FAPC algae project ranks No. 1 for OCAST funding
An algae research proposal from Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) was ranked No. 1 of 28 plant-related research projects, resulting in $100,000…
PlanktOMICS spins out of University of Wyoming
PlanktOMICS Algae Bioservices has finalized a spin-out agreement with the University of Wyoming (UW) in a deal that will allow the company to further its goal to be an innovative leader in providing…
Researchers examining fertilizers for algae biofuels
One of the major roadblocks to mass-producing algae for biofuels, observes researchers at the University of Michigan College of Engineering, is the need for fertilizer…
Blue-green algae being engineered for nanocellulose
Genes from the family of bacteria that produce vinegar and Kombucha tea are being engineered by University of Texas at Austin scientists into blue-green algae to produce the “wonder material” nanocellulose…
UT scientists design synthetic trees to secrete algal biofuel
Dr. Halil Berberoglu, an assistant professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, is leading a research effort to produce renewable biofuel using solar energy…
NSF project brings algal specimens to Alabama
Algal samples from around the world are arriving at the request of Dr. Juan Lopez-Bautista, an associate professor of biological sciences at The University of Alabama…
MSU, PHYCO2 collaborate on algae demonstration project
Santa Maria, CA-based PHYCO2, an emerging algae growth and carbon dioxide sequestration company, and Michigan State University (MSU), have announced a partnership designed to generate sustainable…
Feedstock to Tailpipe
Chemical engineering Ph.D. student Griffin Roberts, at the University of Kansas School of Engineering, has been working on alternative energy production of algal biofuels through KU’s Feedstock to Tailpipe© initiative…
MSU researchers boost oil in leaves with genes from algae
Michigan State University researchers have successfully employed an algal gene involved in oil production to engineer a plant that stores lipids in its leaves, a development they feel could enhance…
KU Launches Multidisciplinary Effort for Algal Biofuels
A major effort to develop algal biofuels is under way at the University of Kansas as part of its multidisciplinary Feedstock to Tailpipe Initiative, overseen and supported by KU’s Transportation Research Institute…
ISU Building Pilot-scale Algal Production Facility
An algal production facility located at the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) at Iowa State University will be operational this month, with a production capacity of 50-100 dried kilograms of algae biomass per year…
U. of M. Develops One-Minute Oil Change
University of Michigan engineering researchers have demonstrated that they can “pressure-cook” algae for as little as a minute and transform 65 percent of the biomass into biocrude…
GF PBR Collaboration
Georg Fischer Piping Systems tells the story of their international collaboration to optimize cultivation of microalgae in photobioreactors, and the build out for one of the largest PBR-based pilot plants in the U.S…
Fluid Imaging CEO Awards Student Scholarship
Lone Star College-Montgomery’s Biotechnology student Timothy Hall was presented with a scholarship from Kent Peterson, president and CEO of Fluid Imaging Technologies (FIT), who flew in from FIT…
Texas A&M Scientists Funded to Speed up B. brauni
A team of researchers at Texas A&M has received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to help speed up the process getting fuel-grade oil out of algae from the oil-rich alga, Botryococcus braunii…
Ohio Project Receives $4 Million for Algae Research
Jon Strunk reports that over the last two months, University of Toledo (UT) researchers have won $4 million in nationally competitive awards from the federal government to explore ways society can benefit…
University Ecologists Urge GE Algae Scrutiny
Writing in the August 2012 issue of the journal BioScience, university professors from Ohio State U. and U. of Kansas suggest that, as algae are high on the genetic…
Algae Research at MSU
A brief look at the research into algal biofuels and other applications at Montana State University, in Boseman, Montana. MSU students and faculty are working with a number of federal agencies and private industry to develop…
UAM Scientists Receive NSF Grant for Algae Study
Dr. Karen Fawley, associate professor of biology, and Dr. Marvin Fawley, associate professor and assistant dean for science and research at University of Arkansas at Monticello’s School of Mathematical and Natural…
