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news: Danish Minister for Science and Higher Education Visits JBEI
news: Blake Simmons elected for EMSL User Executive Committee

Blake Simmons elected for EMSL User Executive Committee

Blake Simmons, JBEI’s Vice President for Deconstruction has been selected as a member of the User Executive Committee for EMSL.

January 31, 2014

news: Harvey Blanch wins 2013 William H. Walker Award

Harvey Blanch wins 2013 William H. Walker Award

JBEI's Chief Science & Technology Officer, Harvey Blanch has been awarded the 2013 William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature.

November 03, 2013

news: Less Toxic Metabolites, More Chemical Product

Less Toxic Metabolites, More Chemical Product

By preventing the build-up of toxic metabolites in engineered microbes, a dynamic regulatory system developed at JBEI can help boost production of an advanced biofuel, a therapeutic drug, or other valuable chemical products.

November 01, 2013

news: JBEI Technoeconomic Model: The Sequels
news: One Pot to Prep Biomass for Biofuels

One Pot to Prep Biomass for Biofuels

JBEI researchers save water and reduce pollution with the first one-pot, wash-free, process for the ionic liquid pretreatment and saccharification of switchgrass.  

August 15, 2013

news: Microbial Who-Done-It For Biofuels

Microbial Who-Done-It For Biofuels

A new technique allows JBEI researchers to identify populations within microbial communities responsible for biomass deconstruction.

July 25, 2013

news: Microbial Who-Done-It For Biofuels
news: Clean, Green High Performance Biofuels from Carbon Dioxide

Clean, Green High Performance Biofuels from Carbon Dioxide

JBEI researchers helped develop a technique to identify microbial enzymes that deconstruct biomass into fuel sugars under refinery processing conditions.

July 24, 2013

news: JBEI's Director of Array-Based Assays, Trent Northen, Wins R&D 100 Award.