The Irish Plant Science Association Meeting (IPSAM) organized by the University of Galway on 16th and 17th of June 2025. MSCA DN SEACHEM researchers Vanessa Nardini and Julie Grivotte each gave a talk to present the results of their 2 years of research to their peers: The effect of different growing conditions on Ulva ecophysiology and biochemical composition to optimise its cultivation. (Vanessa Nardini) How to increase carbohydrate content in seaweeds? Case study of sea lettuce and winged kelp. (Julie Grivotte)

Congratulations to MSCA DN SEACHEM Julie Grivotte for taking part in “Ma thèse en 180 secondes”… and for receiving the Jury’s 3rd prize! This national competition, that took place on Friday, May 30 at the University of Galway (Ireland), brought together 15 PhD students from all over Ireland. In this challenge, participants must use creativity and scientific rigor to present their research project to a non-scientific public in less than 3 minutes… all in French! This event was organized by the Embassy of France in Ireland with its partners, the Irish Universities Association and the Association for Franco-Irish Studies.

 On the 15th of October, some of MSCA DN SEACHEM‘s Doctoral Candidates will be presenting their work at the Sea Tech Week 2024. Four DCs will organize a workshop titled, “𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬” including 4 presentations: Usman Ali – KU Leuven: 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑥 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 Mohammad Hassanzadeh – French Corrosion Institute: 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠: 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑠 Caya de Leeuw van Weenen – French Corrosion Institute: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 Hussein Ahmad Qulatein – Bantry Marine Research Station – 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖-𝑇𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚: 𝐴 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 Also, expect poster presentations covering all the different topics within SeaChem from seaweed growth to design and assessment of aquaculture structures to extraction of valuable compounds from seaweed. We hope to

The 8th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology took place in Porto between 16 and 21 June 2024. MSCA DN SEACHEM researchers Vanessa Nardini and Hussein Ahmad Qulatein presented two posters on the results of their first year of PhD: “Composition and Morphometric Variations of Kelp Co-Cultivated with Atlantic Salmon in an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture System in Ireland” (Hussein) “The effect of abiotic factors (temperature, salinity) on physiology and chemical composition of the high-shore seaweed Ulva intestinalis (Chlorophyta)” (Vanessa)  

The ten SEACHEM doctoral candidates Usman Ali, Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Mihret Tegegn, Caya de Leeuw van Weenen, Vanessa Nardini, Julie Grivotte, Roberto García Perán, Carlotta Minardi, Hussein Ahmad Qulatein, and Maxime Ekoule, met for the first time in occasion of the first SeaChem Network-Wide Training Event, which took place in Leuven, 13 – 17 November 2023. As an icebreaker, they participated to the insightful workshop on diversity and inclusive communication led by Dr. Edwin Hoffman. Special thanks to our SeaChem project colleagues Raf Dewil, Lise Appels, Nick Sweygers, Sofie Van Den Hende, Erik-jan Malta, and Geert Potters for the great talks and workshops organised during the week!