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Coming Soon: PORPHOSE. A skin product from our labs that will support algae education!
Introducing Porphose: Algae-Powered Skincare Coming Soon! We are excited to announce the upcoming launch of Porphose, a skincare innovation powered by the natural benefits of algae. At Algae Research and Supply, we’ve been harnessing the power of algae to educate,...
Teacher Project: Does Light Affect Algae Growth?
Erol Altug, an A.P Biology teacher at the Stony Brook School in New York, Led his class in an experiment to determine the affect light has on algae growth. Using our Beaker Bag Algae Growing kits, the students set up...
Batch, Semi-continuous, and Continuous Cultures
There are three general methods to grow algae that are across a spectrum. Batch culture, semi continuous batch culture, and continuous culture. In the batch culture your have a finite volume of media in which the cells grow. You...
Methods from France, Cultures in New Mexico: An Interview with Nic Petrovic
Nestled in the sandy desert of Santa Fe, New Mexico is Apogee Spirulina Farms. Over 5,000 square feet of ponds full of Spirulina glisten in the Santa Fe sunshine, cultured by Nicholas Petrovic using the “French Artisanal” method of algae...
Blast off! Journey to Mars with Algae!
Blast off! Haley Roach and her teaching team of Park Heritage Middle School has created a “Journey to Mars” project for her students involving math, physics, biology, government, and, most importantly, ALGAE! Haley teaches 6th and 7th grade science at...
Brainy Briny's used in High School AP Class!
Great Work David Lillard, AP Biology teacher in Kalispel, MT!!! "we changed an abiotic factor to see how it affects the population of algae and then the brine shrimp eat the algae, so you know if we change the algae...
Can I use phosphate as a variable to change rates of photosynthesis?
Yes-absolutely! But, it is not always the easiest to control. Phosphate is one of the macronutrients. N:P:K in photosynthetic world are the macronutrients Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), and Potassium (K). For most algae cultures, a ratio of 5:1:1 to 10:1:1...
Growing Superfoods in LA: An Interview with Dale Solomon
Dale Solomon, Founder of Oasia Farms Nestled in the rural hillside of Los Angeles, California is Oasia Farms. Dale Solomon, Oasia’s founder, is cultivating Spirulina as a “superfood” to improve people’s lives and the environment. Spirulina is quickly becoming a...