On 19-21 November 2012 the twenty partners involved in an EU funded research
programme held their kick-off meeting in Wageningen, The Netherlands. Led by
Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, the 4-year project has the goal to
develop a new biobased industrial platform using microalgae as raw material for the
sustainable production and recovery of hydrocarbons and (exo)polysaccharides from
algae and their further conversion to renewable polymers. SPLASH will deliver
knowledge, tools and technologies needed for the establishment of a new industry
sector: Industrial Biotechnology based on algae and/or algal genes for the
manufacture of polyesters and polyolefins.