Award Number: DE-EE0008904, CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.15, Bioenergy Technologies Office, Location(s): CO, Office(s): Golden Field Office
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February 5, 2020
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Award Number: DE-EE0008904
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.15
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Location(s): CO
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Colorado School of Mines (CSM) to apply directed evolution, genetic engineering, and natural selection strategies to algal strains in order to adapt strains to specific outdoor culturing conditions (e.g. high light intensities, O2 levels, salinity, pH) and improve lipid yield. Algal strains would be analyzed, and down-selected for further research. Strains determined to have targeted traits would then have the strategies discussed above applied to them.