Olivucci Models Potential of Toxic Algae Photoreceptors
Blue-green algae is causing havoc in Midwestern lakes saturated with agricultural run-off, but researchers in a northwest Ohio lab are using supercomputers to study a closely related strain of the toxic cyanobacteria…
UGA and U. of Puerto Rico Create Algae Biofuels Center
Taking advantage of a marine location and tropical climate that are ideal for growing algae, researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Puerto Rico are creating…
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…
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…
Cultivating Algae in Bermuda
With algae-focused companies and research organizations springing up all over the world, even the small British island of Bermuda has joined the international fray of nations hosting algae research organizations. At the Bermuda Institute…
AIM Interview: Ron Pate—Page 3
What is your reality check on the industry—especially any areas you think are misunderstood, or misrepresented? I’ll give two examples. The first deals with the current technical readiness level of algae biofuels, which I think has been …
AIM Interview: Ron Pate—Page 2
The most direct support for biofuels development can be expected to come from a combination of DOD, DOE, and USDA, of which the recently announced joint initiative on advanced drop-in biofuels is a prime example. I don’t know…
AIM Interview: Sandia and DOE’s Ron Pate
A Principal Member of the Technical Staff of Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Sandia National Laboratories, serving in the Earth Systems Analysis – Energy, Resources, and Systems Analysis division…
AIM Interview: LANL’s Dr. Babetta Marrone and Dr. Jim Coons
Dr. Babetta Marrone and Dr. Jim Coons are in charge of developing the Ultrasonic Algae Biofuel Harvester, as their part of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)’s part of the 3-year NAABB project. Their work in…
AIM Interview: NASA’s OMEGA Scientist, Dr. Jonathan Trent
NASA scientist – the inventor, heart, and soul of the OMEGA system (Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae) – Dr. Jonathan Trent received his PhD in biological oceanography at Scripps Institution…
A.I.M. Interview: Dr. Richard Sayre
Dr. Richard Sayre keeps his plate full as both the Director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and as the CTO of the high profile algae startup, Phycal, Inc. Recently, he also co-chaired…
SD-CAB’s One Barrel for Baja Project
One Barrel for Baja (1BFB) is a project made possible by the San Diego Center for Algal Biotechnology (SD-CAB) in support of research aimed towards understanding and developing eco-friendly energy solutions…
A.I.M. Interview: NAABB’s José Olivares
Here in New Mexico the forest fires have been burning for nearly a month, scorching over 130,000 acres so far, making this the biggest fire in New Mexico’s recorded history…
NAABB Tests Produced Water to Grow Algae
Researchers from Los Alamos National Labs (LANL) and the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB) consortium have recently conducted the first pilot-scale test of algae…
A.I.M. Interview: NASA Ames’ Dr. Leslie Prufert-Bebout
Algae in space. Imagine the possibilities—growing algae on long term space flights to recycle the CO2 in the capsule air back into oxygen…turning waste generated on the mission back into fuel, food…
UA Researches Algae Growth Optimization
In a collaborative research effort between several departments, scientists and engineers at the University of Arizona are studying ways to optimize the environmental factors to control the rate…
PNNL Studies Algae Petroleum Replacement
High oil prices and environmental and economic security concerns have triggered interest in using algae-derived oils as an alternative to fossil fuels. But growing algae—or any other biofuel source—can…
Researching Algae to Clean Up Nuclear Waste
Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have shown quantitatively how Closterium moniliferum, one of the bright green algae often seen in ponds, sequesters strontium…
A.I.M. Interview: USDA’s Dr. Rick Barrows
As the world’s appetite for the lean protein of fish grows, so does the demand for alternatives to traditional fishmeal, the blends of small fish species—including herring, capeli and menhaden…
A.I.M. Interview: ASU’s Dr. Qiang Hu
When a guy like Mark Edwards says, “He is the smartest guy I know,” I have to pay attention. “Who is the smartest guy you know?” I ask him. “Yes,” he says. “Hu is the smartest guy I know”…
