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About Erika
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Erika |
City - Eureka, CA Country - United States Role - Industry professional About - I am a research biologist for an algae-based fertilizer company, utilizing algae harvested from municipal waste-water treatment ponds. I am passionate about using algae for water and CO2 remediation, and I am excited with the economic implications of creating a viable source of biofuel and the myriad other uses for algae. |
Active Members @ Oilgae Club
Erika's Areas of Interest
- Algae Fuel Research at Universities and Colleges
- Algae Carbon Capture
- Algae based Waste Water Treatment
- Hydrogen from Algae
- Biodiesel from Algae
- Algae Oil Extraction
- Harvesting of Macroalgae
- Harvesting of Microalgae
- Photobioreactor
- Algae Cultivation in Closed Pond
- Algae Cultivation in Open Pond
- Algae Strain Selection
- Algae Genetics
- Algae Oil Companies
- Nutrients for Algae Growth
- Jet Fuel from Algae
- Non Fuel Applications of Algae
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Recent Notes @ Oilgae Club
- Exciting to be back to the Oilgae club, after a long period of AWOL by Narsisant - 1 day ago
- Does anyone has a business plan about an oilgae business proposal that you can send me. by Ajb009 - 2 weeks ago
- Dear Members of Oilgae, I am Rishibha Dixit pursuing Ph.D and in my Ph.D. research work i need some standard protocols for extraction of lipid from microalgae, and identification of lipids. I would be highly obliged if anyone could provide me the standard protocols for extraction of lipid. Thank yo by RishibhaDixit - 3 weeks ago
- We must try to replace maize in obtaining algae biofuel by UEMTMCompany - 2 months ago
- I am new in this field and willing to know about the production of energy from algae by Shahanwaz - 3 months ago


























The Algae Biomass Organization has responded to the recently released National Research Council report on the sustainability of algae-based biofuel, applauding the report’s findings that any current concerns over sustainability ... more
Greetings All- i am looking for some research on the use of cultured algae on soilenrichment - e.g. omega 3 benefits soil micro fauna. more
Solazyme and Bunge Form Joint Venture in Brazil April 3, 2012AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com outh San Francisco-based Solazyme and Bunge Global Innovation LLC , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food ... more
GeneArt® Precision TALs March 21, 2012AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com TALE proteins offer precise gene editing capabilities. ife Technologies has announced the launch of GeneArt® Precision TALs, generally referred to as TAL effector proteins (TALE), which will ... more
Since 2009 Arup Germany has been leading a research collaboration with COLT International and SSC, a small enterprise specialised in hydrobiological processes. The collaboration is about the integration into buildings ... more
Photobioreactors as adaptive shading devices. Research out of Germany http://smartgeometry.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154
Which Algal strain will be suitable for the research....
Friends... i wanna to do a project on " Genetic manipulation of algae to improve self-aggregation " Am inviting your comments and suggestions ...... Nimal Raveendran
OriginOil Demonstrates Low-Energy Algae Appliance to National Algae Association NAA workshop attendees view latest algae processing technologies (video, photos) Los Angeles, CA February 7, 2012 – OriginOil, Inc. (OTC/BB: OOIL), a leading ... more
http://www.originoil.com/pdf/OriginOil_Algae_Production_and_Networking_Workshop_NAA Algae – Its Strategic Use Ancient History Algae compressed & fossilized into petroleum. Nature processed the whole biomass – did not separate the oils. Today’s Strategy Lipids and biomass are being separated. But are they utilized ... more
BioProcess Algae and GPRE Break Ground on Iowa Production Facility February 2, 2012AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com ioProcess Algae LLC and Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. have announced that they will start construction of BioProcess Algae’s ... more
Algae Producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil Announce Joint Commercial Agreement Development of dry-land aquaculture could transform desert farm economies of the American Southwest and Mexico Mexicali Valley, Mexico and Los Angeles, CA February ... more
Find out more about HOK's Net Zero Competition entry at http://biosarch.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/charles-lee-as-part-of-the-hok-san-francisco-net-zero-team-for-a-special-jury-recognition/
Net Zero proposal uses BIOS-FIN vertical bioreactor as part of system to bring residential high rise and community to net positive energy production. Find out more here http://biosarch.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/charles-lee-as-part-of-the-hok-san-francisco-net-zero-team-for-a-special-jury-recognition/ more
