Team

Project promoter.
Necton SA is the oldest company in Europe dedicated to the production and commercialization of microalgae. The company has a unique and distinctive experience in cultivation of more than 30 microalgae species.

Necton is committed to provide top quality and sustainable products for aquaculture, cosmetics, aquaria, food and feed with PHYTOBLOOM® brand since 1997. Necton activities have been blended with a continuous Research and Development throughout the years towards Innovation. Currently, Necton is targeting the development of novel microalgae products for zebrafish husbandry and aquaculture sector.

Its history, experience and collaborations raised Necton to the status of one of the leading European companies in Microalgae Biotechnology. Necton strategic objectives target specialized product development developed with carbon neutral activities based on circular economy concept towards sustainable and specialized products.

Website:

- http://www.phytobloom.com/

Contacts:

Phone: (+351) 289 703 474

Email: info@phytobloom.pt

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Our Professional Team Members

João Navalho

R&D Coordinator

Patrícia Diogo

Project manager R&D officer

Alexandre Rodrigues

R&D Officer

Inês Póvoa

Microalgae Production Manager

Victória del Pino

Microalgae Business manager

Teresa Lamela

Quality department manager

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Contacts:

Phone: +351 289 800 100 /
+351 289 800 900

Email: fct@ualg.pt

Website:

https://fct.ualg.pt/

University of Algarve (UALG) is a higher education institution with about 7,750 students. The institution is focused on teaching and research on Life Sciences / Technology / Health, Administration and Economics, Earth and Sea Sciences and Social Sciences areas. In UALG there are Research and Development Centers in the areas of Marine Sciences, Biomedicine, Electronics, Chemistry, Arts and Communication and Social Sciences. With regard to marine sciences, UALG has a center dedicated to the study of the sea and marine organisms, the Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR), to which the researchers participating in the project are part of. The center has been classified as Excellent in the last evaluation carried out by FCT.
In 2015, UALG had a team of 768 faculty members permanently linked to the institution and researchers involved in 90 R&D projects. Fostered by international interpersonal and institutional networks and by projects developed in cooperation with other universities, UALG intends to update curriculum content and promote innovation, considering these synergies as an opportunity, not only to contribute to its development academic research, but also to promote innovation, increase the incubation of research projects in order to achieve the ultimate goal of higher education institutions: accumulate academic knowledge and demonstrate your excellence in investigation. Finally, the role played by UALG in creating technology-based companies, made up of researchers and master’s students and PhD, who value the results of their research in the market.