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…
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…
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…
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…
OpenAlgae Extraction
A look at OpenAlgae’s mobile algae oil extraction system, developed in cooperation with scientists at the University of Texas at Austin…
AlgEternal Technologies Teams with UT and Open Algae
Barry Harrell writes in Statesman.com that Austin-based AlgEternal Technologies, LLC has cut the ribbon on its nearly completed “commercial” facility on the University of Texas at Austin’s J.J. Pickle Research…
U. of Texas at Austin
Meet biology experts David Nobles and Malcolm Brown, the talented research team that has developed a possible answer to the green energy revolution through their exciting work with algae…
A.I.M. Interview: Dr. Jerry Brand
Dr. Jerry Brand, a PhD biologist and photosynthesis researcher, began his association with the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae in 1987, when he performed an extensive survey of the capacity for hydrogen gas production in UTEX strains…
