The second training school promoted by the COST PurpleGain action, ‘PurpleEng: Applying Engineering principles to Purple Phototrophic Bacteria for Resource Recovery’, took place from 15 to 17 April at the Faculty of Science and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon, with the participation of GreenCoLab researcher Laís Galileu Speranza.
As part of the session dedicated to the “Economics and industrialisation of biorefineries”, Laís Galileu Speranza, leader of the Sustainability Group, was invited to share her knowledge and experience. Her talk, entitled “Improving the scale-up and sustainability of microalgae production in commercial-scale facilities”, offered an empirical insight into sustainable practices applied to industrial microalgae cultivation units in Portugal. The main challenges and opportunities associated with large-scale microalgae cultivation were highlighted during the presentation. She emphasised the importance of innovative strategies to increase the efficiency of the production process while minimising the environmental impact.
The COST PURPLEGAIN action aims to create a European information-sharing network, facilitating the transfer of technology and knowledge between the academic and industrial sectors, related to the applications of purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB) in recovering resources from organic waste sources.
