One of the key challenges that we face in the 21st century is the need to feed an ever-
increasing human population with increasingly limited natural resources. Even today it is …

Microalgae, due to their complex metabolic capacity, are being continuously explored for
nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and other industrially important bioactives. However …

Vast potential exists for the development of novel, engineered platforms that manipulate
biology for the production of programmed advanced materials. Such systems would possess …

Most aquatic photoautotrophs depend on CO2-concentrating mechanisms (CCMs) to
maintain productivity at ambient concentrations of CO2, and carbonic anhydrase (CA) plays …

There are currently intensive global research efforts aimed at increasing and modifying the
accumulation of lipids, alcohols, hydrocarbons, polysaccharides, and other energy storage …

The shortage of fossil fuels is actually a major economic issue in the context of increasing
energy demand. Renewable energies are thus gaining in importance. For instance …

Biologically derived fuels are viable alternatives to traditional fossil fuels, and microalgae
are a particularly promising source, but improvements are required throughout the …

Eukaryotic microalgae hold great promise for the bioproduction of fuels and higher value
chemicals. However, compared with model genetic organisms such as Escherichia coli and …

The ability to selectively kill cancerous cell populations while leaving healthy cells
unaffected is a key goal in anticancer therapeutics. The use of nanoporous silica-based …

As photosynthetic organisms, microalgae can efficiently convert solar energy into biomass.
Microalgae are currently used as an important source of valuable natural biologically active …