Dr. Fabian Abiusi
Dr. Fabian Abiusi
Staff of Professorship for Sustainable Food Processing
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Single cell technology is key in an urbanizing world where we need to utilize our natural resources wisely to avoid further environmental deterioration. Among single cell organisms, microalgae are the most promising novel food source due to their nutritional merits, but high production costs have restricted their use to high value products. A powerful strategy to decrease microalgae production costs is using mixotrophic cultivation, where light and carbon source are utilized simultaneously, and biomass productivity is greatly increased.
In his ETH Zürich post-doctoral fellowship, Dr Abiusi will develop an innovative mixotrophic bioprocess to convert industrial food side-streams into high-quality microalgal biomass rich in protein. Protein bioaccessibility of the produced biomass will be determined by an in vitro digestion model. Several cell disruption techniques will be tested to increase algae bioaccessibility.
Publications:
Abiusi F., Trompetter E., Pollio A., Wijffels R.H.; Janssen M. Acid Tolerant and Acidophilic Microalgae: An Underexplored World of Biotechnological Opportunities. Front. Microbiol., 2022
Zanolla V., Biondi N., Niccolai A., Abiusi F., Adessi A., Rodolfi L., Tredici R.M. Protein, phycocyanin, and polysaccharide production by Arthrospira platensis grown with LED light in annular photobioreactors. J. Appl. Phycol., 2022
Abiusi F., Fernández P.M., Canziani S., Janssen M., Wijffels R.H., Barbosa M. Mixotrophic cultivation of Galdieria sulphuraria for C-phycocyanin and protein production. Alg. Res, 2022.
Abiusi F., Trompetter E., Hoenink H., Wijffels R.H.; Janssen M. Autotrophic and mixotrophic biomass production of the acidophilic Galdieria sulphuraria ACUF 64. Alg. Res 2021
Abiusi F., Wijffels R.H. , Janssen M. Doubling of Microalgae Productivity by Oxygen Balanced Mixotrophy. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020
Abiusi F., Wijffels R.H. , Janssen M. Oxygen Balanced Mixotrophy under Day-Night Cycles. ACS Sustainable chemistry & Engineering, 2020
Nagy, B. J.; Makó, M.; Erdélyi, I.; Ramirez, A.; Moncada, J.; Gursel, I. V.; Ruiz-Martínez, A.; Seco, A.; Ferrer, J.; Abiusi, F.; Reith, H.; Broek, L. A. M. van den; Seira, J.; Garcia-Bernet, D.; Steyer, J.-P.; Gyalai-Korpos, M. MAB2.0 Project: Integrating Algae Production into Wastewater Treatment. EuroBiotech J., 2018
Abiusi F., Sampietro G., Marturano G., Biondi N., Rodolfi L., D’Ottavio M., Tredici M. R. Growth, Photosynthetic Efficiency, and Biochemical Composition of Tetraselmis Suecica F&M-M33 Grown with LEDs of Different Colors. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2014