Berkeley Lab's contribution to the development of nuclear medicine began in the 1930s. John Lawrence, brother of the Lab's founder Ernest Lawrence, treated a leukemia patient with a radioactive isotope in 1936. A year later, researcher Joseph Hamilton was the first to use radioactive tracers to study biological processes in the human body and to address the property -- short … [Read more...] about Berkeley Lab – Birthplace of Nuclear Medicine
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Digirad – From Physics to Physicals
A technology designed for high-energy physics helped revolutionize medical imaging, thanks to Berkeley Lab's team science model. Physicist Steve Holland developed an ultra-sensitive charge-coupled device (CCD) and photodiode for a new gamma ray detector in a supercollider project. The supercollider project was cancelled, but William Moses, in Berkeley Lab's biosciences area, … [Read more...] about Digirad – From Physics to Physicals
Metal-organic Frameworks for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Derivatives to Renewable Platform Chemicals such as HMF 2014-138
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biobased fuel and chemical production ABSTRACT: The production of fuels and chemicals from lignocellulose-derived 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) is important to the biobased fuel and chemical industry because HMF can be further converted to C9-C15 alkanes, 2,5-dimethylfuran, ethyl levulinate, 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfurals, and … [Read more...] about Metal-organic Frameworks for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Derivatives to Renewable Platform Chemicals such as HMF 2014-138
HMF Production via Enzymatic Conversion of Glucose and Fructose and the Use of ILs to Catalyze Fructose to HMF 2014-136
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biobased fuel and chemical production ABSTRACT: The production of fuels and chemicals from lignocellulose-derived 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) is important to the biobased fuel and chemical industry because HMF can be further converted to C9-C15 alkanes, 2,5-dimethylfuran, ethyl levulinate, 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfurals, and … [Read more...] about HMF Production via Enzymatic Conversion of Glucose and Fructose and the Use of ILs to Catalyze Fructose to HMF 2014-136
Efflux Pump Variants to Improve Tolerance and Production of Alpha-Olefin 2013-181
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biobased fuel and chemical production ADVANTAGES: Addresses limits, due to toxicity of the final product, for microbial production levels of chemicals ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified host cells with genetic modifications to an AcrB gene, or homolog, that result in improved … [Read more...] about Efflux Pump Variants to Improve Tolerance and Production of Alpha-Olefin 2013-181