Algae in the ocean fixes more carbon dioxide than all the plants on the land.

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Lesson Plans!

Lesson Plans!

Hi Algae Friends, We are finally getting to publishing our LESSON PLANS!!!    This first one is a toxicology plan about how much oil (or any other chemical really) it would take to kill algae.    Do you have any ideas for...

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Morphology of Spirulina

Morphology of Spirulina

What does spirulina look like? Arthrospira platensis, aka spirulina, is a helical colony or tricome.  Below are some of the features we use to describe the tricome. Pitch:  Similar to wavelength.  It is the distance between two peaks in the tricome....

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Extracting lipids and other products from algae.

It is early morning as most of family quietly sleeps...and my son begs for a television show before the sun comes up.   I am up early doing research and doing final edits on the Algae Research Supply Culturing Manual.  While researching...

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Up and running!

We are starting up our blog!   Time to start telling stories about algae.

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