November 21, 2013

Scripps Oceanography Researchers Engineer Breakthrough for Biofuel Production




Prospects for economic and sustainable fuel alternative enhanced with discovery

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have developed a method for greatly enhancing biofuel production in tiny marine algae.

As reported in this week’s online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scripps graduate student Emily Trentacoste led the development of a method to genetically engineer a key growth component in biofuel production.