SCSU Teams with Algaedyne to Study Algae
A research project between Minnesota’s St. Cloud State University and southeastern Minnesota-based Algaedyne is making algae cultivation a key part of the university’s goal to create partnerships with…
UT Studies Energy Benefits of Algae Fuels
A recent study at the University of Texas at Austin demonstrates that it is theoretically possible to produce about 500 times as much energy from algae fuels as is needed to grow the fuels. However, limited by…
NMSU Feeding Algae, Cottonseed to Shrimp
Researchers at New Mexico State University, in Las Cruces, are researching whether a mix of algae and cottonseed meal can make it economically viable for farmers to grow shrimp in the Desert Southwest…
West African Spirulina
A West African village learns how to increase the health and welfare of their community with the help of algae missionaries…
UD Building $850K Outdoor Algae Lab
Dave Larsen reports from the Dayton (OH) Daily News that the University of Dayton Research Institute will start construction July 9 on a new $850,000 outdoor algae lab at its River Campus building to develop…
SFCC Offering Training Courses in Biofuels
As part of a U.S. Department of Labor Grant, Santa Fe Community College Center is offering five courses in biofuels energy including OSHA 10 General for biofuels, algae production, biodiesel production…
Pressure Cooking Algae
Faculty and students of the University of Michigan Chemical Engineering department are heating and squishing microalgae in a pressure-cooker in an effort to speed up development of affordable biofuels. “This research could play a major role in the nation’s…
UW Professor Wins $750K to Develop Algal Butanol
Jennifer Reed, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, has received a five-year, $750,000 “Early-career” award from the U.S. Department of Energy…
UT Awards Professor to Model Algae Fuel
Venkat Raman, a University of Texas at Austin associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, has won a Moncrief Grand Challenge Faculty Award to develop…
SFCC to Offer OSHA Biofuels Training
Santa Fe Community College will be offering an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) two-day course providing basic information regarding hazards, regulations, health and safety training…
Algae Biotech Company Wins UW Entrepreneur Competition
Mark Wilcox reports in the Wyoming Business Report that a doctoral candidate at the University of Wyoming led his team to first place in the John P. Ellbogen $30K Entrepreneurship Competition at the University of…
SFCC to Lead New Mexico Centers of Excellence in Biofuels
Santa Fe Community College has been named to lead statewide Centers of Excellence in Biofuels and Green Building/Energy Efficiency under a New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions State Energy…
UNM Students Testing Algae in Space
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic has put a program together to allow student experiments to be incorporated into test flights from the International Spaceport, now called Spaceport America…
NMSU Advances their Algae Test Bed Research
Since early October, New Mexico State University’s Institute for Energy & the Environment (IEE) researchers have been transitioning from algae operations in the IEE water and energy lab…
WMU Team Extracting Bioalcohols from Algae
Ursula Zerilli reports in the Kalamazoo Gazette that Western Michigan University’s Bronco Biodiesel, a team created by WMU chemistry faculty members John Miller and Steve Bertman, is extracting bioalcohols…
MSU Researchers Develop E-photobioreactor
Plant scientists at Michigan State have become assembly line workers for the production of what they call ePBR’s—laboratory-based algae photobioreactors that mimic the outdoor environment…
ISU Researchers Pair Genes to Up Photosynthetic Carbon Conversion
Researchers at Iowa State University, in Ames, IA, are exploring the effects of controlling the expression of two algal genes that regulate the uptake of CO2 for photosynthesis. In the experiments performed…
$2.2 Million University Grant for Algae Research
A recent $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy is allowing Washington University, in St. Louis, MO, to take part in a collaborative study on fuel-generating bacteria, according to Dili Chen…
OpenAlgae Extraction
A look at OpenAlgae’s mobile algae oil extraction system, developed in cooperation with scientists at the University of Texas at Austin…
