Posts by JBEI

JBEI Pretreatment and Process Development Team Honored by Secretary of Energy

The award recognizes the contributions of Department of Energy employees to the mission of the Department and to the benefit of the United States.

iCLEM Cohort Concludes Summer Research at JBEI

iCLEM bought together eight students from communities traditionally underrepresented in the sciences.

JBEI’s Andria Rodrigues Wins Early Scientific Career Award

Rodrigues is among the laureates of 2018 Berkeley Lab Director’s Achievement Awards.

Scientists discover how to protect yeast from damage in biofuel production

New study by JBEI and GLBRC identified changes to a gene that can make yeast tolerate the pretreatment chemicals.

JBEI Hosts National Student Leadership Conference

JBEI and NSLC have been partnering for the past five years.

The highly complex sugarcane genome has finally been sequenced

JBEI was one of the partners in this work led by CIRAD.

Mortimer Participates at AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy

The scientist spoke about the World Economic Forum’s Young Scientists Code of Ethics.

Student disruptors invent new way to synthesise DNA, Cosmos

DNA synthesis breakthrough by Sebastian Palluk and Daniel Arlow, JBEI graduate students, was covered by Cosmos. 

New technique could help scientists create a gene in just 1 day, Science Magazine

Science Magazine covered JBEI's new breakthrough discovery in the realm of DNA synthesis by Dan Arlow and Sebastian Palluk, graduate students being mentored by JBEI's CEO Jay Keasling. 

Faster, Cheaper, Better: A New Way to Synthesize DNA

Breakthrough discovery at the Joint BioEnergy Institute could greatly accelerate the pace of science