ISAP would like to present the first newsletter of 2022!

This issue showcases three short articles.

1. EU projects devoted to the elucidation of microalgae-bacteria interactions in large-scale systems
2. The advantages of ensiling seaweed for downstream biochemical extraction in a biorefinery.
3. NanDeSyn Database Supports International Cooperation on Industrial Oleaginous Microalgae  

The full ISAP newsletter repository can be found here.

DEADLINE 10th July 2022
As part of the mission and commitment of ISAP to promote and contribute to the education of a young generation of scientists and engineers dealing with Algal Biotechnology the society has decided to allocate funds annually to support training courses in algal biotechnology.

Training course call 2022- ISAP.pdf

MOU- ISAP template_2022.pdf

Two Bids were submitted for the 2024 conference. 

- Porto, Portugal
- Cork, Ireland
After presenting the  bids to the ISAP executive committee, a vote was taken and the successful party was PORTO, PORTUGAL. 

The conference will be held 18-22 June 2024 and it is being planned as an hybrid event.

Do you have an idea for an article in our next newsletter?  If so, we invite you to contribute to the first issue of the ISAP 2022 Newsletter.

DEADLINE: March 30th 2022

Please find the newsletter article submission guidelines here.

Online Training Course 9-10 February 2022 09:00 – 16:45 GMT:

Algaculture for Biotechonology 

CCAP Online Training Course

With continuing Covid19 constraints, the annual CCAP CPD course will be delived online, via MS Teams. The course is aimed at students, technicians, early career researchers, industry professionals and algae enthusiasts. You are invited to register for this unique course comprising:

Short lectures from our SAMS experts and External speakers on:

Algal Biodiversity & Taxonomy

Nutrition

Photosynthesis

Microalgae Biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges

Molecular Phycology and Bioinformatics

Large scale microalgal culture

Metabolomics

Practical Demonstrations by our technical experts on:

Growth media preparation

Strain Isolation

Sub-culturing

Enumeration

Cryopreservation

CCAP’s algal scale up facility (CCAP-ARIES)

Opportunities for discussion, questions and networking will be timetabled.

This training is being financially supported by the British Phycological Society (BPS) and Algae-UK, however, a fee of £50 to cover costs will be charged.

For further information and how to apply, see: https://www.ccap.ac.uk/index.php/algaculture-for-biotechnology-online-training-course/

Online Training Course on 28 September 2021

Revealing Algae Biotechnological Potentials to Contribute to Sustainable Blue Growth in Mediterranean

The National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies (INSTM), in association with the Tunisian Association for Scientific Information (ATIS) and funded by GlobalSeaweedSTAR (GSSTAR) and the International Society of Applied Phycology (ISAP), are excited to announce a one-day online training course on 28 September 2021.

For more information and program, click here.

Free registration until 27 September 2021 - please click here. 

Firstly, we would like to thank the outgoing Executive Committee for all their dedication to the ISAP foundation. The foundation has definitely evolved under the leadership of Dr. Céline Rebours. THANK YOU!

Finally, we are excited to introduce the new ISAP Executive Committee (EC) members who were all nominated and elected by the ISAP subscribers! You can find out more about our new EC here.

We wish our newly elected EC a great tenure!