A model alga for oil production: Nannochloropsis gaditana draft genome, genetic transformation, and high lipid productivities
Robert E. Jinkerson, Randor Radakovits and Matthew C. Posewitz, Department of Chemistry & Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

Development of a genome-scale metabolic model for cyanobacterial metabolism
Trang T. Vu¹, Sergey M. Stolyar², Grigoriy E. Pinchuk², Allan E. Konopka², Alex S. Beliaev² and Jennifer L. Reed¹, (1)Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, (2)Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

Metabolic engineering of green algae for autotrophic production of terpenoid hydrocarbons
Ugur Uzuner¹, Ryan Syrenne¹, Shangxian Xie¹, Susie Y. Dai² and Joshua S. Yuan¹, (1)Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, (2)Office of the Texas State Chemist, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

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A hetero-photoautotrophic two-stage cultivation model to improve wastewater nutrient removal and enhance algal lipid accumulation for low cost biofuel feedstock production
Wenguang Zhou, Min Min, Yecong Li, Bing Hu, Paul Chen and Roger Ruan, Department of bioproducts and biosystems engineering, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN

Resolving complex microbial interactions for sustainable production of algae
Christopher E. Bagwell, Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC, Magdalena Piskorska, Biology & Geology, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC and Charles E. Milliken, Biotechnology, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC

Bioconversion of Nannochloropsis salina lipid-extracted biomass into ethanol
Mona Mirsiaghi, Jasmine Roth and Kenneth F. Reardon, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO