The development of more sustainable food, feed, and bio-products is critical to mitigating the
environmental stresses facing our world today. Algae, which includes seaweeds, eukaryotic …

A complete set of genetic tools is still being developed for the micro-alga Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii. Yet even with this incomplete set, this photosynthetic single-celled plant has …

Algae biofuels may provide a viable alternative to fossil fuels; however, this technology must
overcome a number of hurdles before it can compete in the fuel market and be broadly …

Dr. Harris has played a major role in the development of this organism as a model system.
Her previous version of the Chlamydomonas Sourcebook which published in 1989, has …

The success of the green alga C hlamydomonas reinhardtii as a model organism is to a
large extent due to the wide range of molecular techniques that are available for its …

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a well-established model system for basic research questions
ranging from photosynthesis and organelle biogenesis, to the biology of cilia and basal …

Gene duplication followed by functional specialization is a potent force in the evolution of
biological diversity. A comparative study of two highly conserved duplicated genes …

Alga-derived lipids represent an attractive potential source of biofuels. However, lipid
accumulation in algae is a stress response tightly coupled to growth arrest, thereby imposing …

The efficiency of gene expression in all organisms depends on the nucleotide composition
of the coding region. GC content and codon usage are the two key sequence features …

Polycomb group proteins play an essential role in the maintenance of cell identity and the
regulation of development in both animals and plants. The Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 …