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ALAS
ALAS - Algen-Lichtakklimatisierungstrategie zur Maximierung des Wachstums in Bioreaktoren
ALAS: FFG BRIDGE Project
- BRIDGE 1 34. eCall - Project No. 41863779, University of Innsbruck, Department of Botany
- Duration: 36 months, extended to 48 months total
- Start: 2022-02-01
- Web: https://www.uibk.ac.at/botany/units_research_groups/biochemistry.html.en
About ALAS
- Algae currently have a niche role in green industries, but have potential to provide much more. To do so, we need to understand photosynthesis and metabolism better. Led by Dr. Thomas Roach from the University of Innsbruck,the ALAS project aims to advance our understanding of which regulatory processes of photosynthesis are required under various growth conditions, and the influence they have on metabolism. The model green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, will be used to enable access to mutants available for testing the relevance of processes revealed to be important.
Aims
- The scientific goal of this research project is to improve our understanding of the energy flows in the chloroplast and in the mitochondria and the metabolite exchange between these two organelles under variable light conditions in terms of primary metabolism and growth.
Objectives
Coordinator
- Dr. Thomas Roach - Dr. Thomas Roach, University of Innsbruck, Department of Botany - https://www.uibk.ac.at/botany/units_research_groups/biochemistry.html.en
Network
Participants
- Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck
- Dr. Thomas Roach - Project Coordinator
- Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck
- Oroboros Instruments GmbH - www.oroboros.at
- Erich Gnaiger, Ph.D. - PI
- Mateus Grings, Ph.D
- Lisa Tindle-Solomon - Oroboros project management
- Oroboros Instruments GmbH - www.oroboros.at
PhD Supervisors
- Dr. Thomas Roach - Dr. Thomas Roach, University of Innsbruck, Department of Botany
Oroboros project involvement
- Along with expertise in high-resolution respirometry, Oroboros will provide a NextGen-O2k to characterize photosynthesis.
ALAS Events
When | Where | |
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D-A-CH Algen Summit 2024 Bern CH | 2024-05-07 | Bern, CH, 2024 May 07-08. D-A-CH Algen Summit 24 |
ALAS Publications
Link | Reference | View | Year |
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Pfleger 2024 Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg | Pfleger A, Arc E, Grings M, Gnaiger E, Roach T (2024) Flavodiiron proteins prevent the Mehler reaction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg 1865:149497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2024.149497 | PMID: 39048034 Open Access | 2024 |
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Support
- This project has received funding from the Austrian Research Promotion Funding Agency (FFG).