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Michael Burkart and William Gerwick named 2017 AAAS Fellows

Energy Department Announces up to $8.8 Million for Innovations in Algae Technology

Solar Fuels Conference Comes to Campus 6/18/16

Algae May Help Feed a Hungry World 6/12/17

Cal-CAB Scientists Complete First EPA-Approved Outdoor Field Trial for Genetically Engineered Algae 5/4/17

Energy Department Announces Six Projects for Pilot- and Demonstration-Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower 12/28/16

From Satellites to Biodegradable Surfboards 10/6/16

Cal-CAB Researchers contribute to DOE Algal Biology Toolbox Workshop 9/14/16

Energy Department Announces $15 Million to Advance Algae-based Biofuels and Bioproducts 7/14/16

UC San Diego’s Algae Biofuels Program Ranked Best in Nation 5/23/16

CAB-Comm reports on six years of algal research 5/11/16

CAB-Comm Final Report Documents Accomplishments from Six Years of Algal Research 5/10/16

Founders Celebration Festivities Kick Off Nov. 12 10/08/15

Surfing's Clean Break 10/01/15

Algae, Innovating the Future 09/09/15

Growing Foam 08/25/15

DOE funds 2 algae biomass projects under Carbon Capture Program  08/19/15

6 New Things Happening with Biofuels 06/19/15

World’s first algae-based, sustainable surfboard produced by UC San Diego biology and chemistry students 04/23/2015

San Diego Featured as One of "World's Smart Cities" in National Geographic Documentary 04/14/15

How Scientists Are Engineering Algae To Fuel Your Car And Cure Cancer 03/30/15

Green Revolution 2.0: Advancing from lab to industrial algae production 03/23/15

Meeting on ‘Green Revolution 2.0’ Draws Researchers and New Ideas 03/19/215

MiraCosta College to offer a 4-year degree 01/20/15

A Solution-Minded Partnership: FF21 and the Qualcomm Institute 11/20/14

Algae's promise rebounds after setbacks 10/06/14

Algae as biofuel focus of summit 09/29/14

San Diego's Thriving Algae Biotechnology Industry Continues to Fuel Region's Economy 06/24/14

Algae Science Articles — Stephen P. Mayfield and the UCSD Laboratory 05/04/14

Dr. Stephen Mayfield: When Will Algae-based Transportation Fuels Be
Economically Viable? 04/17/14

Research Highlight: Powered by Plankton 04/07/14

Scale the Trick in Getting Algal Biofuel Cost Down 03/08/2014

UC San Diego Takes Top Two Positions in National Rankings for Biofuel Research 03/04/2014

10 Hottest Trends in Algae: #3 Bring on the Apps 02/25/2014

Algae Biomass Advocates Push Past Exuberance, Aim for Sustainability 02/11/2014

20 Reasons To Love San Diego: #19 Because We Are Using Algae To Fight Cancer 02/2014

The Last Decade in Research: "Startling New Avenues of Discovery" 01/09/14

How Algae Could Change the World 12/6/13

Production of Biofuel Could Reduce Risk of Global Warming, Say Researchers 11/22/13

Method to Genetically Engineer Key Growth Component in Biofuel Production Developed 11/22/13

Environment-harming Fossil Fuel Use Can Be Reduced by Algal Biofuel 11/22/13

Algal Biofuel Could Help Reduce Environment-Harming Fossil Fuel Use; Researchers Step Closer to Making it a Reality 11/21/13

Breakthrough in Biofuel from Marine Algae Could Lead to New Energy Source  11/21/13

Researchers Engineer Breakthrough for Biofuel Production 11/21/13

Scripps Oceanography Researchers Engineer Breakthrough for Biofuel Production 11/20/13

Greg Mitchell on "The Father of Fracking" 10/2013

UC San Diego Professors Test Waters of Massive, Open Online Learning 10/31/13

Algae Biomass Organization Recognizes Six Students with Young Algae Researcher Awards at Algae Biomass Summit in Orlando 10/3/13

Turning Algae’s Golden Corner: Triton, Sapphire Energy, Heliae, Rincon, and Monsanto 10/2/13

