PART 1 - FUNDAMENTALS 1. Microalgae biotechnology: A brief introduction 2. Morphophysiological, structural and metabolic aspects of microalgae 3. Microalgae culture collections, strain maintenance, and propagation 4. Synthetic biology applied to microalgae-based processes and products
PART 2 - MICROALGAE-BASED PROCESSES 5. Photobioreactor design 6. Microalgae production systems 7. Wastewater treatment based in microalgae 8. Carbon dioxide capture and utilization using microalgae 9. Dewatering and drying of algal cultures 10. Microalgae harvesting techniques 11. Extraction of biomolecules from microalgae
PART 3 - MICROALGAE-BASED PRODUCTS 12. Biogas from microalgae 13. Biodiesel from microalgae 14. Bioethanol production from microalgae 15. Biohydrogen from microalgae 16. Microalgae single cell oil 17. Microalgal bio-fertilizers 18. Pigments from microalgae 19. Nutritional quality and bioactive properties of proteins and peptides from microalgae 20. Bioactive polysaccharides from microalgae 21. Sterols from microalgae 22. "Bioplastics from microalgae"-Polyhydroxyalkanoate production by cyanobacteria 23. UV-screening from microalgae 24. Volatile organic compounds from microalgae 25. Microalgae as enzyme biofactories
PART 4 - ENGINEERING APPROACHES APPLIED TO MICROALGAL PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS 26. Process integration applied to microalgae-based systems 27. Process intensification applied to microalgae-based processes and products 28. Microalgal biorefineries 29. The bioeconomy of microalgae-based processes and products 30. Life cycle assessment of microalgae-based processes and products 31. Exergy analysis applied to microalgae-based processes and products 32. Scale-up of microalgae-based processes