Publications by NAABB Researchers

For a complete list of publications, presentations, posters, patents and more please click link.

Brooklyn College - Research Foundation of CUNY

• Ramos, A.A.; J. Polle, D. Tran, J. C. Cushman, E.S. Jin and J. C. Varela “The unicellular green alga Dunaliella salina Teod. as a model for abi¬otic stress tolerance: genetic advances and future perspectives” Algae 26(1): 3-20 (2011).
• Blanc G, Duncan G, Agarkova I, Borodovsky M, Gurnon J, Kuo A., Lindquist E, Polle JEW, Salamov A,Terry A, Yamada T, Dunigan DD, Grigoriev IV, Claverie J-M, and JL van Etten. (2010) The Chlorella variabilis NC64A genome reveals adaptation to photosymbiosis, coevolution with viruses, and cryptic sex. Plant Cell 22(9): 2943-2955

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

• Sayre, R.S. “Microalgae: The Potential for Carbon Capture”, Bioscience 60(9):722-727 (2010).

New Mexico State University

• Starbuck, C.M. “Comment on “Environmental Life Cycle Comparison of Algae to Other Bioenergy Feedstocks””, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45, 833.
• Patil P.D., Gude V.D., Mannarswamy A., Deng S., Cooke P., Munson-McGee S., Rhodes I., Lammers P., Nirmalakhandan N. “Optimization of Direct Conversion of Wet Algae to Biodiesel under Supercritical Methanol Conditions” Bioresource Technology, 102,  118-122 (2011).
• Patil P.D., Gude V.D., Mannarswamy A., Cooke P., Munson-McGee S., Nirmalakhandan N., Lammers P., Deng S., “Optimization of microwave-assisted transesterification of dry algal biomass using response surface methodology” Bioresource Technology, 102, 1399-1405  (2011).
• Growth, lipid accumulation and growth-cycle dependent lipid composition of the marine microalga Nannochloropsis salina. Tanner Schaub, F. Omar Holguin; Uriel Ortega-Rodriguez,  J. Isaac Rhodes, Marijn de Jong, Wayne VanVoorhies, Tracy Yates, Peter Lammers. Plant Physiology (MS ID#: PLANTPHYSIOL/2011/174573) 2/17/2011.
• Patil P.D., Gude V.D, Pinappu S., Deng S. “Transesterification kinetics of Camelina sativa oil on metal oxide catalysts under conventional and microwave heating conditions” Chem. Eng. J. accepted (2011).
• Ketheesan B. and Khandan, N. N. “Development of a new airlift-driven raceway reactor for algal cultivation” To appear in Applied Energy: Special Issue on Algal Biofuels, 2011.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

•  Liu W, and NL Canfield.  2010.  "Fabrication of Thin Porous Metal Sheets as Membrane Support."  PNNL-SA-76351, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.  [submitted Journal of Membrane Science – under review] 

Texas AgriLife Research

• Richardson, J.W., J.L. Outlaw, and M. Allison.  “The Economics of Micro Algae Oil.”  AgBioForum, Vol. 13, No. 2, Article 4: 119-130, 2010.
• Campiche, Jody L., Bryant, Henry L., and Richardson, James W., “Long-Run Effects of Falling Cellulosic Ethanol Production Costs on the Agricultural Economy,” Environmental Research Letters, 5(2010):014018-014026.
• Bryant, H. L., J. L. Campiche, J. Lu. A Static Computable General Equilibrium Model of World Energy and Agricultural Markets (WEAM). AFPC Research Report 10-7. December 2010.
• Bryant, H. L., L. Jiamin, J. W. Richardson, and J. L. Outlaw.  “Long-term Effects of Increasing Ethanol Production on Agricultural Markets and Trade, Land Use, and Food Insecurity,” in The Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization, A. Schmitz, N. Wilson, C. Moss, and D. Zilberman (eds.), Bentham Books, Oak Park, Illinois. 2010.
• Allison, Marc S. “The Future of Biofuels:An Economic Analysis of The Design and Operation of a Microalgae Facility in Texas and the Southwestern United States.” Department of Agricultural Economics. Texas A&M University, Master of Science Thesis. August 2010.

 Los Alamos National Laboratory

• He, Peng and Abdel-Fattah, A.I., (2011) "An Overview of CO2 Management for Biofuel-Producing Microalgae” Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Submitted)
• He, Peng and Abdel-Fattah, A.I., (2011), "CO2-Fixation in Hydrogel for Controlled Growth of Biofuel-Producing Microalgae” Energy & Environmental Science (In Preparation)
• Olivares, J.A. “An Overview of the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB): Algal Biofuels Consortium”, Algae Technology & Business (In Press)

University of California, Los Angeles

• Kropat, J., Hong-Hermesdorf, A., Casero, D., Ent, P., Pellegrini, M., Merchant, S.S., Malasarn, D. (2011) A revised mineral nutrient supplement increases biomass and growth rate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant J. in press. 
• Lopez, D., Casero, D., Cokus, S., Merchant, S.S., Pellegrini, M. (2011) Algal Functional Annotation Tool: a web-based analysis suite to functionally interpret large gene lists using integrated annotation and expression data, BMC Bioinformatics, submitted.
• Atsumi S, Wu TY, Machado IM, Huang WC, Chen PY, Pellegrini M, Liao JC.  Evolution, genomic analysis, and reconstruction of isobutanol tolerance in Escherichia coli. Mol Syst Biol. 2010 Dec 21;6:449. PubMed PMID: 21179021.
• Gonzalez-Ballester D, Casero D, Cokus S, Pellegrini M, Merchant SS, Grossman AR. RNA-Seq Analysis of Sulfur-Deprived Chlamydomonas Cells Reveals Aspects of Acclimation Critical for Cell Survival. Plant Cell. 2010 Jun 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20587772.
• Ferris P, Olson BJ, De Hoff PL, Douglass S, Casero D, Prochnik S, Geng S, Rai , R, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Nishii I, Hamaji T, Nozaki H, Pellegrini M, Umen JG., Evolution of an expanded sex-determining locus in volvox. Science. 2010 Apr16 ;328(5976):351-4. PubMed PMID: 20395508.

University of Arizona

• Cheng, Kuan-Chen and Ogden, Kimberly L. “Current academic research on algal biofuels production”. Invited article – Chemical Engineering Progress March: 10-15 (2011)

University of Washington

• Bigelow et al., “ A comprehensive GC-MS sub-microscale assay for fatty acids and its applications” J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., www.springerlink.com/content/a81000h083m65p74