Biofuels; Bioremediation; Biotechnology; Euglena; Food supplements; Networks; Symbiosis; Euglena/physiology; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all); General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Abstract :
[en] Euglenoids (Euglenida) are unicellular flagellates possessing exceptionally wide geographical and ecological distribution. Euglenoids combine a biotechnological potential with a unique position in the eukaryotic tree of life. In large part these microbes owe this success to diverse genetics including secondary endosymbiosis and likely additional sources of genes. Multiple euglenoid species have translational applications and show great promise in production of biofuels, nutraceuticals, bioremediation, cancer treatments and more exotically as robotics design simulators. An absence of reference genomes currently limits these applications, including development of efficient tools for identification of critical factors in regulation, growth or optimization of metabolic pathways. The Euglena International Network (EIN) seeks to provide a forum to overcome these challenges. EIN has agreed specific goals, mobilized scientists, established a clear roadmap (Grand Challenges), connected academic and industry stakeholders and is currently formulating policy and partnership principles to propel these efforts in a coordinated and efficient manner.
Disciplines :
Biotechnology
Author, co-author :
Ebenezer, ThankGod Echezona ; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
Low, Ross S ; Organisms and Ecosystems, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UZ, UK
O'Neill, Ellis Charles ; School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Huang, Ishuo ; Office of Regulatory Science, United States Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, College Park, MD 20740, USA
DeSimone, Antonio ; The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa 56127, Italy
Farrow, Scott C ; Discovery Biology, Noblegen Inc., Peterborough, Ontario K9L 1Z8, Canada ; Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario K9L 0G2, Canada
Field, Robert A ; Department of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, UK
Ginger, Michael L ; School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
Guerrero, Sergio Adrián ; Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral. CCT CONICET Santa Fe, Santa Fe 3000, Argentina
Hammond, Michael ; Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice 370 05, Czech Republic
Hampl, Vladimír ; Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, BIOCEV, Vestec 25250, Czech Republic
Horst, Geoff ; Kemin Industries, Research and Development, Plymouth, MI 48170, USA
Ishikawa, Takahiro ; Institute of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Academic Assembly, Shimane University, Matsue 690-8504, Japan
Karnkowska, Anna ; Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-089, Poland
Linton, Eric W ; Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
Myler, Peter ; Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute and Department of Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, University of Washington, WA 98109, USA
Nakazawa, Masami ; Department of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan
Cardol, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Génétique et physiologie des microalgues
Sánchez-Thomas, Rosina ; Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ignacio Chávez, Mexico 14080, Mexico
Saville, Barry J ; Forensic Science, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough K9L 0G2, Canada
Simpson, Alastair G B ; Department of Biology and Institute for Comparative Genomics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
Sur, Aakash ; Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute and Department of Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, University of Washington, WA 98109, USA
Suzuki, Kengo; R&D Company, Euglena Co., Ltd., 2F Yokohama Bio Industry Center (YBIC), 1-6 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
Tyler, Kevin M ; Biomedical Research Centre, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK ; Center of Excellence for Bionanoscience Research, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Zimba, Paul V ; PVZimba, LLC, 12241 Percival St, Chester, VA 23831, USA ; Rice Rivers Center, VA Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
Hall, Neil ; Organisms and Ecosystems, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UZ, UK ; School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, UK
Field, Mark C ; Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice 370 05, Czech Republic ; School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
