We have some amazing news to share from Prof. Luisa Orisini and her team of experts who have
harnessed Daphnia to provide a scalable low-cost, low-carbon method removing pharmaceuticals,
pesticides, and industrial chemicals from wastewater – avoiding the toxic by products typically
associated with current technologies. They have discovered a way that that tiny waterfleas could
play a pivotal role in removing persistent chemical pollutants from wastewater – making it safe to
use in factories, farms and homes. You can find the paper that was published in the journal ‘Science
of the Total Environment’ here.
Luisa and the team were featured in 89 outlets around the world. As a result of this, they were
approached by 3 companies to discuss partnerships. See The Guardian article link here.
The technology is supported by key fundamental research, some of which was led by Xiaojing Li
from the water theme. Also published recently was the hologenome of the sentinel species Daphnia,
used for the technological applications (https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad685).
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