APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Feedstocks for biofuel production Non-plant glycosylation ADVANTAGES: Engineers plant cell wall composition by manipulating sugar substrates Offers pathway to optimizing plant cell walls for sugar content ABSTRACT: This Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) invention engineers plants by specifically modifying nucleotide sugar … [Read more...] about Golgi Nucleotide Sugar Transporters as Tools for Cell Wall Modification 2013-092
Available Technologies
Engineered Microorganisms Resistant to Ionic Liquids 2013-120
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel production Renewable chemical production ADVANTAGES: Improves the commercial viability of microbially produced biofuels Approximately doubles the yield of Soluble sugars from biomass Biofuels from fermentation reactions ABSTRACT: Many biofuel companies pretreat biomass with an ionic liquid (IL) to separate … [Read more...] about Engineered Microorganisms Resistant to Ionic Liquids 2013-120
Increasing Value of Waste Lignin from Biomass Processing 2013-139
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Bioenergy industries Lignin industries Agricultural industry Pulp, paper manufacturing ADVANTAGES: Reduces up to 50% of waste lignin Increases value of waste lignin Improves cell wall properties ABSTRACT: Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed a technology that boosts the value of waste … [Read more...] about Increasing Value of Waste Lignin from Biomass Processing 2013-139
Producing Antibiotics with Growth-Arrested Cells 2014-061
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Antibiotic production on an industrial scale ADVANTAGES: May lower the production costs of compounds that are only cost-effective to produce using synthetic chemistry May increase production titers ABSTRACT: Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed an affordable method to produce a diverse arsenal of … [Read more...] about Producing Antibiotics with Growth-Arrested Cells 2014-061
Biomarkers for Detection of Thirdhand Smoke Exposure 2014-060
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Early detection, risk assessment and monitoring in-house exposure to thirdhand smoke (THS) ADVANTAGES: Biomarker is unique to THS ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have shed light on the cellular mechanisms linking exposure to thirdhand smoke (THS) with oxidative stress, DNA damage and cancer risk. They have also identified a … [Read more...] about Biomarkers for Detection of Thirdhand Smoke Exposure 2014-060