Dr. Ronan Sulpice

Dr. Ronan Sulpice

Dr. Ronan Sulpice is a Lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences at NUI Galway (Ireland) since 2012. He obtained his PhD (Plant Biology) from the University of Rennes (France) in 2000. This was followed by Researcher positions at the National Institute for Basic Biology (Japan), the Technical University of Munich (Germany), and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (Germany). Dr Sulpice interests have focused at elucidating in photosynthetic organisms the cross talk between primary metabolism and growth, with special emphasis at how environmental cues modulate them. Recently, his lab has been investigating genetic variation among and within Ulva species. This information is currently being combined with large scale assessments of growth rates and biochemical content of 100s of Ulva strains, aiming at identifying the genes and pathways underlying variations in those traits, with the aim at developing state of the art tools for seaweed breeding programmes.

ronan.sulpice@nuigalway.ie

COST ACTION CA20106

The main aim of the COST Action is to make a step-change towards a green economy based on Ulva mass production and utilization within the European community and beyond. The ultimate goal is the development of Ulva-based blue-biotech industries and utilization of Ulva as a model organism in European algaculture. The Ulva COST Action will facilitate acquainting the traditional European diet and taste with Ulva, as a new, sustainable, and safe food item. The Action will profit from the world-renowned quality standard of European food production and from the nutritional value of Ulva toward using this alga in European human diet and animal nutrition.

SeaWheat

ULVA: TOMORROW’S “WHEAT OF THE SEA”, A MODEL FOR AN INNOVATIVE MARICULTURE

COST ACTION CA20106