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news: Women @ The Lab 2015: JBEI’s Sarah Richardson among honorees

Women @ The Lab 2015: JBEI’s Sarah Richardson among honorees

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

November 12, 2015

news: JBEI volunteers at Bay Area Science Festival’s Discovery Day
news: JBEI featured on Chemical & Engineering News

JBEI featured on Chemical & Engineering News

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.

October 26, 2015

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

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.

October 13, 2015

news: Keasling Wins Israel’s Top Prize in Alternative Fuels

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.

October 09, 2015

news: JBEI Joins Elite 100/500 Club

JBEI Joins Elite 100/500 Club

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

October 02, 2015

news: Ionic Liquids create more sustainable processes, Chemical Engineering

Ionic Liquids create more sustainable processes, Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering quoted Blake Simmons, JBEI's Chief Science and Technology Officer on JBEI's scale up of biomass pretreatment technologies with ABPDU.

October 01, 2015

news: JBEI’s Sarah Richardson Honored for Contribution to East Bay Schools

JBEI’s Sarah Richardson Honored for Contribution to East Bay Schools

Eden Area Regional Occupation Program (ROP) presented The Business Person of the Year award to six East Bay business leaders for their contribution to East Bay schools.

September 17, 2015

news: Seven Years of Biofuels Research: History of DOE’s BRCs

Seven Years of Biofuels Research: History of DOE’s BRCs

DOE’s three BRC's, JBEI, BESC and GLBRC co-authored a report on the first seven years of their research.

September 17, 2015

news: JBEI volunteers promote bioenergy at 2015 Solano Stroll