JBEI Researchers Improve Membrane Protein Expression And Function Using Genomic Edits
A systematic approach to generate superior host strains for strain engineering
Tags: Fuels Synthesis
Women's History Month: Breaking Away from the Mold to Establish Your Own Success Path
JBEI celebrates the talented research scientist Ee-Ben Goh.
Tags: Fuels Synthesis, Outreach
Brewing up Breakthroughs, Create Magazine
JBEI's CEO Jay Keasling was interviewed by Create, Engineers Australia's Magazine. In this article Keasling discusses how synthetic biology is being used to tackle major global challenges.
Tags: Fuels Synthesis
New Cas9-based Toolkit Eases Obstacles in Genetic Engineering
JBEI develops new synthetic biology tools for engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Tags: Fuels Synthesis, Host Engineering
Navigating an Ocean of Biological Data in the Modern Era
JBEI’s -omics data visualization tool, Arrowland, facilitates new scientific discovery.
JBEI scientists explore novel enzyme for aromatic biofuel synthesis
In a Scientific Reports (Nature) paper entitled “In vitro characterization of phenylacetate decarboxylase, a novel enzyme catalyzing toluene biosynthesis in an anaerobic microbial community”, researchers at JBEI investigated an enzyme that could enable first-time biochemical production of the widely used octane booster, toluene.
Tags: Fuels Synthesis
Using hydrogen sulfide and CO2 to drive production of renewable fuels and chemicals
JBEI scientists demonstrate a biological approach to convert nuisance chemicals in municipal wastewater treatment (sewage) plants into renewable fuels or chemicals.
Tags: Fuels Synthesis
JBEI Scientists Unravel Omics Data Using Systems Biology-Based Workflow To Improve Biofuels Productivity
A workflow was developed to assess and interpret multi-omics data to characterize strain variation in biofuel-producing E. coli.
Tags: Fuels Synthesis
From Near-Dropout to PhD, JBEI Scientist Now at Forefront of Biofuels Revolution
JBEI scientist Ee-Been Goh thrives on re-engineering bacteria and mentoring students.
Tags: Education, Fuels Synthesis
JBEI Invention Leads to More Efficient Biofuel Production for Industrial Application
New Biosynthesis Pathways for Five-Carbon Alcohol from Mevalonate Are Available For Licensing
Tags: Commercialization, Fuels Synthesis