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Algal Lipids: the Key to Earth Now and aNcient Earth

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Project "ALKENoNE" data sheet

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Coordinator	UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Organization address address: UNIVERSITY AVENUE city: GLASGOW postcode: G12 8QQ website: www.gla.ac.uk contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	United Kingdom [UK]
Project website	http://environmentalbiomarkers.co.uk
Total cost	940˙883 €
EC max contribution	940˙883 € (100%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC))
Code Call	ERC-2014-STG
Funding Scheme	ERC-STG
Starting year	2015
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2015-04-01 to 2021-03-31

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW Organization address address: UNIVERSITY AVENUE city: GLASGOW postcode: G12 8QQ website: www.gla.ac.uk contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	UK (GLASGOW)	coordinator	940˙883.00

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Project objective

Alkenones are algal lipids that have been used for decades to reconstruct quantitative past sea surface temperature. Although alkenones are being discovered in an increasing number of lake sites worldwide, only two terrestrial temperature records have been reconstructed so far. The development of this research field is limited by the lack of interdisciplinary research that combines modern biological and ecological algal research with the organic geochemical techniques needed to develop a quantitative biomarker (or molecular fossil) for past lake temperatures. More research is needed for alkenones to become a widely used tool for reconstructing past terrestrial temperature change. The early career Principal Investigator has discovered a new lake alkenone-producing species of haptophyte algae that produces alkenones in high abundances both in the environment and in laboratory cultures. This makes the new species an ideal organism for developing a culture-based temperature calibration and exploring other potential environmental controls. In this project, alkenone production will be manipulated, and monitored using state-of-the-art photobioreactors with real-time detectors for cell density, light, and temperature. The latest algal culture and isolation techniques that are used in microalgal biofuel development will be applied to developing the lake temperature proxy. The objectives will be achieved through the analysis of 90 new Canadian lakes to develop a core-top temperature calibration across a large latitudinal and temperature gradient (Δ latitude = 5°, Δ spring surface temperature = 9°C). The results will be used to assess how regional palaeo-temperature (Uk37), palaeo-moisture (δDwax) and palaeo-evaporation (δDalgal) respond during times of past global warmth (e.g., Medieval Warm Period, 900-1200 AD) to find an accurate analogue for assessing future drought risk in the interior of Canada.

Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2018	Hiroya Araie, Hideto Nakamura, Jaime L. Toney, Heather A. Haig, Julien Plancq, Takashi Shiratori, Peter R. Leavitt, Osamu Seki, Ken-ichiro Ishida, Ken Sawada, Iwane Suzuki, Yoshihiro Shiraiwa Novel alkenone-producing strains of genus Isochrysis (Haptophyta) isolated from Canadian saline lakes show temperature sensitivity of alkenones and alkenoates published pages: 89-103, ISSN: 0146-6380, DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.04.008	Organic Geochemistry 121	2019-12-17
2018	William M. Longo, Yongsong Huang, Yuan Yao, Jiaju Zhao, Anne E. Giblin, Xian Wang, Roland Zech, Torsten Haberzettl, Ludwig Jardillier, Jaime Toney, Zhonghui Liu, Sergey Krivonogov, Marina Kolpakova, Guoqiang Chu, William J. D\'Andrea, Naomi Harada, Kana Nagashima, Miyako Sato, Hitoshi Yonenobu, Kazuyoshi Yamada, Katsuya Gotanda, Yoshitsugu Shinozuka Widespread occurrence of distinct alkenones from Group I haptophytes in freshwater lakes: Implications for paleotemperature and paleoenvironmental reconstructions published pages: 239-250, ISSN: 0012-821X, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.002	Earth and Planetary Science Letters 492	2019-12-17
2018	Julien Plancq, Jill L. McColl, James A. Bendle, Osamu Seki, Jillian M. Couto, Andrew C.G. Henderson, Youhei Yamashita, Kimitaka Kawamura, Jaime L. Toney Genomic identification of the long-chain alkenone producer in freshwater Lake Toyoni, Japan: implications for temperature reconstructions published pages: 189-195, ISSN: 0146-6380, DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.09.011	Organic Geochemistry 125	2019-12-17
2018	Julien Plancq, Bianca Cavazzin, Steve Juggins, Heather A. Haig, Peter R. Leavitt, Jaime L. Toney Assessing environmental controls on the distribution of long-chain alkenones in the Canadian Prairies published pages: 43-55, ISSN: 0146-6380, DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.12.005	Organic Geochemistry 117	2019-12-17

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