January 9, 2014
…engineering, especially in using algae for biofuels, vaccines and pharmaceuticals. “Our Center for Algae Biotechnology incorporates international research scientists from the fields of biology, chemistry, engineering, economics, and policy,” Brown says. “In addition to their very aggressive research projects, researchers also train young scientists, educate the public, collaborate with private-sector…
November 8, 2012
…San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology. What will your 10-minute discussion be about? “Food and Fuel for the 21st Century” is the title of my talk. Fuel and food are simply two different forms of closely related chemical energy. Both are derived from photosynthesis, the process by which sunlight energy…
November 23, 2016
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and colleagues analyzed Arctic Ocean satellite data from a 19-year period and found that the amount of biomass production at the base of the food web has increased 47 percent since 1997.
September 28, 2011
…San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology, or SD-CAB. “The bioenergy sector will eventually be creating millions of jobs nationwide. Our biggest challenge will be to keep those jobs in California.” Stephen Mayfield—a professor of biology at UC San Diego and director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology (SD-CAB).…
May 2, 2024
Teams of UC San Diego engineers, physicians, biologists and entrepreneurs recently showcased their environmentally focused technologies at the 11th annual Triton Innovation Challenge.
November 20, 2012
…San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology “Food and Fuel for the 21st Century” was the original title of Stephen Mayfield’s talk, but on Friday night the entrepreneurial professor (he is a co-founder of San Diego-based Sapphire Energy) added, “How Rainbow Algae Can Change the World.” Mayfield shared information about the…
February 18, 2016
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego Distinguished Professor William Gerwick received the American Society of Pharmacognosy’s Norman R. Farnsworth Research Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to natural products research. Gerwick will accept the award during the Society’s annual meeting in July at the 2016 Joint Natural Products Conference in Copenhagen.
March 11, 2021
…will find seaweed, or algae, and lots of it. Scripps Oceanography postdoctoral scholar Immo Burkhardt sifts through seagrass in search of red seaweed. Researchers at UC San Diego are now taking a closer look at some of these locally found seaweeds in a first-of-its-kind project that explores seaweed genome diversity.…
August 27, 2018
The University of California San Diego has been named the #1 public university in the nation by Washington Monthly for contributions to social mobility, research and public service. UC San Diego has topped the rankings eight times over the past nine years.
March 12, 2013
Coral reefs not only provide the world with rich, productive ecosystems and photogenic undersea settings, they also contribute an economic boost valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. But their decline in recent years due to a variety of threats—from pollution to climate warming—has lent urgency to the search for…
