A collaboration between the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and the Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit (ABPDU) to scale up an effective, optimized biomass-conversion process using ionic liquids was highlighted in the October issue of Chemical Engineering. In the article, Blake Simmons, JBEI’s chief science and technology officer, expresses confidence that the research will lead to a competitive pretreatment option in the near-term. For the entire piece, go here.