The mission is to develop cost effective and environmentally attractive means of generating fuels, chemicals, materials, foods and feeds from bioenergy.
Why Do We Think This Mission is Possible?
Because of people. This is how we will accomplish our mission.
Scientists
Bob Blankenship, PhD, Professor, Washington University; Director, PARC
Goran Berndes, Chalmers University
David Bransby, PhD, Auburn University School of Agronomy & Soils
Dr. David Bressler, University of Alberta
Robert Brown, PhD, Professor, Iowa State University
Shulin Chen, PhD, Professor, Washington State University
George Church, PhD, Professor, Harvard University
Keith Cooksey, PhD, Professor, Montana State University
Charles Cooney, PhD, Professor, MIT
Bruce Dale, PhD, Michigan State University
Jim Dumesic, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tom Foust, PhD, NREL; Director, National Advanced Biofuels Consortium
Professor Alexandre Donato Gomes Aranda
Peter B. Heifetz, Ph.D. Principal, Heifetz BioConsulting
Dr. Rafael Hernandez, Professor, Mississippi State University
Dr. George Huber, University of Wisconsin
Steve Kay, PhD, Professor, UCSB
Jay Keasling, PhD, Professor, UC Berkeley
Lee Lynd, PhD, Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Stephen Mayfield, PhD, Professor, UCSD
Bernard McMahon, University of Minnesota
Greg Mitchell, PhD, Professor, Scripps Instituion of Oceanography
Dr. Karen Rodgers Newell, Professor, Texas A&M
Jose Olivares, PhD, Director, National Alliance For Advanced Biofuels and Bio-Products
Philip Pienkos, PhD, NREL
Dr. Susan Pond, Adjunct Professor, Center for U.S. Studies, Dow Sustatinability program, University of Sidney.
Kristala Jones Prather, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tim Rials, Professor and Director, Univ. of Tennessee Center for Renewable Carbon
Pamela Silver, Harvard
Chris Somerville, PhD, Professor, UC Berkeley Director, EBI
Glenn Steele, Director, Sustainable Energy Research Center
David Tilman, PhD, Professor, University of Minnesota
Stefan Unnasch, Managing Director of Life C
Guido Zacchi, PhD, Professor, Lund University
ycle Associates, LLC
Emile Van Zyl, PhD, Professor, Stellenbosch University
Larry Walker, PhD, Cornell University, Co-Editor of Industrial Biotechnology Magazine, Dir. of NE Sun Grant Institute
Michael Wang, Section Leader, Systems Assessments, Argonne National Laboratory
Charles Wyman, PhD, Professor, UC Riverside
Association/ NGO executives
Andreas Ablaev, President, Russian Biofuels Association
Rich Altman, Exec Director Emeritus, CAAFI
Bliss Baker, MD, Global Renewable Fuels Alliance
Heather Brodie, CEO, Biofuels Association of Australia
Tom Buis, President, Growth Energy
Matt Carr, MD, BIO
Wesley Clark, Co-chairman, Growth Energy
Bob Cleaves, President, Biomass Power Association
Barry Cohen, Executive Director, National Algae Association
Bob Dinneen, President, Renewable Fuels Association
Doug Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition
Brent Erickson, VP Industrial Biotechnology, BIO
Rafaello Garofalo, Secretary General, European Biodiesel Board
Michael Goergen, President, Society of American Foresters
Julio Guillen, President, Asociacion Peruana de Productores de Azucar y Biocombustibles
Jorge Gutierrez, Federacion Nacional de Biocombustibles
Richard Hahn, President, 25x25
John Heimlich, Chief Economist, Airlines for America
Bill Holmberg, ACORE Biomass Coordinating Council
Steve Howell, Technical Director, National Biodiesel Board
Joanne Ivancic, Exec Dir, Advanced Biofuels USA
Joe Jobe, CEO, National Biodiesel Board
Gene Jones, Exec. Director, Southern Waste Information Exchange
Alwin Kopse, Exec. Director, Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels
Anne Korin, Exec. Director, Set America Free Coalition
Gal Luft, Exec. Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
Alfredo Langesfeld, President. Argentine Renewable Energy Chamber
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
Andrew Makenete, President, Southern African Biofuels Association
Daniel Martinez, Presidente, ANCAP
Michael McAdams, President, Advanced Biofuels Association
Amilkar Acosta Medina, President, Colombian National Federation of Biofuels
Sean OHanlon, Executive Director, American Biofuels Council
Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, Acting CEO and Technical Director of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)
Zeljko Serdar, President, Croatian Center of RES
Mary Rosenthal, Exec Dir, Algal Biomass Organization
Thomas Rotger, IATA
Peter Schrum, President, BBK
Jim Stewart, President, Bioenergy Producers Association
David Tenny, President, National Assn. of Forest Owners
D.K.J. Tommel, President, Netherlands Bioenergy Association
Nivaldo Trama, President, Associacao Brasileira das Industrias de Biodiesel
Tom Verry, National Biodiesel Board, Director of Outreach and Development
Rob Vierhout, Secretary General, EBIO
Carol Werner, EESI Exec. Director
Philip Wolfe, CEO, UK Renewable Energy Association
Nancy Young, VP, Environmental Affairs, Airlines for America
Rolf Fiebig Zarges, Asociacion Chilena de Energias Renovables
Company executives
Brad Albin, CTO, REG
Danny Allison, Sustainability Manager, Abengoa Bioenergy
Bob Ames, Vice President, Fuels Commercialization, Solazyme
Alex Aravanis, VP of Sapphire Energy
Michael Arbige, PhD, Dupont Industrial Biosciences
Carol Babb, Director, Renewable Generation Group R. W. Beck/SAIC
Paal Bakken, CEO, Seaweed Energy Solutions
Dennis Banasiak, CEO, Avello Bioenergy
John Benemann, PhD, CEO, Benemann Associates
Eli Gal, CTO, Primus Green Energy
Nitin Baliga, ISB
Bill Baum, Chairman, Genomatica
Paul Beckwith, CEO, Butamax
Doug Berven, Director, Corporate Affairs, POET
Bill Brady, CEO, Mascoma
Jeff Broin, Chairman, POET
Mark Broses, Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc -- Principal
In the body, free radicals are produced when oxygen combines with complex metabolic molecules. Free radicals are highly unstable molecules ready to react with anything they can. When they react, the result is called “oxidation.” Once the oxidation process begins, it can produce a chain reaction that generates more free radicals.
