Items in Category “News”

Biotech Partners high school students intern at JBEI

JBEI partnered with Biotech Partners this summer by providing internships to three high school students.

Categories: Education, News

Unlocking the Rice Immune System

Pam Ronald, Director of JBEI’s Grass Genetics program, led a study that identified a bacterial signaling molecule that triggers an immunity response in rice plants, enabling the plants to resist a devastating blight disease. In addition to being a staple food, rice is the model for grass-type biofuels.

Categories: News, Success Stories

6 New Things Happening with Biofuels

In this article published at the Department of Energy's website, the latest achievements by DOE's Bionergy Research Centers, namely JBEI are highlighted.

Categories: News, Success Stories

JBEI Debuts New Overview Video

After eight years of groundbreaking research, JBEI has rewritten the formula for engineering renewable transportation fuels.

Categories: Success Stories, Videos

The story of ionic liquids

The development of ionic liquids, and the potential for a transformative impact on the cost and sources of renewable fuels, demonstrates why DOE created a clutch of integrated bioenergy research centers. In this feature article, Biofuels Digest covers JBEI's efforts in developing a new generation of ionic liquids.

Categories: Media Highlights, News, Success Stories

Wrap up of JBEI and ABPDU Twitter Chat

JBEI and ABPDU researchers took over the Berkeley Lab Twitter account on June 11 for a one hour chat on the making advanced biofuels.

Categories: News

TED talk by JBEI’s Director of Grass Genetics Pam Ronald

Pam Ronald, JBEI’s Director of Grass Genetics gave a talk at TED2015 Truth and Dare Conference.

Categories: Success Stories, Videos