JBEI's Blake Simmons Named Division Director for Biological Systems and Engineering
Jay Keasling, Associate Laboratory Director for Biosciences, and JBEI's Chief Executive Officer, announced that Blake Simmons has accepted the position of Division Director for Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) effective February 10, 2016. He will retain his positions as Chief Scientific and Technology Officer and as the Vice President of the Deconstruction Division at the Joint BioEnergy Institute.
One-Stop Shop for Biofuels
JBEI's Seema Singh and Blake Simmons led the development of a “high-gravity” one-pot process for producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass that gives unprecedented yields while minimizing water use and waste disposal. “High gravity” means high biomass loading - the higher the biomass loading, the lower the costs for converting it to fuels.
JBEI and GLBRC work together to break down lignin and advance biofuels
JBEI and GLBRC are are finding ways to convert lignin from an undesirable byproduct into a starting material for advanced biofuels and other lucrative chemicals.
Great news on DCA and we don’t mean shorter lines at Reagan National, Biofuels Digest
Biofuels Digest covers JBEI's efforts to develop technology that enables the production of DCAs and DCAMMEs with a variety of chain lengths from renewable sources.
JBEI's Scown and Richardson honored by Berkeley Lab for their Exceptional Achievement
Corinne Scown, Director of Technoeconomic Analysis and Sarah Richardson, Post-Doctoral Researcher in Fuels Synthesis Division among the recipients of the Director’s Awards for Exceptional Achievement.
Women @ The Lab 2015: JBEI’s Sarah Richardson among honorees
"Women @ The Lab" showcases some of Berkeley Lab's talented and dedicated employees in STEM and Operations.
2015 L’Oréal USA Fellowship Winners to Help Change the Face of Science, AAAS
In this article AAAS covers the 2015 L’Oréal USA Fellowship Winners, namely JBEI's Sarah Richardson, and how L'Oréal is seeking to change the face of science.