Oxidation in the human body is the same thing that happens to metal when it rusts. The rusting or oxidation can destroy a strong piece of metal in just a few years. By painting the metal or putting on a rust-inhibiting product you can prevent rusting. This is the same thing that antioxidants are doing to the “rusting” in our bodies—preventing oxidation and keeping them strong. Like the rust inhibiting product which prevents the metal’s cells from oxidizing and degrading, antioxidants prevent our body’s cells from oxidizing and degrading. Fortunately for our bodies (and our health), antioxidants are capable of joining with oxidizing free radicals, thus rendering them harmless. There is a very easy and interesting experiment you can do in your home that shows what oxidation is all about: Take an apple and cut it in half. Now take a lemon and cut it in half and drip the lemon juice on one half of the apple. Drip it all over the cut side of the apple, and leave the other apple half as is with no lemon juice. Keep the two halves at room temperature for an hour or two, then look at both halves: The half with the lemon juice will look pretty much the same as it did when it was cut; the half without the lemon juice will probably be turning brown and “going bad.” If you leave them out longer, the difference will become more pronounced. This is oxidation and antioxidant protection happening before your eyes. The unprotected half is oxidizing quickly. The half with lemon juice is oxidizing very slowly or not at all because of the antioxidants present in the lemon juice. Lemons have Vitamin C and citrus bioflavonoids.
CCRES ALGAE PROJECT
part of
Croatian Center of Renewable Energy Sources (CCRES)
Astaxanthin, a member of the carotenoid family, it is a dark red pigment and the main carotenoid found in algae and aquatic animals. It is responsible for the red/pink coloration of crustaceans, shellfish, and the flesh of salmonoids. CCRES produces astaxanthin from the microalga Haematococcus pluvialis, the richest known natural source for astaxanthin. Astaxanthin however, is more than just a red pigment, it is primarily an extremely powerful antioxidant. It has the unique capacity to quench free radicals and reactive species of oxygen and to inhibit lipid peroxidation. Studies have shown astaxanthin to be over 500 times stronger than vitamin E and much more potent than other carotenoids such as lutein, lycopene and ?-carotene. Astaxanthin was found to have beneficial effects in many health conditions related to the Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders, skin health, joint health, muscle endurance, as well as to the cardiovascular, immune, eye and other systems.
Natural astaxanthin – molecule properties
Astaxanthin (3,3’-dihydroxy-?-?-carotene-4,4’-dione) is a xanthophyll carotenoid, commonly found in marine environments where it gives an orange-pink coloration to several sea-species.
CCRES Haematococcus pluvialis
Astaxanthin has two chiral centers, at the 3 and 3 positions. The main astaxanthin stereoisomer (3S, 3S’) found in the microalga Haematococcus pluvialis is the main form found in wild salmon.
CCRES Haematococcus pluvialis
Astaxanthin consists of geometric isomers (trans and cis). the cis isomers display higher bioavailability and potency in humans This isomer is abundant (up to 20%) in the natural astaxanthin complex produced by the microalga Haematococcus pluvialis.
CCRES Haematococcus pluvialis
The astaxanthin in Haematococcus pluvialis microalgae occurs in the esterified form, which is more stable than the free astaxanthin form.
CCRES Haematococcus pluvialis
Astaxanthin cannot be synthesized by animals and humans and must be provided in the diet. Natural astaxanthin has been part of the human diet for thousands of years.
CCRES Haematococcus pluvialis
Astaxanthin, unlike most carotenes is not converted to vitamin A (retinol) in the human body.
CCRES Haematococcus pluvialis
Natural astaxanthin has no "pro-oxidant" activity – It does not become an exhausted oxidant thanks to its unique molecule structure that is able to release the excess of energy as heat.
CCRES Haematococcus pluvialis
Astaxanthin has been shown to actually cross the blood-brain and blood-retina barriers, meaning it can positively impact disorders related to brain and the central nervous system.
Astaxanthin
CCRES ALGAE PROJECT
part of
CROATIAN CENTER of RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (CCRES)
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