Announcements

AlgEternal and UTEX are excited to announce two new additions to our photobioreactor lineup. We are now offering Single-Tube Vertical Growth Modules^TM (15-liter total volume) and Four-Tube Research Vertical Growth Modules^TM (60-liter total volume) designed to enable the transfer of basic research from a laboratory setting, to applied research in a scaled setting. For more information, please visit our Photobioreactor Overview page.

In addition to our current workshops, advanced workshops are being offered in cooperation with Arizona State University as part of the D.O.E.-sponsored ATP³ program. The next workshop is scheduled for August 19-23^rd, 2013, and will be held at The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit the ATP³ Workshop page.

UTEX offers 2-day workshops for individuals interested in learning principles and practices of growing and managing algal cultures. The next UTEX workshop is scheduled for June 27-28^th, 2013. Workshops are held at The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit our Workshop Overview page.

UTEX Photobioreactor - UTEX sells laboratory scale photobioreactors in three different packages. The 2-Liter UTEX photobioreactor offers an optimized design for delivering light to maximize growth and product accumulation rates. For more information, please visit our Photobioreactors Overview page.

About Us
The Culture Collection includes approximately 3,000 different strains of living algae, representing most major algal taxa.  Cultures in the Collection are used for research, teaching, biotechnology development, and various other projects throughout the world.  UTEX supports this community of users through the provision of algal cultures along with a variety of other goods and services.  This website contains a listing of the cultures maintained by UTEX, conditions for their maintenance, information regarding the purchase of cultures, and various other features of UTEX.