PhycoHealth at ASBTE 2025 – Where Biotechnology Meets the Ocean
While you're buffing with your SeaScrub, biting into your Mermaid Medley, or layering your skin with Phyaluronic™, there’s a deeper current beneath every PhycoHealth product. It’s the current of frontier science—and this week, it flows directly into ASBTE 2025, where our founder Dr. Pia Winberg is honoured to be a keynote speaker.
ASBTE, held this year in Brisbane, is the epicentre of breakthrough science in biomaterials and tissue engineering. This is where the world’s leading minds come together to design the future of human health: from scaffolds that regenerate tissue, to materials that talk to our cells, and molecules that heal from the inside out.
And into this conversation, we're introducing something truly unique: Phyaluronic™ Acid—a sulfated seaweed glycan born from the ocean’s blueprint and refined through over a decade of research. This marine gel doesn’t just hydrate—it holds water like a marine sponge, resists enzyme breakdown, and communicates with skin cells, the microbiome, and antioxidant systems in ways only nature can teach us.
But let’s dream a little further...
Imagine a world where we can recreate the intricate structure of a human pancreas—not from synthetic polymers, but from sustainable marine molecules that guide insulin-producing cells back to life. Imagine wound dressings that not only accelerate tissue repair but actively modulate the local immune response to ward off infection. Or skincare that doesn’t just soothe the side effects of chemotherapy or radiation—but helps rebuild the skin’s natural barriers from within.
This is not science fiction. This is the realm we’re stepping into at ASBTE. We’re here to start unlocking the hidden potential of seaweed to revolutionize human health. Our unique, highly sulfated marine glycans—unlike anything found on land—mimic and even enhance the natural building blocks of your skin, joints, and tissues. Think of them as a "supercharged" version of the molecules your body already uses to heal and regenerate. But this is just the beginning: by translating ocean science into medical breakthroughs, we’re paving the way for smarter wound care, microbiome-friendly therapies, and sustainable biomaterials that could one day replace synthetic or animal-derived products. The future of medicine isn’t just in the lab—it’s in the sea.
And you—our PhycoHealth community—are already living with a taste of this future. You’re nourishing your skin, your gut, and your body with technologies grounded in marine science. You're using skincare that’s part of the same molecular conversation that scientists are now exploring to heal trauma, regenerate organs, and repair bodies more gently, more naturally, and more intelligently.
At PhycoHealth, we’ll always remain humble in the face of discovery. But we promise to never stop learning, and to keep bringing you closer to the source of nature’s brilliance—one molecule, one product, one breakthrough at a time.
Stay tuned as we share insights from ASBTE 2025 and our collaborations and pathway towards fascinating solutions for human health.
Science never sleeps—and neither does seaweed.
