Bright Skies for Plant-Based Jet Fuels
Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers demonstrate that jet fuels made from plants could be cost competitive with conventional fossil fuels.
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Sloan Fellowship Will Help Patrick Shih Investigate Ancient Origins of Photosynthesis
Shih is JBEI's Director of Plant Biosystems Design.
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JBEI Participates in Conference on Growing the Circular Bioeconomy
The summit looked at how to harness biotechnology to convert waste streams into valuable low-carbon biofuels and bioproducts.
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JBEI Holds Semi-annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research
Thirteen posters were presented and two seminar talks were given by undergraduate students.
Scientists Develop Higher-Performance Fuels, Biofuels and Bioproducts
New JBEI and ABPDU polyketide synthase platform opens the door to a multitude of bioengineering opportunities.
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JBEI Participates at Bay Area Science Festival’s Discovery Day at AT&T Park
The event was the culmination of a series of science events for young scientists in the Bay Area.
JBEI Organizes Third Annual Software Developer WetLab Bootcamp
Biosciences Area’s Software Developers took part in the training
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Metabolic Engineering of Lipids Improves the Respiratory Function of Biofuels and Bioproducts Hosts
JBEI researchers define a systems-level model for cellular respiration
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Researchers build a genetic profile for a section of Aspergillus fungi
A team led by scientists at the Technical University of Denmark, the JGI, and JBEI present the results in Nature Genetics.
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Congratulations to the 2018 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
Frances Arnold was awarded one half of this year’s prize for her work on directed evolution of enzymes, which are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions.
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