Category: Press

April 15, 2011 Today, Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director of the Algae Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, released the following statement on BioProcess Algae’s opening of Phase II of its Algae’s Grower HarvesterTM bioreactors. “On behalf of the Algae Biomass Organization, it was an honor and a pleasure to participate in today’s …

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Recipients’ support of algae critical to accelerating industry’s growth and reducing major barriers to commercialization   WASHINGTON, D.C.  – April 7, 2011 – The Algae Biomass Organization, the trade association for the U.S. algae industry, presented its first annual Algae Industry Leadership Awards to United States Representative Brian Bilbray (CA), Representative Jay Inslee (WA), Senator Bill …

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March 8, 2011 Earlier today, Sapphire Energy and Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced a ground-breaking agreement to enter into a multi-year collaboration that will leverage Sapphire’s algae-based research to explore genes that could be applied to agriculture. In support of ABO member Sapphire and on behalf of the U.S. algae industry, ABO Executive Director Mary …

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Peer Review Committee, Algae Biomass Organization The following is a review of the RAND Corporation’s January 2011 report,” Alternative Fuels for Military Applications.” The comments were provided by the Algae Biomass Organization’s Peer Review Committee, chaired by Keith Cooksey, Ph.D. and John Benemman, Ph.D.. The main recommendation of the RAND Corporation’s January 2011 report, “Alternative …

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January, 25 / 2011 Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director, Algal Biomass Organization   Today, the RAND Corporation published a study and accompanying press release calling into question the effectiveness of renewable fuels for military use. The report can be found here:http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG969.pdf A copy of the press release can be found here:http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/01/25.html It is our understanding that …

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