New Zealand’s lucrative blue-biotech sector has received a boost with the launch of a highly sophisticated, multi-vessel photobioreactor (PBR). The technology has been designed and built by scientists at Cawthron Institute, to enhance the production of valuable products and healthy food ingredients from algae. Continue Reading →

The Energy Department announced today $3.5 million for an algae project aimed at accelerating the development of sustainable, affordable algal biofuels. This research project supports the Department’s goal of producing 2,500 gallons of algal biofuel feedstock per acre per year by 2018, an important milestone toward reducing the cost of algal biofuels to cost-competitive levels of 5,000 gallons per acre per year by 2022. Continue Reading →

EABA, the European Biomass Association, and the International Algae Congress, organized by DLG BENELUX, announce today that the EABA Global Conference and 8th International Algae Congress (IAC) will be jointly organized. The meeting will be held on 1-3 December 2014 in Florence, Italy. Continue Reading →

Libourne, France and Paris, France – Fermentalg, an industrial biotechnology company that specializes in the production of oils and proteins derived from microalgae, and Sofiprotéol, an industrial and finance company in France’s vegetable oil and protein crop industry, have announced the signing of an agreement that marks a new phase in their partnership for the production and sale of Omega-3. Continue Reading →

Chemists of Jena University shed light upon mechanisms of viral diseases of marine algae: Together with scientists of the Weizman Institute in Israel the team around Prof. Pohnert has analyzed the complex interaction between the algae Emiliania huxleyi and viruses. In the science magazine ‘The Plant Cell’ the researchers describe how they could clarify the molecular mechanisms of the relationship between the virus and the algae, which crucially influences the food chain of the ocean. Continue Reading →

The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, has confirmed the capacity of Chlamydomonas acidophila microalgae to absorb ammoniacal nitrogen present in the effluent generated in the digestion of organic waste coming from the agri-food sector. Continue Reading →

Kluge Köpfe aus ganz Europa bringt das Europäische Forum Alpbach zusammen – in diesem Jahr ist Professorin Dr. Heike Frühwirth der Hochschule Biberach als Expertin zu dieser Tagung eingeladen, die sich als interdisziplinäre Plattform für Wissenschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur versteht. Continue Reading →

Bedford, MA – Joule announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has favorably reviewed the company’s Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN) for Joule’s first commercial ethanol-producing catalyst. This clears the catalyst for commercial use at the company’s demonstration plant in Hobbs, New Mexico. Notably, this also marks the first time that EPA has allowed the commercial use of a modified cyanobacterium. Continue Reading →

Seit einigen Jahren arbeitet der Lehr- und Forschungsbereich Biosystemtechnik der Technischen Hochschule Wildau unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Franz-Xaver Wildenauer gemeinsam mit Praxispartnern an der energetischen und stofflichen Nutzung von Algenbiomasse. Nach dem Aufbau eines entsprechenden Technikums auf dem Campus im Jahre 2011 wurde jetzt ein neuer Meilenstein erreicht. Continue Reading →

Gilbert, Ariz. – Heliae today announced a partnership with Japan-based Sincere Corporation, a waste management and recycling company, to form a joint venture and develop a commercial algae production facility in Saga City, Japan. The joint venture has been named Alvita Corporation, and will combine Sincere Corporation’s operational skill, distribution networks and knowledge of the Japanese market with Heliae’s proprietary algae production technology to supply natural astaxanthin, a powerful antioxidant with broad health benefits, to the growing health and wellness market in the region. Continue Reading →