Download Bruno Berheide is BSc in Oceanography. University of Las Palmas

Bruno Berheide is BSc in Oceanography. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria- ULPGC
(Spain)
Master on internationalization of SMEs
Master in Environmental Pollution Analysis and several courses focused on project
management as well as on scientific dissemination.
He has been working in scientific projects and international bioprospections in countries
belonging to the Africa continent, as Kenya, Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tomé &
Principe, Cape Verde, Mozambique and other countries.
As a Project Managing Director in an SME he also coordinated collaborations with different
scientific institutions and CSIC as well as private companies managing international R&D
projects
Nowadays he manages the Spanish Bank of Algae, a service of the Marine Biotechnology
Center and also is technical adviser and Business developer for the National Program of
Biotechnology of the Ministry of Science & Technology of Mozambique.
The Spanish Bank of Algae (BEA-Banco Español de Algas) is a service of the Marine
Biotechnology Center (CBM-Centro de Biotecnología Marina) of the University of Las Palmas
de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), which objectives are the isolation, identification, characterization,
conservation and provisioning of microalgae and cyanobacteria.
In addition to these functions, standard in any collection of microorganisms, the CBMBEA/ULPGC aspires to function as a service facilitating the development of a new
bioindustrial sector based on the cultivation and application of microalgae.
BEA is member of the European Culture Collection Organization (ECCO) since 2001 and of
the World Federation of Culture Collection (WFCC) since 2003. BEA is listed in the World
Data Centre for Microorganisms (WFCC-MIRCEN) under the registration number 837.
The BEA is Accredited as an International Authority for the Deposit of Micro-organisms in
accordance with the Treaty of Budapest by the WIPO. This accreditation confers on the BEA
the deposit of algae for the purposes of recognition of industrial property before the World
Intellectual Property Office and the Spanish Patents and Brands Office.
BEA holds strains from tropical and subtropical areas, in particular of the MACARONESIAN Region.