News

news: JBEI's Dominique Loque Wins 2013 Early Career Award
news: Keasling Wins George Washington Carver Award
news: 2013 Promega Biotechnology Research Award Laureate: Jay Keasling
news: Department of Energy Renews Joint BioEnergy Institute for Another Five Years
news: JBEI and SynBERC Honored for Mentoring Next Generation of Scientists
news: Swords to Plowshares: Engineering Plants for More Biofuel Sugars
news: Making Do With More

Making Do With More

JBEI’s Henrik Scheller (left) and Dominque Loque are using the tools of synthetic biology to engineer plant cell walls so that the fuel sugars within are more accessible.

March 29, 2013

news: Women @ Energy: Aindrila Mukhopadhyay
news: Biofuels Blend Right In

Biofuels Blend Right In

January 30, 2013

news: Boosting Galactan Sugars Could Boost Biofuel Production

Boosting Galactan Sugars Could Boost Biofuel Production

JBEI's Henrik Scheller led a collaboration that identified the first enzyme linked to galactan synthesis. Galactan is a six-carbon sugar that can be readily fermented by yeast.

December 21, 2012