APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Plant breeding Subsurface plant health and forestry tree health Crop and drought management BENEFITS: Enables quick quantification of underground root parameters in real time Permits imaging of subsurface root structure without disrupting roots BACKGROUND: The development and testing of new chemicals, … [Read more...] about Tomographic Electrical Rhizosphere Imager (TERI) for Efficient Quantification of Plant Root Traits 2020-001
The Technology Commercialization Fund Awards: A Q&A with Mike Tucker and Ning Sun
Call for proposals for the DOE OTT program is expected in early to mid-September A virtual webinar on the TCF awards process will be held on Thursday, September 17, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Are you looking for funding for your research? If that research involves Lab-developed intellectual property and you are working with or plan to work with an industry partner, the … [Read more...] about The Technology Commercialization Fund Awards: A Q&A with Mike Tucker and Ning Sun
CinderBio Receives Funding to Commercialize Proteomics Enzymes
On April 2, the National Institutes of Health awarded CinderBio a $1.6M Phase II SBIR to commercialize its proteomics enzymes over the next two years. Proteomics is the broad study of proteins that is transitioning from R&D applications to more applied fields such as clinical applications and diagnostics. The mass-spectrometry based proteomics market is projected to be … [Read more...] about CinderBio Receives Funding to Commercialize Proteomics Enzymes
Economical “In Situ” Ionic Liquid and Deep Eutectic Solvent Synthesis 2019-104
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Lignocellulosic biomass conversion BENEFITS: Less expensive route to synthesizing ILs Minimizes impurity formation and the need for IL purification When using choline-based ILs, the water produced during the synthesis does not need to be removed and is a component of the pretreatment solvent Minimizes IL losses due to transfer … [Read more...] about Economical “In Situ” Ionic Liquid and Deep Eutectic Solvent Synthesis 2019-104
Ensiled Biomass to Increase Ionic Liquid Pretreatment Efficiency 2019-102
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Lignocellulosic biomass conversion BENEFITS: Reduced feedstock recalcitrance to enzymatic hydrolysis Reduced IL loading required for effective pretreatment Higher sugar conversion efficiencies Elimination of several previously required critical steps (e.g. pH adjustment) BACKGROUND: While silage has been investigated as a … [Read more...] about Ensiled Biomass to Increase Ionic Liquid Pretreatment Efficiency 2019-102