... thanks for sharing!Fort Collins – An interdisciplinary team of Colorado State University researchers has received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to research new routes to the sustainable production of biofuels using photosynthetic bacteria. Continue Reading →
... thanks for sharing!The partnership has been encouraged by the decade-long experience and unique expertise of both companies: Since the 1980s, National Prawn Company has developed knowledge and expertise in designing, building and operating a large system of man-made-lakes especially for the production of high-quality prawns for the market. Furthermore NPC is developing research programs on new algae species and sponsorships aquaculture projects around the world. Continue Reading →
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Seit mehr als 20 Jahren stehen kälteangepasste Süßwasseralgen, die sogenannten kryophilen Schneealgen, im Mittelpunkt des Interesses einer Forschergruppe des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Biomedizinische Technik IBMT unter der Leitung von Dr. Thomas Leya. Am 31. Juli 2013 bricht ein Team aus fünf Experten, darunter Biophysiker, Geologen und Pflanzenphysiologen zu einer vierwöchigen Expedition nach Spitzbergen auf. In diesem Jahr kommt modernste Technik zum Einsatz. Seit Jahren untersuchte und neue Regionen mit Schneealgenbesiedlung werden auf dem Eis mit einem der modernsten Flugsysteme, einem achtmotorigen Helikopter der Firma Ascending Technologies GmbH, kartiert. Continue Reading →
... thanks for sharing!San Diego and Munich, July 16, 2013 – Sapphire Energy, Inc.,a company producing algae-based Green Crude oil, and the technology company The Linde Group today announced they will expand their partnership to commercialize a new industrial scale conversion technology needed to upgrade algae biomass into crude oil. Together, the companies will refine the hydrothermal treatment process developed and operated today by Sapphire Energy at pilot-scale. In addition, they will jointly license and market the technology into an expanded list of industries, including algae, municipal solid waste, and farm waste, in order to upgrade other biomass sources into energy. The agreement spans a minimum of five years through the development of Sapphire Energy’s first commercial scale, algae-to-energy production facility. Continue Reading →
... thanks for sharing!Gilbert, AZ- July 201 – Heliae, a platform technology company that produces high-value products from algae, today announced it has raised $28.4 million in funding from existing and new investors. Existing investors include select members of the Mars family and the ASEAN-based global conglomerate Salim Group, through one of its subsidiaries, Agri Investments Pte Ltd. Continue Reading →
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Es ist wieder soweit – am 21/22.11 findet in Berlin die Innovationsakademie Biotechnologie statt, die guten Ideen eine Startförderung von 50.000 Euro verspricht. Wer sich also die Chance auf ein paar Euro, Spaß und jede Menge gute Kontakte nicht nehmen lassen will, sollte sich bis Ende September beim Projektträger Jülich bewerben. Continue Reading →
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15. 07.2013 /Nuthetal, Germany – Within the funding initiative “Sustainable Aquaculture” from the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU, IGV Biotech has successfully started the operation of a photobioreactor (PBR) with 3000 liters cultivation volume. Continue Reading →
... thanks for sharing!Microalgae have been of major interest for producing biofuels in de last decade. Recently, development and focus was changed towards the use of microalgae in the food, feed, materials and chemical sector as well. During the 7th International Algae Congress in Hamburg, many developments in the agricultural and aqua cultural field will be shown by presentations of the larger projects inside and outside Europe. Continue Reading →
... thanks for sharing!Hayward, Calif. – June, 2013 – Aurora Algae has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/480,635 entitled “VCP-Based Vectors for Algal Cell Transformation.” This allowed application adds to Aurora Algae’s existing patent portfolio, with 12 patent applications now either issued or allowed with the USPTO, and 30 additional applications pending in the United States. Continue Reading →
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Cal State San Marcos researchers unlocked the genome for a type of algae found around the globe, a finding they said has potential applications to fields ranging from climate change to dentistry. The study sequenced 13 strains of the phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi, to document the first algal “pan-genome:” a set of genes shared by diverse algal varieties. While the different strains share 70 to 80 percent of their DNA, about 20 to 30 percent of their genes are unique to each strain, allowing them to inhabit virtually all the world’s oceans except the polar seas. Continue Reading →
