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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

news: Keasling Named Among Top 100 People in Bioenergy
news: A Better Route to Xylan

A Better Route to Xylan

November 12, 2012

news: Clearing a Potential Road Block to Bisabolane
news: Training Robots the PR-PR Way
news: A Welcome Predictability