Dr Marie E Magnusson

Senior Research Fellow

Qualifications: MSc (2004, Gothenburg University, Sweden) PhD (2009,James Cook University, Australia)

Personal Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3141-8544

About Marie

I am a biologist with a strong applied research focus and experience in the fields of applied algal biology and cultivation, biochemistry, and product development for food, feed, and human and animal health applications. As Program Leader for the Entrepreneurial Universities Macroalgal Biotechnology Programme, I lead a team focussing on the development of a sustainable seaweed aquaculture industry in NZ, the cultivation of freshwater and marine macroalgae for bioremediation of nutrient rich waste waters, and the development of novel bioproducts from the resulting biomass. Specific research interests are algal product development for food, feed, and human and animal health applications in circular bioeconomy models, and the use of seaweed for enteric methane mitigation in ruminants.

We have two vacancies for Technical Officers in our research group, position 400158 to assist with chemistry and laboratory tasks, and position 400159 to assist with cultivation of macroalgae. The applications close on July 20.

Research Supervised

Available projects:

Current students

Sulfated polysaccharides (ulvan) from Ulva ohnoi (Chlorophyta): Identifying parameters for structure-­activity relationships (PhD, external)

Anti-methanogenic properties of NZ seaweed (MSc)

Nutrient dynamics, growth and bioremediation performance in the freshwater macroalga Oedogonium  (MSc)

Research Interests

Patents

International Patent Application: PCT/AU2019/051335; ”Novel composition” Inventors: Magnusson, Marie Elisabeth, De Nys, Peter Canisius, relating to novel processing options for the seaweed Asparagopsis spp. for retention of bromoform

Publication Number: AU2015208661 (AusPat, WIPO). ”Method For Reducing Total Gas Production And/or Methane Production In A Ruminant Animal”. Inventors: De Nys, Peter Canisius; Kinley, Robert Douglas; Machado, Lorenna; Magnusson, Marie Elisabeth; Paul, Nicholas Andrew; Tomkins, Nigel William

Publication Number: AU2016/050689, “Growth performance improvements in pasture and feedlot systems” Inventors: De Nys, Peter Canisius; Kinley, Robert Douglas; Machado, Lorenna; Magnusson, Marie Elisabeth; Paul, Nicholas Andrew; Tomkins, Nigel William

Publication Number: WO2018/018062, “Growth performance improvements in pasture and feedlot systems” Inventors: Tomkins, Nigel William; De Nys, Rocky; Kinley, Robert Douglas; Paul, Nicholas Andrew; Magnusson, Marie Elisabeth; Machado, Lorenna

Recent Publications

J.T. Kidgell, C.R.K. Glasson, M. Magnusson, G. Vamvounis, I.M. Sims, S.M. Carnachan, S.F.R. Hinkley, A.L. Lopata, R. de Nys, A.C. Taki, The molecular weight of ulvan affects the in vitro inflammatory response of a murine macrophage, Int. J.Biol. Macromol., 150 (2020) 839-848.

R.D. Kinley, G. Martinez-Fernandez, M.K. Matthews, R. de Nys, M. Magnusson, N.W. Tomkins, Mitigating the carbon footprint and improving productivity of ruminant livestock agriculture using a red seaweed, Journal of Cleaner Production, (2020) 120836.

C.R.K. Glasson, L. Donnet, A. Angell, M.J. Vucko, A.J. Lorbeer, G. Vamvounis, R. de Nys, M. Magnusson, Multiple response optimisation of the aqueous extraction of high quality ulvan from Ulva ohnoi, Bioresource Technology Reports, 7 (2019) 100262

M. Magnusson, C.R.K. Glasson, M.J. Vucko, A. Angell, T.L. Neoh, R. de Nys, Enrichment processes for the production of high-protein feed from the green seaweed Ulva ohnoi, Algal Res., 2019:41 - 101555

J.T. Kidgell, M. Magnusson, R. de Nys, C.R.K. Glasson, Ulvan: A systematic review of extraction, composition and function, Algal Res., 2019:39 - 101422

For a complete list of publications, please see my Orcid or Scopus profile

Keywords

Biotechnology; Environmental Science and Technology; Science

seaweed, macroalgae, algal biomass and bioproducts

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