Posts by JBEI

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

JBEI Startup to Speed Up Biotech Industry

TeselaGen Biotechnology, founded by JBEI’s Nathan Hillson and two partners, says it will significantly reduce the time and cost involved with DNA synthesis and cloning.

JBEI's Jay Keasling on Bloomberg TV Makes Case for Biofuels

Comparing the making of biofuels to brewing beer, Jay Keasling, CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and Berkeley Lab's ALD for Biosciences, explained the benefits of using engineered microbes to synthesize advanced biofuels from non-food crops.