From June 14 to 16, 2012, the first edition of the Young Algaeneers Symposium will be organised in Wageningen, the Netherlands, to gather young scientists (PhD students and postdocs in their first 4 years), working in the field of algae biotechnology. Participants of the symposium, who are all in the frontlines of algae biotechnology research, …
Purchase of 450,000 gallons of biofuels, including 100,000 gallons of algae-based fuel moves industry toward commercial production WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 6, 2011 – Today, Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director of the Algae Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, released the following statement regarding the U.S. Navy’s plans to purchase 450,000 gallons of drop-in …
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By Erin Voegele, Biorefining Magazine Calif.-based Sapphire Energy Inc. recently announced that its white paper has been published by Nucleic Acids Research Journal, a scientific publication. The white paper, titled, “An exogenous chloroplast genome for complex sequence manipulation in algae,” outlines the methodology for the design, construction, modification and cellular introduction of the chloroplast genome from the …
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Algae-based fuels enter the mainstream with historic flight CHICAGO – November 7, 2011 – Mary Rosenthal, executive director of the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, today issued the following statement regarding the first U.S. commercial flight to be powered by algae-based biofuel, which landed earlier today at Chicago’s O’Hare International …
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) endorses tax parity for advanced biofuels MINNEAPOLIS –October 27, 2011 – Day two of the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit, the official conference of the Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) and the world’s largest algae industry conference, was highlighted by discussions about the technological advances that will be bringing innovative algae-based products and fuels into everyday life. …
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