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 ...
In less than a year Spotlight® Algae Oil, including a strategic partnership with ... Checkerspot is a pioneering ...
In September, Sapphire Energy, a San Diego startup developing crude-like oil from algae, said it had raised more than $100 million. At its annual biotech meeting in October in Hanover, Germany ...
Microbial genetics, genomics, functional genomics Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Associate Director, California Center for Algae Biotechnology Enzymatic megasynthases responsible for ...
“While there is a lot of work being done on micro-algae biotechnology – currently around 10,000 researchers across the world – no-one has identified a shortlist of the best performing ...
When Solazyme discovered how to produce renewable oils, at large scale and in a matter of days, they turned to Goldman Sachs for financing and expertise to help fund their research and growth.
It says photo-synthetic algae appear to be a viable, long-term candidate. If the alliance is successful, pumping algae-based gasoline at Exxon service stations is still several years away and will ...
Environmental biotechnology refers to the application of biological ... source tracking of microbial pathogens, and mitigation of toxic algal blooms. As environmental resources are increasingly ...
In less than a year Spotlight® Algae Oil, including a strategic partnership ... ABOUT CHECKERSPOT Checkerspot is a pioneering biotechnology company and Certified B Corporation™ that develops ...