Microalgae in Health and Disease Prevention

Dr. Ira A. Levine, PhD is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Maine and the CEO of the Algae Foundation. He has previously been awarded a 2009–2010 US State Department, Fulbright New Century Scholar and the 2016–2017 Fulbright Distinguished Chair Fellowship. He combines 40 years of applied and basic research in the physiological ecology and cultivation of algae, aquatic and farming management. His farming experience includes open-ocean and pond cultivation in Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and the United States. As the CEO of the Algae Foundation, he is currently focused on algal-based workforce development, education, and training in the United States and 100 other countries. Dr. Joël Fleurence, PhD, is a Professor of Marine Biology and Biochemistry at Nantes University in the ISOMER laboratory. In 1985, he began his research career in the pharmaceutical industry at the French Company Roussel-Uclaf. In 1990, he was recruited by the Institute of Valorization of Seaweeds to lead research about the chemical composition and nutritional properties of macro-algae. He contributed to French regulation on marine algae used as sea vegetables. His research mainly focuses on the use of seaweed proteins in human nutrition.

• 1. Algae: A Way of Life and Health 2. Society and Microalgae: Understanding the Past and Present 3. Biology of Microalgae 4. Microalgal Systematics 5. Lipids from Microalgae 6. Carbohydrate Diversity in Microalgae: A Phylogenetically Arranged Presentation 8. Minerals and Trace Elements in Microalgae 9. Microalgae in Medicine and Human Health: A Historical Perspective 10. Microalgae in Human Health: Interest as a Functional Food 11. Microalgae and Alcohol 12. Anticancer, Antiviral, Antibacterial, and Antifungal Properties in Microalgae 13. Microalgae and Toxins 14. Antiallergic and Allergic Properties 15. Microalgal Application in Cosmetics16. Psychoactive Properties of Microalgae