NITROGENIUOS – NITROgen GENetics and physIology fOr Ulva compressa Sustainability

Project:

NITROGENIOUS aims to elucidate genes and biochemical processes involved in nitrogen uptake and assimilation and to understand how they are impacted by increasing temperature, to improve yield and bioremediation capacity and to decrease the environmental impact of its farming.

More specifically it will a) clone and characterize genes for nitrogen uptake, assimilation and regulation to open the way to modern breeding; b) advance the knowledge of U. compressa nitrogen metabolism under optimal conditions and determine how it is affected by increased temperatures and c) test at pilot scale the most promising strains obtained in the lab for bioremediation potential and biomass yield.

Funding:

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship