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Description
FishValue bilateral initiative aims to build a network between elements from 3B´s Research Group (University of Minho, Portugal), institutions and companies from Iceland (University of Iceland Biomedical Center, Matis, Iceland Ocean Cluster, Codland and Kerecis). This network will enhance research-based knowledge and technological development in the valorization of the fish skins by-products from processing companies, envisaging the health sector namely for the fabrication of marine biomaterials.
The sharing of this expertise with UMinho-3B''s is important to accelerate knowledge development
Summary of the results
This initiative, go to October 2021 untill June 2022, allowed to share experiences between the two countries, on the valorization of marine biological resources and fish by-products and associated development of industrial applications, with emphasis on biomedicine. An online meeting on the 28th of Feb. between the coordination and partner members to establish common goals and purposes of the project and as a result a mission to Iceland took place between 5th to 8th of April. In Iceland, 3B´s members visited partner’s facilities and shared their research on marine biomaterials and biomedical applications from fish by-products and marine organisms and partners showed the Value Creation in the Icelandic Fisheries Sector, particularly the use of codfish by-products for applications on the biomedical, cosmetic and nutraceutical sectors, where possibilities of collaboration between both countries began to emerge.
After a mission to Iceland, the 3B´s Research Group organized the workshop “Blue Biotechnology: ...”, in Guimarães in the 24th of May 2022, with more than 100 people attending, receiving researchers and students mostly from North of Spain, Portugal and Iceland.
This collaboration will continue with the production of a review paper focusing on the use of fish collagen and derivatives for skin care and regeneration, being another step to explore synergies and work possibilities between both countries in the valorization
of fish by-products and marine biological resources.