Upstate Algae Laboratory

07/13/2024

No surprise here! Student finalist teams for the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office’s 2023–2025 are making great strides in 15 unique projects to unlock algal .

Read the latest progress updates to learn how teams are already turning smart research proposals into real results—from improving commercial cultivation to making nanomaterials from to predicting prime locations for future farms with : https://hubs.ly/Q02Gr9200

07/10/2024

We still have spots open for our Stewardship Internship this summer! High school students will join Stewardship Coordinator Garrett Chisholm and his summer stewardship crew to tackle some of our most pressing invasive species removal work!

July 22-25; 9am-1pm

Registration is required; capped at five students

Email [email protected] for registration information.

07/04/2024

Cleaning out and resetting the incubator. So I decided it would be a good time to give a little tour.

05/31/2024

# Needed: As summer approaches we are looking to reorganize our lab and "business model" if you can call it that. We will be reworking our office space to hold classes of up to 6 students. Doing this will allow us to hold our live classes with smaller class sizes and without having to rent hotel spaces and the cost and logistics associated with it. This will allow us to bring down the cost of our live classes. It will also allow us to hold more classes on different days of the week so parents don't have to choose between our class and another class that might be going on the same day. We will also be streamlining the logistics and communications for our zoom based classes.
As our class room will have a good amount of idle time, we will also be renting out the space at $10 an hour for extra revenue. (once it is ready) The room will have lab equipment such as microscopes, beakers, mag stirrer, etc. and audio visual equipment to run videos and powerpoints. This room can be used for anything, but the focus will be on providing resources for bio and chem activities. My question to parents is, what science resources or supplies are lacking, hard to come by or cost prohibitive in the home school community. We would like to be able to leverage economies of scale to provide different resources, lab activity supplies etc. complementary, at cost or as low a fee as possible for the classroom. Thanks for your feedback.

03/15/2024

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Spirulina is not only a lovely food additive, but it's got the potential to feed millions of people all their protein with none of the GHG emissions!Hosted b...

03/09/2024

Algae always finds a way to take over almost every ecosystem. From antarctic to desert environments. also has a tendency to work together with many different and even become one with other species.

02/25/2024

We are organizing an educational workshop for high school and upper-middle-school age students on Thursday, March 21th at 10 am. The workshop will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie at 67 S Randolph Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. The focus of the workshop will be introducing students to algae and exploring their unique evolutionary story through a combination of short lectures and hands-on experiments.
The cost is $49 per student. Pre-registration is required as there is a limit of 25 students per workshop. To learn more about the curriculum and register for tickets, please visit https://upstatealgaelaboratory.org/poughkeepsie We are using Eventbrite for efficient ticket management.
During the workshop, participants will engage in activities such as extracting DNA from samples, measuring photosynthesis rates, extracting photosynthetic pigments, and identifying algal species. The curriculum is designed for students with a basic understanding of biology, covering topics like cell structure, DNA, and photosynthesis.

The workshop will be broken down into 4 sessions and each session will be about 20 minutes of lecture followed by a 20-30 minute hands on experiment. This workshop is geared towards upper middle school and high school age students, however, parents can judge by the session details below if their chi...

02/13/2024

🌿 Calling all Albany NY Region homeschooling families! 🏡 We are offering an 18 month ecological research program designed for high schoolers starting march 1st. 🧑‍🔬 Our program offers hands-on learning, mentorship, and an extraordinary opportunity to conduct real world scientific research. Connect with Victor at [email protected] for more information or go to https://upstatealgaelaboratory.org/research-mentorship for more information. Ignite your high schooler’s scientific curiosity and create a lasting impact! The program costs $115 a month.

We only have 6 slots and this post will be taken down when those slots are filled.

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Do you have a motivated homeschool student ready to dive deep into the world of scientific research? We're thrilled to announce that we are now accepting applications for six passionate students to embark on this exciting journey starting March 1st.

02/03/2024

This species of algae is Dunaliella salina, a marine green algae we just got into the lab. Fun fact, many algae species can swim and eat. The group is more than just pond scum.