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
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
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
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
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
Hillson's Tech Transfer Successes Earn a 2013 Director's Award
JBEI's Director of Synthetic Biology Nathan Hillson has been named a recipient of the 2013 Director's Awards for Exceptional Achievement. A biophysicist, Hillson was recognized in the Technology Transfer category for entrepreneurism and development of relationships with industry.
May 30, 2013