Christopher Jonathan Hulatt
Associate Professor
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
I work with microalgae (protists) from marine and freshwater habitats. My research and teaching includes biotechnology applications together with the natural ecology, physiology and biogeochemical roles of microalgae. My current research projects include protist genomes, bioreactors and the microbial communities found on terrestrial snow and ice (snow-algae).
I am originally from the UK with degrees in Marine Biology, Environmental Protection and an industry-linked PhD in microalgal CO2 capture (EPSRC). I have previously worked on projects in isotope biogeochemistry (Helsinki Finland), greenhouse gas climate-warming (London) and microbial genome sequencing (MSCA United States).
Course Responsible for BIO2001 - Aquatic Microbiology
- Aquatic microbes and ecology, protist biology and biogeochemical cycles driven by microbes
- BSc Biology Program
Participant in Norwegian graduate program Photosyntech
- https://photosyntech.no
- Bioreactors
My main active research project focuses on trait variation in Diatoms and how strains can be improved for biotechnology:
2021-2026. Research Council of Norway €“ Breeding and evolution of complex traits in phytoplankton cells. PI. 9.6 million nok.
2017-2020. Horizon 2020 European Commission MSCA fellowship €“ Genome sequencing microalgae, hosted at Colorado School of Mines, CO USA. PI. 231,000 Euro
2021-2022. Mabit - Microalgae study with industrial partner.
Exchange-based research with PhD mobility in snow-algae physiology, genomics and community characterization:
2021-2022. Research Council of Norway Aurora Exchange Program. Deciphering the physiology of arctic snow algae and cell membrane stress responses. Partner University of Burgundy, Plant Sciences, Dijon France.
2022. Norwegian partner in MASTS-SALTIRE research exchange project coordinated by the Scottish Association of Marine Science, Oban Scotland. PI Alex Thomson & Matt Davey.
2025
Thermal priming on Saccharina latissima to improve seaweed production and restoration under future climates 2025 - Clément Gauci, Alexander Jueterbock, Galice Guillaume Hoarau, Chris J Hulatt
Snow algae exhibit diverse motile behaviors and thermal responses 2025 mBio - Alexandre Detain, Hirono Suzuki, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Nathalie Leborgne-Castel, Chris J Hulatt
Phosphorus starvation induces the synthesis of novel lipid class diacylglyceryl glucuronide and diacylglyceryl-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine in two species of cold-adapted microalgae Raphidonema (Chlorophyta) 2025 The Plant Journal - Hirono Suzuki, Stéphan Cuiné, Bertrand Légeret, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Yonghua Li-Beisson, Viswanath Kiron
2024
The genome of the Arctic snow alga Limnomonas spitsbergensis (Chlamydomonadales) 2024 G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics - Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Hirono Suzuki, Alexandre Detain, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Thomas Leya, Matthew C Posewitz
Thermal responses of Tetradesmus obliquus for industrial outdoor cultivation 2024 Bioresource Technology Reports - Hidehiko Kato, Hirono Suzuki, René H. Wijffels, Peter Simon Claus Schulze, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt
2023
Phylogeny and lipid profiles of snow-algae isolated from Norwegian red-snow microbiomes 2023 FEMS Microbiology Ecology - Hirono Suzuki, Alexandre Detain, Youngjin Park, Viswanath Kiron, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Nathalie Leborgne-Castel, Lenka Procházková, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt
Microbial Community Dynamics during a Harmful Chrysochromulina leadbeateri Bloom in Northern Norway 2023 Applied and Environmental Microbiology - Nerea Johanna Aalto, Hannah Schweitzer, Erlend Grann-Meyer, Stina Krsmanovic, Jon Brage Svenning, Lars Dalheim, Sebastian Petters, Richard Andre Ingebrigtsen, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Hans Christopher Bernstein
2022
