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JBEI's Seema Singh and Blake Simmons led the development of a “high-gravity” one-pot process for producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass that gives unprecedented yields while minimizing water use and waste disposal. “High gravity” means high biomass loading - the higher the biomass loading, the lower the costs for converting it to fuels.

JBEI and GLBRC are are finding ways to convert lignin from an undesirable byproduct into a starting material for advanced biofuels and other lucrative chemicals.

Biofuels Digest covers JBEI's efforts to develop technology that enables the production of DCAs and DCAMMEs with a variety of chain lengths from renewable sources.

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.

"Women @ The Lab" showcases some of Berkeley Lab's talented and dedicated employees in STEM and Operations.

JBEI cover story on C&E News on its efforts to transform biomass into energy-rich fuel molecules and future plans for R&D of biobased chemicals.

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.

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.

JBEI is now a member of the elite “100/500 Club,” having filed its 100th patent application and published its 500th scientific paper.