Biologists have succeeded in genetically engineering algae to produce a complex and expensive human ... director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology or SD-CAB, a consortium of research ...

“This avoids the need for complex instrumentation, embedded power sources, and possible toxicity,” Prausnitz says. “Nature provides us with algae cells that serve as robots.” ...

13 Stephen Mayfield, a molecular biologist at the California Center for Algae Biotechnology, initially believed in the promise of algae biofuels—even co-founding the startup Sapphire Energy. “But then ...

But scientists have found that a more complex organism — a single-celled ... "It's one of the Holy Grails of biotechnology," says Jon Zehr, a now-retired microbial ecologist from UC Santa ...

Blue light reduces starch accumulation, while red light increases starch storage. High-starch algae are important in biofuel production, as a feed supplement in agriculture and as an efficient way ...

A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to ...

“Because we can make the exact same drug in algae ... for Algae Biotechnology or SD-CAB, a consortium of research institutions that is also working to develop new biofuels from algae. Their method ...