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New perspective highlights promise of hybrid approach for cellulosic biofuel production

New perspective highlights promise of hybrid approach for cellulosic biofuel production

by S. Heather Duncan | Apr 12, 2022 | Uncategorized

Enzyme discovery fast-tracks bioengineering of designer esters for biofuels

Enzyme discovery fast-tracks bioengineering of designer esters for biofuels

by S. Heather Duncan | Apr 10, 2022 | featured

Recent research coordinated by the Center for Bioenergy Innovation paves the way for creating biofuels made by microbes with greater speed, efficiency and flexibility. The effort led to major breakthroughs described in a study published in July in Metabolic...
Genetic discoveries about pectin could facilitate cellulosic biofuel production

Genetic discoveries about pectin could facilitate cellulosic biofuel production

by S. Heather Duncan | Apr 9, 2022 | featured

Researchers collaborating through the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) have discovered important new information about pectin, a starch-like complex sugar that helps hold plant cell walls together. Two recent studies better define the roles of specific pectins...
Supercomputing meets modular design: Developing bioproducts faster and more affordably

Supercomputing meets modular design: Developing bioproducts faster and more affordably

by S. Heather Duncan | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorized

Microbes can produce a large array of compounds from biomass sources, like grasses, woody plants  and crop wastes, by using their own enzymes to trigger chemical changes. However, bioengineering a microbe to create each new product can take many years and a...
Study makes plant sugars more accessible for biofuel production

Study makes plant sugars more accessible for biofuel production

by S. Heather Duncan | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized

Researchers collaborating through the Center for Bioenergy Innovation recently developed a way to make the sugars in plant cells more accessible for producing second-generation biofuels. The results are published in Carbohydrate Polymers. The outer walls of plant...
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