Items in Category “Awards”

DOE Renews Funding for Joint BioEnergy Institute at Berkeley Lab

The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by Berkeley Lab, was selected today as one of four DOE Bioenergy Research Centers to be awarded a total of $40 million to support innovative research on biofuels and bioproducts.

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Keasling to Receive 2017 Amgen Biochemical and Molecular Engineering Award

The award recognizes research excellence and leadership.

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JBEI’s Henrik Scheller Awarded 2016 Kaj Linderstrøm-Lang Prize

The award acknowledges JBEI’s VP of Feedstocks for his achievements in enzyme identification and characterization involved in synthesis and modification of the plant cell wall.

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JBEI’s Yan Liang Wins Early Scientific Career Award

Liang is among the laureates of 2016 Berkeley Lab Director's Awards.

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JBEI high school interns win two Biotech Partners awards

JBEI partnered with Biotech Partners (BP) this summer for a second year by providing internships to five high school students.

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JBEI's Jenny Mortimer Selected for World Economic Forum Honor

Mortimer is one of 50 extraordinary scientists under the age of 40 who has been selected to participate at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, taking place June 26-28 in Tianjin, China.

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Keasling elected American Academy of Arts and Sciences

JBEI’s CEO Jay Keasling is one of four Berkeley Lab scientists elected by the Academy

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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.

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Richardson Named 2015 L'Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellow

L'Oréal USA today announced that Sarah Richardson of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is one of the five recipients of the 2015 For Women in Science Fellowship.

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Keasling Wins Israel’s Top Prize in Alternative Fuels

JBEI CEO Jay Keasling has been named by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as a winner of the Samson Family Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation.

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