Making Do With More
JBEI’s Henrik Scheller (left) and Dominque Loque are using the tools of synthetic biology to engineer plant cell walls so that the fuel sugars within are more accessible.
Boosting Galactan Sugars Could Boost Biofuel Production
JBEI's Henrik Scheller led a collaboration that identified the first enzyme linked to galactan synthesis. Galactan is a six-carbon sugar that can be readily fermented by yeast.
Discovery resurrects process to convert sugar directly to diesel.
A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to produce renewable diesel fuel