Graduate student Matthew Kubis from Dartmouth University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory postdoctoral researcher Delyanna Vasileva were the winners of the research presentation competition at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Center for Bioenergy Innovation 2022 annual meeting held in Asheville, North Carolina.
Detecting the activity of CRISPR gene editing tools in organisms with the naked eye and an ultraviolet flashlight is now possible using technology developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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 Engineering.
Debra Mohnen, senior author, in her University of Georgia lab. Credit: Debra Monen/UGA 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 and the genes that synthesize […]
Biologist Larry York’s fascination with plant roots has spurred his research across four continents and inspired him to create accessible tools that enable others to explore the underground world.
After inoculation with Serendipita fungi, switchgrass root hairs increase in density and surface area. Credit: Prasun Ray et al., IS-MPMI.* Serendipita fungus has a special relationship with plants. When it colonizes the roots of switchgrass, the fungus does not hurt the plant. In fact, it has been shown to increase the plant’s drought tolerance, seed […]
Genetic modifications to these poplar trees made it easier to extract sugars for fermentation into ethanol. Credit: Shekhar Joshi, Michigan Technological University Scientists collaborating through the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) have found that small modifications to a single gene can improve the potential for producing ethanol from poplar trees. Researchers wanted to understand how […]
Longtime Center for Bioenergy Innovation researcher Mike Himmel of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory was recently honored by the Colorado Governor with a Lifetime Achievement Award at an event hosted by CO-LABS
At the University of North Texas, researcher Chunliu Zhuo conducts genotyping and lignin analysis to distinguish transgenic plants from non-transgenic plants. Credit: Chunliu Zhuo/University of North Texas Scientists working with the Center for Bioenergy Innovation are developing a deeper understanding of natural processes that could make biofuel byproducts more useful. Turning biomass into marketable products […]
