Category: Bioenergy and Bioproducts
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Posted on April 1, 2019
UW–Madison CALS featured in new report identifying how to supercharge ag science in the U.S.
A new report shows how U.S. farmers—facing a surge of weather events and disease outbreaks—can increase production and revenues with innovations produced by federally funded […]
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Posted on January 18, 2019
New biosensor highlights best biofuel-producing microbes
A major goal of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center is to harness the power of microbes to create biofuels. But often, it’s an expensive challenge for […]
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Posted on November 8, 2018
Broad genome analysis shows yeasts evolving by subtraction
An unprecedented comparison of hundreds of species of yeasts has helped geneticists brew up an expansive picture of their evolution over the last hundreds of […]
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Posted on October 12, 2018
Red-hued yeasts hold clues to producing better biofuels
A compound that has scientists seeing red may hold the key to engineering yeasts that produce better biofuels. A red pigment called pulcherrimin, naturally produced […]
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Posted on September 28, 2018
Researchers find value in unusual type of plant material
An ideal biorefinery would turn renewable crops into a variety of fuels and products with little waste. A significant challenge in realizing this vision is […]
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Posted on June 5, 2018
Two professors receive Shaw Scientist Awards to support innovative research
University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry assistant professor Philip Romero and neuroscience assistant professor Ari Rosenberg are the recipients of 2018 Shaw Scientist Awards from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. The awards […]
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Posted on February 20, 2018
The new bioenergy research center: Building on ten years of success
Building on the success of 10 years of investigation into the production of renewable fuels from plants, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), led […]
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Posted on February 15, 2018
Can perennial bioenergy crops help sequester carbon?
In an article published last summer in Science, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) reported on ten years of work assessing the potential climate benefit […]
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Posted on November 14, 2017
UW entrepreneurial pipeline lands Lactic Solutions in biofuels marketplace
When Jim Steele thinks back over the last seven years, from the early research on biofuels, followed by a dream of moving Lactic Solutions LLC […]
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Posted on July 18, 2017
DOE selects Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center for next-phase funding
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) for an additional five years of funding to develop sustainable alternatives to […]