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Dmitry Kechasov
Dmitry
Dmitry Kechasov


Algae plate
Plate with microalgae


Dmitry_Tromso
Invited presentation at the PlantBio conference in Tromsø (Norway), November 2013


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Programming and
phylogenetic analyses
Position PhD student
Nationality Russian
PhD project
Microalgae 2021
 MicroAlgae 2021: Development of omega-3 fatty acid overproducing microalgae
Microalgae have an enormous potential use in diverse commercial and industrial applications such as the carbon neutral synthesis of fuels, pharmaceuticals, high-value nutritional food and feed, and materials relevant to nanotechnology. Yet, their commercialization remains unexplored due to insufficient technology development, primarily in biological technology. Even though internationally leading in physiology and ecological research, Norway has remained underdeveloped in molecular microalgae research. In this project, we will establish a fundamental biotechnological toolbox for microalgae R&D in Norway for selected production strains of omega-3 fatty acids and the methodology of technology-assisted breeding (non-GM approach) by forward genetic screens. The newly developed molecular biotechnology for microalgae will be applied to increase omega-3 fatty acid content and growth rate of the microalgal strains. The commercial partners will test and optimize strain and culturing robustness in commercial large-scale production (MicroA, a PBR design and microalgae production company) and as fish feed additives. Commercialization of microalgae will be achieved by a strong inter-disciplinary, national research consortium between academia (UiS/CORE), an SME (MicroA) and a large fish feed producer (EWOS Innovation). The ideal neighboring location of the three partners in the Stavanger region allows tight collaboration, exchange of preliminary data and R&D optimization from the bench to fish feed trials by feed-forward and feed-back optimization.
Funding Research Council of Norway, BIOTEK2021/BIONÆR Programme
Publications (in progress)
Education
2011-2013
 Master’s degree in Biological Chemistry (University of Stavanger, Norway), Thesis title: “Biochemical and molecular analysis of LC-PUFA biosynthesis in the 
microalgae Nannochloropsis”; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Reumann
2006-2010
 Bachelor in Biology (N.I. Lobachevsky State University - National Research University
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
     
Research interests Metabolism, protein import and evolution of peroxisomes, biosynthesis of ω-3 fatty acids in micoalgae and their use in biotechnology; genomics, plant physiology
Research expertise Bioinformatics, microscopy, HPLC, molecular biology
Contact Dmitry Kechasov
Centre for Organelle Research (CORE)
University of Stavanger
Richard Johnsonsgate 4
N-4021 Stavanger, Norway
Phone: 51 83 18 71 (Office), +47-51 83 18 17 (Laboratory)
Email: dmitry.kechasov[at]uis.no
Homepage: http://core.uis.no; www.ux.uis.no/reumann