News & Highlights

Overview of LEGE-CC (New paper)

A new paper with an overview of the Blue Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology Culture Collection (LEGE-CC) was published, which include the release of the first version of the strain catalog: Ramos, V., Morais, J., Castelo-Branco, R. et al. (2018). Cyanobacterial diversity held in microbial biological resource centers as a biotechnological asset:…

LEGE-CC in the news

Cyanobacterial strains from the Blue Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology Culture Collection (LEGE-CC) will be screened as a source of bioactive compounds with effects on obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities in the CYANOBESITY project, new European CIIMAR project coordinated by Ralph Urbatzka. The project involves a funding of 1.3 million euros and five research groups…

Database from the LEGE Culture Collection

The database from the LEGE Culture Collection is being populated with information for each strain (including strain description, taxonomic-related data, origin, culture conditions, references and other relevant info). The collection comprises 386 cyanobacterial strains, several of them unique among the (phylogenetic) diversity of the group. Soon, it will be possible…

BioIberoamérica – Biotecnologia Integrando Continentes

Some LEGE Culture Collection (LEGE CC) team members participated in the congress BioIberoamérica – Biotecnologia Integrando Continentes, held in Salamanca, Spain, on 5 to 8 June, 2016. Vitor Vasconcelos presented the oral communication “Cyanobacteria secondary metabolites with biotechnological applications: toxins, drugs, cosmeceuticals and antifoulings”. Vitor Ramos also presented a communication…

NoMorFilm Project – LEGE CC strains

Blue Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology laboratory led by Vítor Vasconcelos, at CIIMAR, is one of the partners of the project NOMORFILM “Novel marine molecules against biofilm – Application to medical devices”, funded by Horizon 2020. In this project, cyanobacterial strains from LEGE Culture Collection (LEGE CC) are being used in order…