The Duke Marine Lab hosted 20 international collaborators who met August 14-17 to present research and develop future research plans to mature the science of using marine microalgae (phytoplankton) as a feedstock for energy and fuel. Representatives of the algae biomass consortium include university labs (Duke, Cornell, San Francisco State, Mississippi, Hawaii, University of Norland), industry (Cellana), government (US Department of Energy) and non-profit organizations (Sahara Forest Project) all with practical experience in marine microalgae biotechnology. The colloquium represents a kick-off meeting for directed experiments to evaluate and improve upon current approaches for growing and processing of marine microalgae. This work is funded in part by US DOE #DE-EE0003371.