Congrats to the HOK San Francisco Net Zero Team for a Special Jury Recognition in the architecture at zero competition http://www.architectureatzero.com/Architecture_at_Zero/Winners_files/07_Battery%20Park%20from%20Zero%20to%20Positive_lr.pdf
I want to be on the next taste panel !!!! more
The following article may be of interest for guys who are steadily working on Algae cultivation: more
Hi Tom,I like the articles you post over here. I would like to hear what you think about my choice of topics too..I have posted my articles at this link: http://www.cleantick.com/users/emily/blogs/rd-magazines-49th-scientist-of-the-year Check ... more
The best sensors to use are solid state sensors, but they should be true solid state sensors, not gel/polymer.They should have a built in reference electrode also solid state.This means ... more
This was an interesting article http://www.cleantick.com/portal/news/pages/1043. The idea is to produce 16 times more algae than existing technologies. The process allows algae to be cultured in vertical bio-reactors rather than in the ... more
Origin Oil 's technologies are amazing - this in particular is my favorite http://goo.gl/BlR3Y more
Hi Tom,I was just wondering if there were any commercial algal strains being sold in Asia after reading this blog: http://goo.gl/X7wnd .Try checking out this article and can you let ... more
We are pleased to invite oilgae club members to our Algae Talk Session on 19 Sep 2011 at Technology Park Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Algaetech is organizing "Algae Talk Session" with ... more
Dear Members of Oilgae, I will be attending a algae talk session by Dr. Jonathan Trent, OMEGA Scientist, Ames Research Center, NASA on 19 Sep at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.I have a ... more
Innovations in Photobioreactor Design - http://www.cleantick.com/users/dunkenneth/pages/innovations-in-photobioreactor-design-materials
We have just sold every litre of oil that we can produce, and are looking for a further 30,000 MT of Rapeseed, Jatropha or Palm OIL per month. more
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/algae-bloom-1311121572-slideshow/view-algae-filled-coastline-qingdao-photo-102645670.html
Great installation at the Jardin de Metis this year involving algae as a form of gardening http://www.algaegarden.net/ wish they had picked my proposal a few years earlier http://biosarch.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/no-phycological-follies/ but still ... more
Got an informative article about Nannochloropsis salina when i was surfing at Cleantick.The article discusses various characteristics of the strain such as lipid productivity,photosynthetic efficiency,growth rate etc... Read at:http://www.cleantick.com/users/amandaleah/projects/analysis-of-marine-algae-strains-for-biofuel-production-nannochloropsis-salina more
CleanTick is an online cleantech community from the promoters of Oilgae. Cleantick has recently launched an online algae fuels community which aims to bring about all the algae fuel professionals, researchers ... more
Check out my latest thoughts on Drinkable ethanol from Algae and Algae systems that clean greywater on building facades while producing biofuel and acting as shade fins. http://biosarch.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/bios-net-positive-spirits-algae-based-sustainable-drinkable-alcohol/ http://biosarch.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/bios-fin-system-algae-biofiltration-to-biofuel-building-facade-system/ more
http://biosarch.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/bios-net-positive-spirits-algae-based-sustainable-drinkable-alcohol/ and http://biosarch.wordpress.com/2011/07/16/bios-fin-system-algae-biofiltration-to-biofuel-building-facade-system/
Dear All,Greetings!Some of us are war torn veterans in the field of algae fuels and many of us are young turks with fancy degrees from ivy league schools having published ... more
Take the Algae Fuel Challenge - http://www.oilgae.com/challenge/
Hello My Oilgae Friends...Sorry I was out for giving lectures and for research Purpose,But is soon returning back to you.... With Juicy Informations...
This talk by Dan Miller presents compelling evidence for the looming climate apocalypse. We are on a path to global catastrophe. In talking about a crisis of Biblical scale, Miller gives ... more
Hi MElSheikh,As far as I know, fatty acids compositions also change as a consequence of changing of growth conditions. For some experiments I did, I observed that ratio and types ... more
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced this month $36 million in federal grants to fund six small-scale projects in five states designed to produce drop-in advanced biofuels and other ... more
I would like to buy Fermented Algae Ethanol. It is extremely hard to find a source. Is there a company who sells algae ethanol on the open market? more
Algae-based biofuel will become commercially viable! But the major obstacle ahead is the high production costs associated. Algae biofuel production costs 10 times that of palm oil, according Rene Wijffels, ... more