B2E Technological Sonar Initiative #15
B2E presents the fifteenth edition of our Technological Sonar initiative, a monthly selection of national and international initiatives to retain, within the scope of new patents and technologies in the blue bioeconomy sector.
Aquaculture
- A farm, a process and a method of processing farmed seaweed
This invention relates to a seaweed farm comprising a designated offshore aquaculture farm remote from shore anchored to the sea bed.
In Patentscope.
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- Velvet disease detection device, system and method
Velvet disease infestation is detected using affinity reagents that are cross-reactive with one or more A. ocellatum or P. pillulare antigens. The analysis may be performed shipboard, dockside, in an aquaculture or aquarium setting, otherwise in situ at the point of sample collection or elsewhere. The results may be used to monitor health and disease of captured or cultured fish species or the safety of water to be introduced into an aquaculture facility.
In Patenscope.
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- Use of furan formic acid compound in preparing animal feed additive
The invention discloses the use of a furan formic acid compound in preparing an animal feed additive for improving animal production performance. The furan formic acid compound or a feed acceptable salt thereof provided in the present invention has an improved effect on the production performance of domestic animals, poultry and aquaculture animals in animal breeding tests.
In Patenscope.
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- Use of starch nanoparticles loaded with active molecules for aquaculture
The present invention relates to the use of a starch nanoparticle loaded with at least one active molecule of interest to feed zooplankton, in particular a living prey chosen from rotifers, brine shrimp and copepods.
In Patenscope.
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- Nutritional, organoleptic and sensory quality of market-sized European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed defatted Tenebrio molitor larvae meal as main protein source
This study evaluated the impact of replacing 50 and 100% fishmeal protein by defatted (d-) Tenebrio molitor (TM) in diets for market-sized European sea bass.
Despite some differences in the muscle histomorphometric and instrumental texture measurements, consumers could not perceive differences between muscle samples of fish fed the control or dTM diets. All samples were characterized by their soft and pleasant texture, and dTM samples were also associated with a “juicy texture”.
In Science direct.
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Living Marine Resources
- Can algae and fish waste be the next flexitarian superfoods?
A new project is looking at making hybrid food products that combine seaweed, microalgae, insect meal and/or fish byproducts with protein-rich plant ingredients.
In The Fish Site.
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- Seaweed-derived cosmetic compositions
The invention relates to a cosmetic composition and more particularly to a cosmetic composition containing seaweed for application to the skin to improve its appearance.
In Patenscope.
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Marine Biotechnology
- 16 million project will assess the impact of exploration on the seabed
During five years, the project will develop the ability to assess the environmental impact of underwater prospecting activities. It brings together institutions from ten countries.
In Público.
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- Enzymatic approach for the extraction of bioactive fractions from red, green and brown seaweeds
Extracts from red seaweeds displayed prebiotic activity which can be ascribed to their increased content in oligosaccharides and protein/peptides. Overall, the sequential use of enzymes with different activities demonstrated to be an efficient approach for extracting functional fractions to be used as functional ingredients to improve the nutritional value (e.g. in proteins) and/or to include antioxidant and prebiotic features in the food product.
In Science direct.
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- Reconstructed membrane vesicles from the microalga Dunaliella as a potential drug delivery system
The aim of this biophysical study is to characterize reconstructed membrane vesicles obtained from microalgae in terms of their morphology, properties, composition, and ability to transport a model drug.
In Science direct.
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- 3D biocomposites comprising marine collagen and silica-based materials inspired on the composition of marine sponge skeletons envisaging bone tissue regeneration
This study established marine collagen/silica biocomposites as potential scaffolds for tissue engineering, setting the basis for future studies, particularly envisaging the regeneration of non-load-bearing bone tissues.
In NCBI.
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