Bioactive Seaweeds for Food Applications

Dr. Yimin Qin is Director of the State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Seaweed Substances at Qingdao Brightmoon Seaweed Group, China. He is also a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Jiaxing University, China, where he is a teacher and researcher. He has more than thirty years of experience working on the research and development of alginate and chitosan-based fibrous materials. He obtained his PhD in Textile Sciences and Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK, in 1990, and subsequently spent three years at Heriot-Watt University, UK, as a post-doc researcher. Dr Qin was the Product Development Manager in Advanced Medical Solutions plc in Cheshire, UK, where he led a team of scientists and developed a number of high performance wound dressings from alginate, chitosan and other natural polymers. He then went to study for an MBA at Manchester Business School, UK, and after graduation, took up the position of Fibers Product Manager in SSL International plc, working on advanced antimicrobial biomaterials. Dr Qin’s main research interests focus on the extraction, modification and applications of alginate and other novel bioactive seaweed substances.

• 1. Seaweed bioresources2. Bioactive seaweed substances3. Seaweed derived polysaccharides4. Seaweed derived sulfated polysaccharides5. Seaweed derived carotenoids6. Omega-3 fatty acids from microalgae7. Seaweed derived oligosaccharides8. Seaweed derived enzymes9. Seaweed based marine functional foods10. Applications of bioactive seaweed substances in functional food products11. Phycolloids as functional food ingredients12. Phycolloids as food restructuring agents13. Phycolloids as food coating and encapsulation agents14. Antioxidant properties of seaweed derived substances15. Seaweed derived marine nutraceuticals16. Fucoidan and immunity enhancement17. Marine hydrocolloids for the reduction of blood fat, blood sugar and blood pressure18. Absorption of heavy metal ions by alginate19. Slimming effect of bioactive seaweed substances20. Seaweeds and cancer prevention