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AlgaEnergy reinforces its research in the areas of computational systems biology, bioinformatics and artificial intelligence
04 November, 2020The biotechnology company has hired researcher Francisco José Romero-Campero as an advisor on computational biology of systems, bioinformatics and artificial intelligence.
AlgaEnergy, a world leader in microalgae biotechnology, goes one step further in its commitment to research and innovation. To the more than 20 R&I projects that the company leads or in which it participates or has participated -with more than 150 scientific collaborators of the highest international level, projects that amount to more than 80 million Euros of investment-, the company is going to implement new developments in line with its 2020-2023 R&I Strategic Plan, approved by its Board of Directors. In this context, the company is committed to computational systems biology, bioinformatics and artificial intelligence as areas of great interest.
In order to strengthen its R&I capacity in these areas, AlgaEnergy has incorporated the researcher Francisco José Romero-Campero into its team, as an external advisor. With extensive experience in these fields of interest, Romero-Campero is a professor at the University of Seville in the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and is part of the Research Group ‘Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology’. He also carries out his research work at the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (IBVF), a Joint Center of the National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Sevilla, focusing his research on the computational biology of molecular systems applied to construction and analysis of biological networks in photosynthetic organisms (plants and microalgae) from omics data.
Romero-Campero is the author of more than 40 publications in books and prestigious scientific journals, and has already been collaborating with AlgaEnergy in recent years in different projects, the last one as responsible for the so-called 'Transcriptomic analysis of the effects of the biostimulant AgriAlgae® on Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum', developed in collaboration with the researcher Prof. Mercedes García González.
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AlgaEnergy and Nutrient TECH Welcome Tyler Grenzow as President for North America
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AlgaEnergy reinforces its commitment to soil health through its active participation in the Microbiome International Congress 2023
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16 June, 2023
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AlgaEnergy Elected as Vice President of EBIC Board of Directors
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01 December, 2022
AlgaEnergy receives the ‘Alcobendas Leader’ Award in the category of Sustainability
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The EIB Institute awards AlgaEnergy in the Social Innovation Tournament
We were one of the 15 companies selected -among more than 200 applications from 27 countries- to participate in the 11th edition of the Social Innovation Tournament, organized by the EIB Institute, obtaining the second prize in the 'Blue and Green Economy' category.
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Microalgae, protagonists in the celebration of the 7th anniversary of the SDGs of the UN Global Compact
Carlos Rodríguez-Villa, Managing Director of AlgaEnergy, gave a TED talk in which he showed how, through innovation, the goals set in the 2030 Agenda can be achieved.
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AlgaEnergy certifies its commitment to sustainability through the EIC GHG Programme
The biotechnology company has joined and completed the first phase of the EIC Greenhouse Gas (EIC GHG) Programme, promoted by the European Innovation Council, with the aim of measuring, reducing and offsetting the carbon footprint of European companies.
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