From Oct. 13 to 17, Dr. Giovanni Antonio Lutzu, Lab Manager of Tere Group, was a visiting researcher at the School of Biochemical Engineering (EIB) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso. Dr. Lutzu, accompanied by Dr. Robinson Soto-Ramirez, had meetings with professors and researchers from the EIB, Núcleo de Biotecnología de Curauma (NBC) and Escuela De Ingegneria en Medioambiente of Valparaiso University. The visit was an opportunity for Tere Group to strengthen existing research relationships with Valparaiso University and to create new collaborative synergies with academic and industrial partners in Chile.
On Oct. 16, Dr. Lutzu took part in the international seminar “Pequenas Celulas, Grandes Soluciones: Microalgas para un Mundo Sustenible,” which was held in the lecture hall of the Faculty of Engineering at Valparaiso University(PUVC). During the presentation, titled “Industrial applications of microalgae/cyanobacteria for the production of microplastics, food supplements and biofertlizers,” Dr. Lutzu gave an overview of the range of industrial applications of Spirulina with a special focus on the activities carried out by the Tere Group in this area.
