The MALGABIO project is part of the Macro-Algae Industry Development Program in Hauts-de-France, which is currently being implemented (Affaires Maritimes and SCOGAL). It consists of developing a sector that manages the sustainable cultivation of seaweed and its high value-added use in order to offer natural seaweed-based solutions for human, animal, and plant well-being. These products will be alternatives to petroleum-based products and raw materials. MALGABIO is therefore proposing to study new ways of exploiting macroalgae by extracting and identifying molecules of interest for their antimicrobial and biostimulant properties. The MALGABIO project is an exploratory step enabling the project to establish macroalgae cultivation on the coast to consider innovative and high value-added exploitation sectors.

The three partners in the consortium will contribute to this project in collaboration with SCOGAL, sharing the results with the consortium led by SCOGAL, which aims to experiment with the cultivation and use of macroalgae in the Hauts-de-France region.

Financing structure: A2U (Université d'Artois, ULCO, UPJV)