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Microbes modified to convert seaweed to biofuel

January 21, 2012
biofuels

Scientists from Seattle’s Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) have genetically engineered E. coli to extract all the major sugars in seaweed …Read the Rest

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How your ideas can influence the national bioeconomy

November 28, 2011
biotech

The Whitehouse office of Science and Technology Policy wants ideas and input from you on ways to stimulate our national …Read the Rest

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UGA researchers evolve ‘super’ yeast that turns pine into ethanol

November 18, 2011
agriculture

Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a strain of “super” yeast that efficiently ferments ethanol from pretreated pine, …Read the Rest

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Synthetic biology could replace oil for chemical industry

September 14, 2011
biotech

The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of obtaining a quarter of industrial chemicals from biological processes by …Read the Rest

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Wow! I need you to vote for FBN right now!

Wow! I need you to vote for FBN right now!
September 7, 2011
agriculture

Holy Cow! Florida Biotech News is in the final’s for “Miami’s Most Valuable Blog” in the “Everything Else” category. Please go …Read the Rest

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Newly-discovered bacteria produces 
butanol directly from cellulose

August 25, 2011
biofuels

Tulane University scientists have discovered a novel bacterial strain, dubbed “TU-103,” that 
uses paper to produce butanol, a biofuel that …Read the Rest

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INEOS receives USDA $75 million construction loan guarantee

August 22, 2011
biofuels

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development recently issued a $75 million loan …Read the Rest

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Everything you ever wanted to know about plant & microbial life

July 15, 2011
agriculture

In the decade that has passed since the completion of the first draft sequence of the human genome, biologists have …Read the Rest

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Taking the 3D Measure of Macromolecules

June 16, 2011
biotech

The world’s first three-dimensional plasmon rulers, capable of measuring nanometer-scale spatial changes in macromolecular systems, have been developed by researchers …Read the Rest

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JBEI Researchers Counteract Biofuel Toxicity in Microbes

<hr />JBEI Researchers Counteract Biofuel Toxicity in Microbes
May 11, 2011
biofuels

Advanced biofuels – liquid transportation fuels derived from the cellulosic biomass of perennial grasses and other non-food plants, as well …Read the Rest