The 20th Algae Biomass Summit took place October 12-15th, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ.

Drs. Mauricio Masson, Barbara de Freitas and PhD student Mark Pampuch represented the SSB Lab at this event.

Mark presented his poster: "A Reproducible, Algae/Cyanobacteria-Specific Genomics Workflow"

Barbara her poster: "Halospirulina from the empty Quarter desert of Saudi Arabia as a halophilic new source of canthaxanthin, phycocyanin and biomass"

and Mauricio gave his talk: "Galdieria: From CO₂ and Waste to Valuable Pigments"