Here you can read publications related to the project:

2023:

• The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima I: recent advances in a changing climate

• In-process epimerisation of alginates from Saccharina latissima, Alaria esculenta and Laminaria hyperborea

• Quality Changes of Cultivated Saccharina latissima as Influenced by Preservation Method During Short Term Storage

• Improving awareness, understanding, and enforcement of responsibilities and regulations in Blue Biotechnology

• Hydrogels based on methylated-alginates as a platform to investigate the effect of material properties on cell activity. The role of material compliance

• ‘Hanging gardens’—comparing fauna communities in kelp farms and wild kelp forests

• Tuning alginate β-lactoglobulin complex coacervation by modulating pH and temperature

• Mannuronate C-5 epimerases and their use in alginate modification

• An assessment of physical and chemical conditions in alginate extraction from two cultivated brown algal species in Norway: Alaria esculenta and Saccharina latissima

• Sequential extraction and fractionation of four polysaccharides from cultivated brown algae Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta

• Extraction of high purity fucoidans from brown seaweeds using cellulases and alginate lyases

2022:

• Molecular insights into alginate β-lactoglobulin A multivalencies—The foundation for their amorphous aggregates and coacervation

• Unaided efficient transglutaminase cross-linking of whey proteins strongly impacts the formation and structure of protein alginate particles

• Enrichment of the protein content of the macroalgae Saccharina latissima and Palmaria palmata

• Alginate and tunicate nanocellulose composite microbeads – Preparation, characterization and cell encapsulation

• Valorization of alginate-extracted seaweed biomass for the development of cellulose-based packaging films
• Pericapsular fibrotic overgrowth mitigated in immunocompetent mice through microbead formulations based on sulfated or intermediate G alginates
• High resolution imaging of soft alginate hydrogels by atomic force microscopy
• Click chemistry for block polysaccharides with dihydrazide and dioxyamine linkers - A review
• Mechanistic basis for understanding the dual activities of the bifunctional Azotobacter vinelandii mannuronan C-5 epimerase and alginate lyase AlgE7

2021:

• Erosion Dynamics of Cultivated Kelp, Saccharina latissima, and Implications for Environmental Management and Carbon Sequestration 

• Alginate-based diblock polymers: preparation, characterization and Ca-induced self-assembly

• Expression and production of thermophilic alginate lyases in Bacillus and direct application of culture supernatant for seaweed saccharification

• Landing facilities for processing of cultivated seaweed biomass: a Norwegian perspective with strategic considerations for the European seaweed industry 

• Antioxidative activities, phenolic compounds and marine food allergens in the macroalgae Saccharina latissima produced in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems

• Alginate gels crosslinked with chitosan oligomers – a systematic investigation into alginate block structure and chitosan oligomer interaction 

• Insights into the roles of charged residues in substrate binding and mode of action of mannuronan C-5 epimerase AlgE4 

• Environmental impacts of protein-production from farmed seaweed: Comparison of possible scenarios in Norway 

• Effects of outplanting time on growth, shedding and quality of Saccharina latissima (Phaeophyceae) in its northern distribution range 

• Automation Concepts for Industrial-Scale Production of Seaweed 

• Sustainable resource production for manufacturing bioactives from micro‐ and macroalgae – examples from harvesting and cultivation in the Nordic region 
• The essentials of marine biotechnology 
• Current Status of the Algae Production Industry in Europe: An Emerging Sector of the Blue Bioeconomy 
• Effect of harvesting month and proximity to fish farm sea cages on the lipid profile of cultivated Saccharina latissima 
• Impact of Alginate Mannuronic-Guluronic Acid Contents and pH on Protein Binding Capacity and Complex Size 
• Insights into alginate degradation through the characterization of a thermophilic exolytic alginate lyase 

• Vitamin C from Seaweed: A Review Assessing Seaweed as Contributor to Daily Intake 

2020:

• A New Network for the Advancement of Marine Biotechnology in Europe and Beyond 

• Exploiting Mannuronan C-5 Epimerases in Commercial Alginate Production 

• Data on the sensory characteristics and chemical composition of the edible red seaweed dulse (Palmaria palmata) after dry and semi-dry storage 

• Semi-dry storage as a maturation process for improving the sensory characteristics of the edible red seaweed dulse (Palmaria palmata) 

• Reducing the High Iodine Content of Saccharina latissima and Improving the Profile of Other Valuable Compounds by Water Blanching 

• Ion-exchange purification and structural characterization of five sulfated fucoidans from brown algae 

• Functional characterization of three Azotobacter chroococcum alginate-modifying enzymes related to the Azotobacter vinelandii AlgE mannuronan C-5-epimerase family 

• Biocatalytic refining of polysaccharides from brown seaweeds

• Polysaccharide epimerases - on CAZypedia