Bioenergy for a growing bioeconomy
CBI Accelerating Innovation
CBI is a interdisciplinary center. We have broad and challenging scientific goals. We strongly believe that the only way to achieve these goals is by engaging multiple viewpoints. This is accomplished by creating a team based environment connecting staff across eighteen partner institutions.
Resilience Goals
To increase feedstock resilience by harnessing natural diversity and beneficial plant-microbe interactions to achieve efficient enhanced water and nutrient utilization.
Feedstock Development
Designing high yielding, uniform biomass feedstocks for fuels, chemicals, and materials.
Deconstruction and
Separation
Eliminate the economic impediments related to biochemical and catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic feedstocks to fuels, chemicals, and materials.
Conversion to Fuels, Chemicals, and Materials
Create fuels, chemicals, and materials through a combination of improved microbial platforms and innovative catalytic conversion approaches.