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PubMed: 36412269 DOI: 10.1242/bio.059561

Euglena International Network (EIN): Driving euglenoid biotechnology for the benefit of a challenged world.

Biol Open 11(11)

Authors: ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer, Ross S Low, Ellis Charles O'Neill, Ishuo Huang, Antonio DeSimone, Scott C Farrow, Robert A Field, Michael L Ginger, Sergio Adrián Guerrero, Michael Hammond, Vladimír Hampl, Geoff Horst, Takahiro Ishikawa, Anna Karnkowska, Eric W Linton, Peter Myler, Masami Nakazawa, Pierre Cardol, Rosina Sánchez-Thomas, Barry J Saville, Mahfuzur R Shah, Alastair G B Simpson, Aakash Sur, Kengo Suzuki, Kevin M Tyler, Paul V Zimba, Neil Hall, Mark C Field

Affiliations

  • European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.
  • Organisms and Ecosystems, Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UZ, UK.
  • School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
  • Office of Regulatory Science, United States Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
  • The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa 56127, Italy.
  • Discovery Biology, Noblegen Inc. Peterborough, Ontario K9L 1Z8, Canada.
  • Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario K9L 0G2, Canada.
  • Department of Chemistry and Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
  • School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.
  • Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral. CCT CONICET Santa Fe, Santa Fe 3000, Argentina.
  • Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice 370 05, Czech Republic.
  • Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, BIOCEV, Vestec 25250, Czech Republic.
  • Kemin Industries, Research and Development, Plymouth, MI 48170, USA.
  • Institute of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Academic Assembly, Shimane University, Matsue 690-8504, Japan.
  • Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-089, Poland.
  • Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA.
  • Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute and Department of Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, University of Washington, WA 98109, USA.
  • Department of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Osaka Metropolitan University, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
  • Department of Life Sciences, Institut de Botanique, Université de Liège, Liège 4000, Belgium.
  • Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ignacio Chávez, Mexico 14080, Mexico.
  • Forensic Science, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough K9L 0G2, Canada.
  • Department of Biology and Institute for Comparative Genomics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada.
  • R&D Company, Euglena Co. Ltd. 2F Yokohama Bio Industry Center (YBIC), 1-6 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan.
  • Biomedical Research Centre, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
  • Center of Excellence for Bionanoscience Research, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • PVZimba, LLC, 12241 Percival St, Chester, VA 23831, USA.
  • Rice Rivers Center, VA Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
  • School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, UK.
  • School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.

Abstract

Euglenoids (Euglenida) are unicellular flagellates possessing exceptionally wide geographical and ecological distribution. Euglenoids combine a biotechnological potential with a unique position in the eukaryotic tree of life. In large part these microbes owe this success to diverse genetics including secondary endosymbiosis and likely additional sources of genes. Multiple euglenoid species have translational applications and show great promise in production of biofuels, nutraceuticals, bioremediation, cancer treatments and more exotically as robotics design simulators. An absence of reference genomes currently limits these applications, including development of efficient tools for identification of critical factors in regulation, growth or optimization of metabolic pathways. The Euglena International Network (EIN) seeks to provide a forum to overcome these challenges. EIN has agreed specific goals, mobilized scientists, established a clear roadmap (Grand Challenges), connected academic and industry stakeholders and is currently formulating policy and partnership principles to propel these efforts in a coordinated and efficient manner.

MeSH

Biotechnology

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