High-value compound induction by flashing light in Diacronema lutheri and Tetraselmis striata CTP4 2022 Bioresource Technology Reports - Lisa M. Schüler, Juline Walter, Hidehiko Kato, Hirono Suzuki, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Ralf Rautenberger, Sofia Navalho, Benjamin Schmid, Joao Varela, Kiron Viswanath, Peter Simon Claus Schulze
2021
Bicarbonate for microalgae cultivation: a case study in a chlorophyte, Tetradesmus wisconsinensis isolated from a Norwegian lake 2021 Journal of Applied Phycology - Ikumi Umetani, Eshetu Janka Wakjera, Michal Sposób, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Synne Kleiven, Rune Bakke
The genome of the haptophyte Diacronema lutheri (Pavlova lutheri, Pavlovales): A model for lipid biosynthesis in eukaryotic algae 2021 Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE) - Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Matthew C Posewitz
Warming impairs trophic transfer efficiency in a long-term field experiment 2021 Nature - Diego R. Barneche, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Matteo Dossena, Daniel Padfield, Guy Woodward, Mark Trimmer, Gabriel Yvon-Durocher
2020
The complete mitogenome and plastome of the haptophyte Pavlova lutheri NIVA-4/92 2020 Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources - Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Viswanath Kiron, Matthew C Posewitz
Proteomic and transcriptomic patterns during lipid remodeling in nannochloropsis gaditana 2020 International Journal of Molecular Sciences - Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Irina Vladimirovna Smolina, Adam Dowle, Martina Elisabeth Luise Kopp, Ghana Kalerammana Vasanth, Galice Guillaume Hoarau, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Viswanath Kiron
2019
Fatty acids and proteins from marine cold adapted microalgae for biotechnology 2019 Algal Research - Peter Simon Claus Schulze, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Daniela Morales Sanchez, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Viswanath Kiron
2018
Growth and LC-PUFA production of the cold-adapted microalga Koliella antarctica in photobioreactors 2018 Journal of Applied Phycology - Hirono Suzuki, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Viswanath Kiron
2017
Polar snow algae as a valuable source of lipids? 2017 Bioresource Technology - Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Orsolya Berecz, Einar Skarstad Egeland, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Viswanath Kiron
Long-term warming amplifies shifts in the carbon cycle of experimental ponds 2017 Nature Climate Change - Gabriel Yvon-Durocher, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Guy Woodward, Mark Trimmer
Production of fatty acids and protein by nannochloropsis in flat-plate photobioreactors 2017 PLOS ONE - Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Sylvie Bolla, Viswanath Kiron
2024
Isolation and cultivation of "unculturables" 2024 SAM 2024 5th Snow Algae Meeting - Hirono Suzuki, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt
2022
Isolation of snow algae in Northern Norway 2022 4th Snow Algae Meeting - Hirono Suzuki, Alexandre Detain, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt
2021
Lipid remodelling under phosphate starvation in microalga Koliella antarctica 2021 The 7th Conference of the International Society For Applied Phycology - Hirono Suzuki, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Kiron Viswanath
2019
Growth and LC-PUFA production of the cold-adapted microalga Koliella antarctica in photobioreactors. 2019 The 2nd Nordic Algae Symposium 2019 – NAS2019 - Hirono Suzuki, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Kiron Viswanath, Rene Hubertus Wijffels
2018
Growth rate and fatty acid production of a coldwater microalga in photobioreactors 2018 Arctic Frontiers 2018 - Hirono Suzuki, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Viswanath Kiron
Correction to: Growth and LC-PUFA production of the cold-adapted microalga Koliella antarctica in photobioreactors 2018 Journal of Applied Phycology - Hirono Suzuki, Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Viswanath Kiron
2017
Corrigendum to "Polar snow algae as a valuable source of lipids?" [Bioresour. Technol. 235 (2017) 338-347] 2017 Bioresource Technology - Christopher Jonathan Hulatt, Einar Skarstad Egeland, Rene Hubertus Wijffels, Viswanath Kiron, Orsolya Berecz