Chosun University Marine Healthcare Efficacy Validation Center Accelerates Globalization

Chosun University is actively working to globalize the research outcomes of domestic seaweed studies.

Chosun University held joint symposiums with a Danish research team in December 2022 and March 2023, and in January 2024, it shared research results through a standing discussion with the U.S. Department of Energy (ARPA-E) team. Additionally, on the 4th, through a collaboration seminar with a fisheries investment platform, both institutions promised to jointly hold webinars, knowledge sharing sessions, and international forums until 2025, thereby establishing a foundation for fostering marine bio industries in developing countries and cooperating to increase the added value of seaweed.

According to Chosun University on the 6th, the Marine Healthcare Efficacy Demonstration Center and the Marine Biology Research and Education Center at Chosun University plan to collaborate with the fisheries investment platform (AquaInvest Platform, team leader Christopher Ian Brett), which is led by the World Bank Group, an organization that provides financial support and policy advisory activities to aid economic development in developing countries.

The fisheries investment platform offers knowledge exchange and support programs to primary industry workers in coastal areas of some African and Southeast Asian countries, aiming for self-sufficiency through profit generation by adding high value. It supports impoverished and vulnerable households, especially marginalized groups such as women and youth.

Chosun University’s Marine Demonstration Center and Marine Education Center currently possess top-tier experimental equipment and research facilities in Korea, exploring the diversity of domestic seaweed to promote the industrialization of marine bio healthcare active materials (seaweed). Through demonstration research and development, they contribute to enhancing global competitiveness. Furthermore, they conduct research activities that significantly contribute to the development and expansion of a sustainable marine healthcare industry.

Moreover, a one-stop system for marine bio commercialization has been established, playing roles in developing standardized platforms through efficacy evaluation of seaweed-based functional materials, as well as supporting research, development, and commercialization of materials for food, pharmaceuticals (external), cosmetics, and more.

Chosun University plans to explore development directions through sharing information on capabilities, knowledge, and technical know-how related to domestic seaweed demonstration research and the high value-added products made from it, such as food, pharmaceuticals (external), and cosmetics.

Meanwhile, Chosun University’s Marine Demonstration Center was selected for the "Seaweed-based Biohealthcare Efficacy Material Demonstration Support Project," opening in 2023 with a national budget investment of 16 billion KRW. The Marine Education Center at Chosun University was established in 2007 to enhance competitiveness in the marine sector through industry-academia-research cooperation and to contribute to increasing fishermen’s income at regional and national levels.

Kim Chun-sung, President of Chosun University, said, "I have high expectations that this opportunity to share knowledge about domestic seaweed research conducted at the Marine Demonstration Center will help promote the excellence of seaweed globally." He added, "Furthermore, since this is a meaningful effort for the technological and economic development of developing countries, we will actively cooperate."

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