Algae and Cyanobacteria From Extreme Environments ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** ''Our mission is to assess the diversity of algae and cyanobacteria in various extreme env survival limits and adaptation mechanisms.'' ****************************************************************************************** * Offer ****************************************************************************************** We are open to a wide spectrum of collaboration with partners from applied research, indus and non-profit organisations. - Isolation, purification and characterization of algal strains - Providing an evolutionarily diverse set of valuable algal strains *========================================================================================= * Requirements *========================================================================================= We are looking for cooperation with academic partners as well as public and private organi elds of algal ecology and biotechnologies. ****************************************************************************************** * Know-how & Technologies ****************************************************************************************** The application potential connected with our research lies in the utilization of algae and from extreme environments to produce many high-value chemicals, such as polyunsaturated fa carotenoids and phosphatidylglycerol – the health-beneficial compounds used as nutraceutic pharmaceuticals and in cosmetics, among many other uses. Our main scientific focus is aime - Ecology of phytoplankton and phytobenthos in polar and mountain lakes - Recovery of mountain ecosystems from acidity - Diversity, ecology and ecophysiology of snow algae - Algae and cyanobacteria as producers of compounds interesting for biotechnology - Diatom research as bioindicators of environmental and climatic changes in polar ecosyste paleoecological recontructions ****************************************************************************************** * Content of Research ****************************************************************************************** As primary producers, algae and cyanobacteria are important components of both natural and environments such as snow, hot springs, polar or acid lakes. Our current research projects are focused on polar and mountain photoautotrophic microorga an aim to understand their ecology, diversity and biogeography. We combine field sampling experiments to address important questions from the autecological to the ecosystem level. the impact of anthropogenic acidification on the structure of assemblages and the constrai biological recovery. *========================================================================================= * Main Capabilities *========================================================================================= - Algae and cyanobacteria isolation and cultivation – bringing them from extreme condition laboratory - Optimisation of growth conditions and production of target compounds - Assessment of ecological status of aquatic environments based on physico-chemical charac species composition of algae and cyanobacteria *========================================================================================= * Key Research Equipment *========================================================================================= Equipment for field sampling and measurement of basic physico-chemical parameters in aquat fully equipped laboratory for: - Isolation, and cultivation of algal strains - Molecular characterization of strains - Optical, fluorescent, scanning and transmission electron microscopy *========================================================================================= * Main Projects *========================================================================================= - 2014–2016 Czech Science Foundation “Microorganisms as a source of essential fatty acids extremophile strains“ - 2010–2014 Czech Science Foundation “Detection of exobiological markers using Raman spect method” - 2007–2011 Czech Science Foundation “Constraints and limits of biological recovery from a is the future of headwater ecosystems in the Bohemian Forest” ****************************************************************************************** * Partners and Collaborations ****************************************************************************************** National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Meise, Belgium) | Institute of Ecosystem Study (Verban Ghent University (Ghent, Belgium) | Universidad de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Třeboň, Czech Republic) | Institute of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Praha, Czech Republic) | University of South Bo Budějovice, Czech Republic) | Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic) ****************************************************************************************** * Achievements ****************************************************************************************** Publications in respected international journals: biogeosciences, Phytochemistry, fems mic ecology, freshwater biology, Journal of applied phycology, polar biology. Collaboration on Czech patents: - No. 303645 – Strain of the alga Chlamydomonas cf. nivalis for the production of phosphat (PG), the method for increasing the PG content in this organism, and the use of this strai industrial production of PG - No. 306000 – Nutrient solution for culturing photosynthesizing microorganisms, process f preparation and use - No. 307402 – A production strain of the Bracteacoccus bullatus alga for the production o essential unsaturated fatty acids, a method of producing these oils and the use of this st industrial production of these oils ****************************************************************************************** * Are you interested in this expertise? ****************************************************************************************** Please contact CPPT UK Web: www.cppt.cuni.cz/ [ URL "https://cppt.cuni.cz/"] Mail: transfer@cuni.cz Phone: +420 224 491 255 ****************************************************************************************** * Experts and their department ****************************************************************************************** RNDr. Linda Nedbalová, Ph.D. Departement of Ecology Web: http://www.cryoeco.eu/linda-nedbalova [ URL "http://www.cryoeco.eu/linda-nedbalova"]