The JBEI GT Collection: A New Resource for Advanced Biofuels Research
The JBEI GT Collection, the first glycosyltransferase clone collection specifically targeted for the study of plant cell wall biosynthesis, is expected to drive basic scientific understanding of GTs and better enable the manipulation of plant cell walls for the production of biofuels and other chemical products.
Keasling Wins 2014 Eni Award’s Renewable Energy Prize
Jay Keasling, CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), and pioneer in synthetic biology, has been honored as the recipient of the 2014 Renewable Energy Eni Award for his work on the microbial production of hydrocarbon fuels.