Monthly Archives: August 2008

The potential of algae as biofuel feedstock

Interest in algae as a potential biofuel feedstock stems from two features observed in naturally occurring strains. Firstly, many algae are remarkably efficient at photosynthesis, converting up to 6% of incident solar energy into biomass. The theoretical limit for photosynthesis is about 11% of incident sunlight[1], whereas most crops achieve less than 1%, and even… Read more »

Biology

International Biofuels Survey- please take part

A Master’s student from the University Of Auckland, New Zealand and Intern at SCION Research, is conducting an international study on the strategic development of the liquid biofuels industry. The aim of the research is to understand what factors Decision Makers within academia, industry and government see as most important when choosing between and evaluating… Read more »

Biology

Cell Communication & Signaling becomes the official journal of the Signal Transduction Society

Cell Communication & Signaling has re-launched today under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief Stephan Feller, as the official journal of the Signal Transduction Society(STS). Cell Communication & Signaling encompasses all basic and translational aspects of cellular communications and signaling pathways in normal and pathological conditions. Together with the STS, the journal aims to provide a forum… Read more »

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Bioinformaticists compete in BioMed Central Rubik challenge at ISMB in Toronto

Last week’s Intelligent Systems in Molecular Biology 2008 conference in Toronto proved once again that bioinformaticists, genomicists and systems biologists are hugely enthusiastic about open access. Nearly everyone we spoke to at the conference not only read articles from BioMed Central’s journals, but had published in them and/or reviewed for them. As ever, it was… Read more »

Biology