Polarexpedition: Das Fraunhofer IBMT auf der Suche nach Schneealgen

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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 →

Sapphire Energy and Linde Group Expand Partnership

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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 →

Heliae Raises $28.4 Million in Latest Funding Round

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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 →

Mehr Gründergeist für die (Algen-) Biotechnologie

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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 →

Microalgae production with aquaculture cycle water

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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 →

Successful Algae Applications in Aquaculture and Agriculture

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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 →

Aurora Algae Expands Patent Portfolio, Accelerates Biotech Innovation

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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 →

Algae genome could aid medical, climate research

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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 →

ProEcoWine – bio-protection via algae

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Fungi like downy mildew reduce wine yield and impair wine quality. In conventional as well as organic viticulture grape growers usually apply copper for preventing these fungal diseases. In the ProEcoWine project funded by the EU, on behalf of five companies the Fraunhofer IGB, the University of West Hungary and Laboratoire PHENOBIO develop a novel bio-plant protection product derived from microalgae to replace copper fungicides. Continue Reading →

3rd Algae World Australia – Who will lead the race to commercially produce algae to biofuels?

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Hailed as an industry with immense potential, Australia’s algae sector is expected to grow fervently with local projects spanning from Western Australia to South Australia steering the industry towards more biofuels, pharma and food discoveries. Continue Reading →

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