Algae Company Aims for Biotech Drug Market 9/25/13

Triton Algae Innovations Announces $5 Million Series-A Financing 9/04/13

Under San Diego Sun, Some Clouds for Algae and Solar 6/27/13

Lean Green Microbe Machines 4/30/13

Senator Hueso Sees Hope in Algae 4/30/13

Quest for Edible Malarial Vaccine Leads to Other Potential Medical Uses for Algae 4/19/13

Are Algae Biofuels a Realistic Alternative to Petroleum? 3/20/13

UC San Diego Biologists Produce Rainbow-Colored Algae 3/7/13

Online Course Seeks to Educate World about Sustainable Food, Energy Issues 2/22/13

Algae Fuel Could Help Solve The Navy’s Oil Dependence 1/10/13

UC San Diego Researchers Create A ‘Designer’ Cancer Drug With Algae 12/10/12

Algal Biofuel Production Can Reach the Ocean, Study Says 11/27/12

Scripps Graduate Takes Biofuel Message to Baja Road Race 11/7/12

Algae Biomass Organization Recognizes Six Students With Young Algae Researcher Awards at Algae Biomass Summit in Denver - First Place Engineering Awards for Students at Colorado State University, UC San Diego. 9/2712

UC San Diego Chemists Develop Reversible Method of Tagging Proteins 9/16/12

Success of local EDGE Initiative noted at Summer of Algae Tour 8/23/12

Researchers Hope to Scrub Out Pollution With Algae 8/8/12

Nuisance Seaweed Found to Produce Compounds with Biomedical Potential 5/24/12

UC San Diego Biologists Produce Potential Malarial Vaccine From Algae 5/16/12

Plant Biologists from Across Country to Converge in San Diego to Discuss Future of Food, Fuel 5/8/12

Elsevier Launches New Journal for Algal Research 4/12/12

Sapphire Raises $144 Million for Green Crude Farm 4/2/12

Obama Administration Announces New Funding for Biomass Research and Development Initiative  3/22/12

Sapphire Boosts Yield from Blue Green Algae 2/29/12

Algae, Fuel of the Future? 1/18/12

Algae Biofuels Inject Money into Southwest's Economy 1/9/12

San Diego's Algal Biofuels Research Enterprise Continues Rapid Growth 1/5/12

2012 Could Determine Future of Fuel  12/5/2011

Grants Available for Biofuels Training  12/5/2011

US Navy Tests Algal-Fuled Ship  11/16/11

Biofuels Start to Take Off in Commercial Air 11/9/11

SD-CAB Companies on 50 Hottest List 11/9/11

Global Biofuels Market to Double in 2012 10/11/2011

Heliae to produce biofuels for SkyNRG  10/4/2011

Program Retraining Workers for "Green" Economy Graduates First 50 Students  9/7/2011

Algae's Second Try 9/2/2011

US Invests $510M in Biofuels 8/16/2011

U.S. Desperate for Biofuels  7/11/2011

General Atomics wins biofuels grant  6/24/2011

Are Biofuels the Future of Flight?  6/24/2011

Biofuels from Algae will Fuel our Jets  6/9/2011

Who's growing and who's hiring  6/5/2011

Energy Board Awards UCSD $2 Million for Biofuels 6/2/2011

Calling someone "pond scum" may soon be a compliment  5/31/2011

Local Scientists Growing Algae as Next Alternative Fuel  5/24/2011

UN: Renewable Energy is the key 5/9/2011

Energy Commission Awards Nearly $3.4 Million for Research: Alternative Fuels Research Awarded to UC San Diego  5/5/2011

SD-CAB featured on UCSD-TV's "UCSD at 50"  2/21/2011

Green Jobs are New Sunrise Industry  1/19/2011

Where are the Green Jobs in San Diego? 1/17/2011

How Does San Diego's Economy Differ? 11/13/10

Just color San Diego algae green in research 11/12/10

The Culture Club: The world of algae R&D and commercialization, an inside view, in pictures 10/13/10

