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Lumpfish Collagen Production

An important step to scale up the extraction of collagen from lumpfish was made at Breid biotech laboratories in March 2024 and it was reported in Fiskifrettir, a local trade newspaper. The process developed included the pre-cleaning, acid extraction and ultrafiltration of collagen from approximately 200kg of lumpfish skin. This work was part of University…
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PROFIUS stakeholders’ engagement event in Malta

PROFIUS Maltese partner AquaBioTech Group organised a workshop on Friday, March 1st, to showcase the results of the work to improve the utilization of tuna side-stream. Several stakeholders from private and public sector were involved in the discussion. Maltese project coordinator Dr Simona Paolacci explained to the public the work that AquaBioTech Group, along with…
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8th PROFIUS project meeting

On February 1st the consortium met in an online project meeting to present and discuss the progress. This was the 8th consortium meeting, less than one year from the end of the project, closing at the end of September 2024. Important results were presented by different partners. Prof. Lisbeth Truelstrup Hansen (DTU) presented the results…
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Successful PROFIUS project meeting in Iceland

From 5-6 October 2023 the PROFIUS partners were united in Iceland for project meeting. Even though it was the end of the 2nd year of the project, it was the first time the partners were united at a physical meeting. The meeting was arranged as a hybrid meeting, so apart from the 10 people who…
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PROFIUS at Aquaculture Europe 2023 Vienna

Poster about PROFIUS selected for oral presentation at Aquaculture Europe 2023  A poster about the work done by AquaBioTech Group, in Malta, as part of PROFIUS, was submitted to Aquaculture Europe 2023, a conference that took place in Vienna (Austria) from September 18th to 22nd. The title of the poster was “Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus…
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Fourth edition of Science in the Citadel

AquaBioTech staff presented PROFIUS at the fourth edition of Science in the Citadel on the charming island of Gozo. The educational event, sponsored by the Cultural Heritage Directorate within the Ministry for Gozo, took place on May 14th. The event aims to promote education and public involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  Many…
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2nd International Meeting on Knowledge and the Blue Economy

InnovAzul is the meeting point for professionals from the Blue Economy sectors to promote innovation, knowledge transfer and the exchange of innovative technological solutions that increase the competitiveness of industry and society.  Following the participation of AquaBioTech Group from Malta, we had the opportunity to organise B2B meetings, establish strategic alliances and synergies, as well…
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Training with Partner DTU Denmark

AquaBioTech Group RDI Technician Jui-Che Chiang came back from a training on lipid extraction and oxidative status assessment organised by DTU – Technical University of Denmark – one of our partners in the Profius Project. With their international expertise and years of experience in similar projects, DTU was the perfect institution to provide the qualified…
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BlueBio Commercialization support e-coffee meeting on Zoom

26 BlueBio funded projects met to discuss opportunities for commercialisation support, as the first cohort of projects are entering their final year. This event was the fourth thematic “e-coffee” meeting organised by the BlueBio ERA-Net.  The objective of the meeting is to map the commercialization needs and interests in the projects funded by BlueBio and…
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Marine Life Fair event, Malta 

Reducing food loss and waste has a critical part to play in addressing nutrition security for a growing population within planetary boundaries. It is a topic being addressed by numerous initiatives at policy and private sector levels, with a view to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3 – however, seafood is rarely addressed.   This…
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