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March 19, 2013 08:43 pm GMT

Teen Creates Algae-Powered Biofuel in Her Bedroom Lab

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The winner of this year’s Intel Science Talent Search is 17-year-old Sara Volz, who built a biofuel lab under the lofted bed in her room to explore the potential for algae to become an economically viable fuel

The demanding high-school research competition, which honors students with exceptional promise in math and science, awarded Volz with $100,000

The teenager from Colorado Springs investigated artificial selection for its potential to increase algae oil yields. She established populations of algae cells with high oil content, which are essential for an economically feasible biofuel.

In her bedroom lab, Volz grew algae in a medium containing the herbicide sethoxydim to kill algae cells with low levels of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase), an enzyme crucial to lipid synthesis.


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