Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology

About LARB

LARB’s algal biofuel named one of Time magazine’s 50 best inventions of 2008!

With more than 40,000 identified species, microalgae are one of the oldest and most diverse groups of organisms on Earth. They also hold enormous untapped potential for helping to solve some of humanity’s biggest problems.

At the Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, we are adding to the body of basic research on algae and cyanobacteria, while also conducting applied research into renewable energy production, environmental remediation, and human nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals.

Learn more about our research priorities:

• Algae-based biofuel production
• Industrial photobioreactor system design
• Algae-based bioremediation of air emissions and wastewaters
• Detection of toxic algae and toxins in water supplies
• Algae-caused taste and odor problems in drinking water supplies
• Algae as cell factories