Novel microalgal cultivation systems for combined economic and environmental benefits

近年来，许多蛋白质产物已在各种基因工程生物中成功表达，并被测试用作新的、更有效或更安全的药物、更具选择性和活性的酶以及健康食品。需要生物科学家和工程师的共同努力，才能以所需的速度廉价、容易地生产出功能齐全的蛋白质。根据这一提议，需要提供资金开展一整套任务，开发技术，利用基因工程藻类、二氧化碳和/或其他廉价碳源、光照和其他简单介质，在完全受控的光生物反应器中，以无害环境和具有成本效益的方式生产重组蛋白质产品。这项研究的直接成果预计将为加拿大带来经济和环境效益。

In recent years, many protein products have been successfully expressed in various genetically engineered organisms and tested for use as new, more potent or safer drugs, more selective and active enzymes, and health foods. Joint efforts from bio-scientists and engineers are needed to produce these proteins at desired rates inexpensively, easily and in a fully functional form. Under this proposal, funds are requested for conducting a complete set of tasks to develop technologies for the environmentally friendly and cost-efficient production of recombinant protein products, using genetically-engineered algae, carbon dioxide and/or other inexpensive carbon sources, light illumination, and other simple media in fully controlled photo-bioreactors. The direct outcome of this research is expected to bring both economic and environmental benefits to Canada.