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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
news: Online Tool Can Help Researchers Synthesize Millions of Molecules
news: Hitting the numbers: researching what it takes to unleash the future bioeconomy
news: Celebrating Excellence at JBEI
news: JBEI Inventor Deepika Awasthi Wins 2022 Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition
news: Searching to Improve a Key Step in Biomass Deconstruction
news: Two Researchers to Represent JBEI at Bay Area Research SLAM

Two Researchers to Represent JBEI at Bay Area Research SLAM

Two JBEI postdoctoral fellows from two different JBEI partner institutions will compete at the Bay Area Research SLAM

October 04, 2022