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news: Fast-Track Strain Engineering for Speedy Biomanufacturing
news: Making Renewable, Infinitely Recyclable Plastics Using Bacteria
news: A Roadmap for Gene Regulation in Plants
news: JBEI Alum Delivers Harvard Commencement Address
news: Tiny Microbes Could Brew Big Benefits for Green Biomanufacturing
news: Karen Serrano Recognized for Extraordinary Outreach Efforts
news: A Biofuel Breakthrough, Courtesy of Fungi

A Biofuel Breakthrough, Courtesy of Fungi

Researchers prove that tough, woody lignin can be broken down – a key step in plant-based biofuel production – by fungi in an anaerobic environment.

March 22, 2023

news: DOE Renews Funding for JBEI

DOE Renews Funding for JBEI

The Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), was selected as one of four Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Research Centers (BRC) to be awarded a combined total of $590 million to support innovative research on biofuels and bioproducts.

March 19, 2023

news: Understanding the Molecular Players Involved in Creating Parts of Plant Cell Walls
news: Aindrila Mukhopadhyay Named AAAS Fellow