Just color San Diego algae green in research 9/28/10

Algae Biomass Summit 4 in Arizona  [video] 9/28/10

Algae as Fuel of the Future Faces Great Expectations -- and Obstacles 9/17/10

U.S. Allocated Up to $24 Million for Algae Biofuels Projects 6/28/10

San Diego, Imperial Counties gets Funds for biofuels training 6/28/10

Exploring Algae as Fuel 7/26/10

U.S. Allocates up to $24M for Algae Biofuels Projects 7/26/10

San Diego, Pond Scum and Crude Oil: Our Mayor Issues an Invitation to Sloganeers 7/21/10

San Diego Program Will Train A Biofuel Workforce 7/16/10

State Names San Diego "Innovation Hub," Awards $4M for Biofuels Worker Training 6/30/10

San Diego, Imperial counties get funds for biofuels training 6/29/10

San Diego Region Gets $4M Biofuels Training Grant 6/29/10

San Diego Region Awarded $4 Million Workforce Development Grant to Support Expanding Biofuels Industry 6/29/10

DOE Grants $24M for Algal Biofuels Research 6/29/10

Obama funds research into Algae-based biofuels 6/29/10

DOE taps three consortia to tackle advanced algal fuels challenges 6/29/10

US Allocates Up to $24 Million for Algae Biofuels Projects 6/28/10

Universities win funding for algae biofuel research 6/28/10

DOE Awards $9M for Algae Biotech Center 6/28/10

UCSD gets grant for algae energy research 6/28/10

DOE $24 million for algal biofuels research 6/28/10

DOE Awards UC San Diego Consortium $9 Million for Algal Biofuels Research 6/28/10

Energy of the future? It's green and slimy. 6/20/10

Synergistic allelochemicals from a freshwater cyanobacterium 5/17/10

Two Division of Biological Sciences Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences 4/27/10

Study Finds Bacteria Divides Like Clockwork 3/18/10

Drug Production Gets Aquatic 3/17/10

Using green algae as drug factory could cut pharma costs by 1,000 times 3/17/10

Scientists from Sapphire Energy, UCSD, Scripps and Protelica show genetically modified algae can make important drugs 3/8/10

From pond scum to pharmacy shelf 2/10

A Sapphire Energy Co-Founder Sees Solutions in Algae for Drugs as Well as Biofuels12/2/09

Expert on Genetics of Algae Joins UC San Diego 11/2/09

America's energy policy dilemma 11/2/09

Project converts dairy wastes to energy, other products 10/09/09

Industry Leaders Announce Alliance to Commercialize Integrated-Carbon-to-Liquids™ (ICTL) Fuel Technologies 10/9/09

Algae startups partner 10/9/09

Algae repositions as biofuels’ “humble but lovable” feedstock 10/9/09

Algae as fuel slow to grow 10/8/09

A 'Green Revolution' Buds Slowly in Algae 10/7/09

Conference on algae highlights fast-growing sector 10/7/09

Algae as Fuel of the Future Faces Great Expectations -- and Obstacles 9/16/09

Interest in algae's oil prospects is growing 9/14/09

ExxonMobil investment lifts San Diego’s algae biofuel industry 7/14/09

ExxonMobil to fund $600 million biofuel partnership with La Jolla firm 7/15/09

Deal blooms for algae biofuel research 7/15/09

Plant Power: A Special Report on Biofuels 6/30/09

Pond-Powered 5/27/09

Algae to biofuel: A regional cause 5/20/09

San Diego Just Beginning to Assess Needs of Emerging Algae Industry 5/8/09

Area scientists are abuzz about algae 5/6-7/09

Powering the Future with Pond Scum 5/4/09

America's algae capital? 5/3/09

San Diego, Silicon Valley of Algae Innovation? 4/30/09

"SD-CAB" could turn the oil industry "green" with envy 4/29/09

New center to focus on algae, biofuels 4/29/09

Great (Algae) Expectations, and San Diego’s Plans for Creating a Big Green Cluster 4/29/09

Algae biofuels industry bolstered by new partnership 4/28/09

Regional Partnership Announced For Algae Project 4/28/09

Biofuel from Algae 4/28/09

Regional partnership to develop algal biofuels gets backing of San Diego leaders 4/28/09

Trying to Turn San Diego into the Green Houston 1/1/09

A Mini-Cluster of Algae-to-Biofuels Technology Blooms in San Diego 12/30/08