In the first One-Minute lecture, Rando Tuvikene discusses algae
The One-Minute lecture series is a new initiative of Tallinn University, which introduces TU research through short and entertaining video clips.
The One-Minute lecture series is a new initiative of Tallinn University, which introduces TU research through short and entertaining video clips.
鈥淭he best known and available form of algae are sushi nori leaves, both green and brown. The green colour appears on algae leaves as an interaction between different pigmentations. Sometimes there is no chlorophyll in algae and then this algae appears red to us,鈥 states Rando Tuvikene, a Senior Research Fellow at the TU Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
Rando Tuvikene spent two years of his doctoral studies in Japan, at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology studying the chemical composition of Pacific red algae species.
Algae have been studied at the TU Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences since 1999. The purpose is to determine the types of structures that cause biological activity in certain species of algae. The interrelationship between the structure and the characteristics of algal polysaccharides is also being studied to help develop new firming agents and thickeners with industrial value and importance.