WELCOME

Welcome to the Irish Seaweed Research Group (ISRG) web page. This group was established in 1994 by Prof. Michael D. Guiry as the Irish Seaweed Industry Organisation (ISIO), which operated as the connecting bridge between the seaweed industry and research centres in Ireland. In 1998, when Prof. Guiry took direction of the Martin Ryan Institute for Marine Science, and also under the recommendations of the National Seaweed Forum Report (2000), a seaweed research group was established, the Irish Seaweed Centre (ISC), today the ISRG. The ISRG is a group of scientists led by Prof. Mark Johnson working on different areas of algal research. Our home is the Ryan Institute at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

• To INVESTIGATE and understand the chemistry, biology and ecology of the species we work on, with fundamental and applied research.
• To maintain and create new SYNERGIES with other research groups at national and international level.
• To study seaweed RESOURCES at local and national level, and to communicate their value to national authorities and industries that promote increasing use of seaweeds without undermining the important ecological roles they play in the environment.
• To GROW as a team, in knowledge and experience, by keeping the doors open to new ideas and collaboration.

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