Wind – Sea – Algae Offshore Algae Cultivation for Biofuels and Beyond

FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CHLOROPHYLL A FLUORESCENCE EMISSION AND IT’S
APPLICATION ON ALGAE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Dates: August 31th to September 11th of 2009
Place: Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto
Politécnico Nacional. México City. México

Speakers:

• Dr. Jiri Masojidek, Institute of Microbiology, Academic of Sciences,
Trebon,
and Institute of Physical Biology, University of South Bohemia, Nove Hrady,
Czech Republic.
• Dra. Rosa Olivia Cañizares-Villanueva.  CINVESTAV-IPN, Departamento de
Biotecnología. Laboratorio de Biotecnología de Microalgas, México
• Dr. Sergio González-Moreno. UNAM, Facultad de Estudios Superiores
Iztacala, UMF-Laboratorio de Bioquímica, México
• Dr. Hugo V. Perales-Vela. UNAM, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala,
UMF-Laboratorio de Bioquímica, México

Lectures:
1. Mass cultivation of freshwater microalgae
2. Photobiorreactors
3. Photosynthetic metabolism
4. Respiratory metabolism
5. Chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthetic activity

Practical activities:
1. Cultivation of algae
2  Pigments determination
3. Growth determination
4. Nutrient consumption
5. Quantification of respiration and photosynthesis by oxygen production and

consumption
6. Quantification of photosynthesis by chlorophyll a fluorescence

Conferences:
1. Algae Biotechnology
2. Algae Production of hydrogen and biodiesel
3. Algae Production of carotenoids
4. Algae remediation of waste water: Heavy metals
5. Algae remediation of waste water: N and P
6. Algae Production of proteins and PUFAS

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