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JBEI’s Director of Plant Systems Biology was one of 50 extraordinary scientists who was selected to participate alongside business and political leaders in the World Economic Forum’s Meeting of the New Champions.

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

The new curriculum will be distributed across the country

The goal was to to follow up on the discussions initiated with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk

JBEI's volunteers interact with local community

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

In a Scientific Reports (Nature) paper entitled “In vitro characterization of phenylacetate decarboxylase, a novel enzyme catalyzing toluene biosynthesis in an anaerobic microbial community”, researchers at JBEI investigated an enzyme that could enable first-time biochemical production of the widely used octane booster, toluene.

JBEI collaborated with Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC) at the launch of the “summer of synbio” at The Tech Museum of Innovation.

164 High School students taking part in National Student Leadership Conference’s Biotechnology program visited JBEI for a series of lab tours, bioenergy overviews and career explorations in July and August.

The iCLEM program provides Bay Area high school students with hands-on experience in the lab and guidance for continuing a career in science.