Posts by JBEI

One Pot to Prep Biomass for Biofuels

JBEI researchers save water and reduce pollution with the first one-pot, wash-free, process for the ionic liquid pretreatment and saccharification of switchgrass.  

Microbial Who-Done-It For Biofuels

A new technique allows JBEI researchers to identify populations within microbial communities responsible for biomass deconstruction.

Clean, Green High Performance Biofuels from Carbon Dioxide

JBEI researchers helped develop a technique to identify microbial enzymes that deconstruct biomass into fuel sugars under refinery processing conditions.