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© 2019 The Authors CyanoFactory, Design, construction and demonstration of solar biofuel production using novel (photo)synthetic cell factories, was an R&D project developed in response to the European Commission FP7-ENERGY-2012-1 call “Future Emerging Technologies” and the need for significant advances in both new science and technologies to convert solar energy into a fuel. CyanoFactory was an example of “purpose driven” research and development with identified scientific goals and creation of new technologies. The present overview highlights significant outcomes of the project, three years after its successful completion. The scientific progress of CyanoFactory involved: (i) development of a ToolBox for cyanobacterial synthetic biology; (ii) construction of DataWarehouse/Bioinformatics web-based capacities and functions; (iii) improvement of chassis growth, functionality and robustness; (iv) introduction of custom designed genetic constructs into cyanobacteria, (v) improvement of photosynthetic efficiency towards hydrogen production; (vi) biosafety mechanisms; (vii) analyses of the designed cyanobacterial cells to identify bottlenecks with suggestions on further improvements; (viii) metabolic modelling of engineered cells; (ix) development of an efficient laboratory scale photobioreactor unit; and (x) the assembly and experimental performance assessment of a larger (1350 L) outdoor flat panel photobioreactor system during two seasons. CyanoFactory - Custom design and purpose construction of microbial cells for the production of desired products using synthetic biology – aimed to go beyond conventional paths to pursue innovative and high impact goals. CyanoFactory brought together ten leading European partners (universities, research organizations and enterprises) with a common goal – to develop the future technologies in Synthetic biology and Advanced photobioreactors.
Author(s): Lindblad P, Fuente D, Borbe F, Cicchi B, Conejero JA, Couto N, Celesnik H, Diano MM, Dolinar M, Esposito S, Evans C, Ferreira EA, Keller J, Khanna N, Kind G, Landels A, Lemus L, Noirel J, Ocklenburg S, Oliveira P, Pacheco CC, Parker JL, Pereira J, Pham TK, Pinto F, Rexroth S, Rogner M, Schmitz H-J, Benavides AMS, Siurana M, Tamagnini P, Touloupakis E, Torzillo G, Urchueguia JF, Wegelius A, Wiegand K, Wright PC, Wutschel M, Wunschiers R
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Algal Research
Year: 2019
Volume: 41
Print publication date: 01/08/2019
Online publication date: 20/05/2019
Acceptance date: 22/04/2019
ISSN (print): 2211-9264
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101510
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101510
