Lygos, which applies synthetic biology to create high value chemicals, raised $13 million in Series A funding. OS Fund, IA Ventures, First Round Capital, Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund, Fifty Years, Vast Ventures and various angel investors are among the participants. Lygos, spun out of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory technology, was highlighted in a Dec. 27, 2016 New … [Read more...] about Berkeley Lab Startups in the News
Local Stress Sensing in Multifunctional Polymer Films Using Fluorescent Tetrapod Nanocrystals 2016-122
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Detecting incipient cracks in structural nanocomposites Monitoring stresses in biological tissues Other nanoscale tensile / compressive stress sensing applications ADVANTAGES: Scalable Applicable to many materials Instant local stress reporting Excellent cyclability No degradation of the host … [Read more...] about Local Stress Sensing in Multifunctional Polymer Films Using Fluorescent Tetrapod Nanocrystals 2016-122
Innovation Portal Training
Starting January 30, 2017, all invention and software disclosures must be submitted online through the Innovation Portal. Following are online disclosure training sessions scheduled to date: Webinar Jan. 26, 10 - 11 am Biosciences January 9 Noon - 1 pm JGI 149A January 12 Noon - 1 pm 977-141 (Potter Street) January 17 9 - 10 am Room 33-106 January 20 3 - … [Read more...] about Innovation Portal Training
Streamlined Saccharification from Lignocellulosic Biomass 2015-143
APPLICATIONS: Large scale production of biofuels and other chemicals Biomass deconstruction ADVANTAGES: Lowers operating costs Reduces amount of toxic and wasteful byproducts Yields a sugar stream ready for fermentation ABSTRACT: Researchers Blake Simmons, Seema Singh, and Feng Xu at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed high gravity … [Read more...] about Streamlined Saccharification from Lignocellulosic Biomass 2015-143
Translation Control Tool for Plant Bioengineering 2013-166
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Plant bioengineering ADVANTAGES: Fine-tunes RNA and protein expression Layering expression regulation Can be used for temporal and tissue specific expression repression ABSTRACT: A team of Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) researchers led by Dominique Loqué has developed a new plant bioengineering system for improved precision … [Read more...] about Translation Control Tool for Plant Bioengineering 2013-166