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
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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
Lanthanide-Chelator Barcode for Combinatorial Screening Applications 2016-121
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Combinatorial screening in Drug discovery and optimization Biomanufacturing Diagnostics ADVANTAGES: Enables faster testing of more diverse conditions / combinations Readily detects lanthanide/chelator complexes Maintains strong lanthanide binding and single-charge ionization Simplified … [Read more...] about Lanthanide-Chelator Barcode for Combinatorial Screening Applications 2016-121
Determining Ligninases Activities through Nanostructure Initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS) 2016-109
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Lignocellulosic biofuel production High value chemical production ADVANTAGES: Rapid, high throughput Simultaneously detects several enzyme activities ABSTRACT: Lignin, a major component of lignocellulosic biomass, may be an important starting material for biomaterial or biofuel production. Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy … [Read more...] about Determining Ligninases Activities through Nanostructure Initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS) 2016-109
Optimizing Photosynthesis with an Enzyme from Green Algae 2016-105
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel production Food production Biomanufacturing ADVANTAGES: Increases antioxidant content in plants Accelerates photoprotection to improve photosynthetic efficiency ABSTRACT: A research team including Berkeley Lab’s Zhirong Li and HHMI’s Kris Niyogi has discovered a new enzyme that accelerates the xanthophyll cycle … [Read more...] about Optimizing Photosynthesis with an Enzyme from Green Algae 2016-105