A growing body of research is revealing how the single-celled green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii coordinates a rapid, multi-layered defense when hit by sudden changes in light intensity. By ...

At the end of Gourrier Avenue, a stone’s throw from Alex Box Stadium, LSU researchers are working on a new tool that could transform the industry for a microscopic organism: algae. Maria Teresa ...

Aquatic algae called diatoms have been found to use light-sensing proteins as depth indicators. Detecting depth-related changes in the intensity and spectrum of light enables algae to modulate their ...