical specification for a pilot may be prepared. The deliverables are defined in the contract: an experimental batch where readiness is confirmed, a batch passport, agreed analyses and a test report.

Numerical parameters and design solutions that constitute know-how or are under patent assessment are not disclosed.

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What we are testing now

Which characteristics does your company need

What task does your company solve and what raw material do you buy? Tell us about the component you need, the form of the material and the trial conditions. You don't need to know the name of a culture to take part.

  • 4 steps
  • About 10 minutes
  • no registration

The survey is intended for professional market participants: R&D teams, technologists, product developers, procurement specialists and laboratories.

Describe your requirements

Scientific grounds

Evidence of competence, not general promises

Every item in the Science section comes with the type of evidence, year, status and a link to the source.

Concept or research direction
  • 01

    Industrial cultivation

    Intensive cultivation regimes suitable for transfer to larger volumes.

  • 02

    Selecting and studying cultures

    Identification, characterization and evaluation of cultures for applied tasks.

  • 03

    Biomass enrichment

    Conditions affecting the accumulation of target components in cells.

  • 04

    Obtaining target substances

    Preparing biomass for the extraction of pigments and other target substances.

  • 05

    Analytics and quality control

    Methods for quantitative control of the parameters of a specific batch.

  • 06

    Process scale-up

    Verifying the transfer of regime and control between configurations.

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Team

Specific roles and areas of responsibility

Scientific lead of the direction

Algal technologies and microalgae cultivation

Candidate of Biological Sciences (PhD)

Area of responsibility: the research program, choice of analytical and control methods, evaluation of results.

Senior researcher at the algal technology laboratory of an academic institute. Intensive cultivation of microalgae and cyanobacteria, photobioreactors, production of carotenoids and phycobiliproteins. More than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 11 patents and author's certificates. Scientific support is provided under a contract with the A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Alexander P. Lykov

Biological activity: preclinical research

Doctor of Medical Sciences

Area of responsibility: research on the biological effects of cyanobacteria and microalgae in cell cultures and laboratory animals.

Leading researcher at the Laboratory of Cell Technologies, Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology — branch of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk). Cell biology and immunology, mesenchymal stem cells. Since 2020: studies of the effects of cyanobacteria and microalgae extracts and biomass on cells and laboratory mice. ORCID 0000-0003-4897-8676.

History

How this work began

One of the turning points of this story began with an unusual installation brought to a laboratory in Sevastopol: a large pool, a shaft and a simple polycarbonate disc. A culture of the marine diatom Cylindrotheca was deliberately introduced into the apparatus — and its vigorous growth came as a surprise. This observation was followed by research on cultivation, biomass production and work with its components.

Today Laboratory 17 develops this engineering and research direction: from cultivation conditions to the characteristics of the material a customer needs.

Project history

Tell us which characteristics your company needs

Your answers will help define the product format, mandatory parameters, documents and trial volumes.

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