Category: Bioenergy and Bioproducts
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Posted on October 9, 2015
Too late for biofuel crops? – Audio/RSS Feed
David Mladenoff, Professor Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Science djmladen@wisc.edu Phone (608) 262-1992 3:03 – Total Time 0:25 […]
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Posted on June 26, 2015
Bugs to biofuels – Audio/RSS Feed
Bugs to biofuels Gina Lewin, Research Assistant, Currie Lab Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences glewin@wisc.edu Phone (608) 262-7538 3:05 – […]
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Posted on June 12, 2015
Drugs from bugs – Audio/RSS Feed
Heidi Horn, Research Assistant Department of Bacteriology UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences hahorn8@gmail.com Phone (608) 890-0237 Drugs from bugs 3:03 – Total Time […]
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Posted on May 26, 2015
“Second-generation” biofuel feedstocks could reduce nitrous oxide emissions
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Michigan State University (MSU) report today that emissions of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) can be […]
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Posted on April 22, 2015
Engineered softwood could transform pulp, paper and biofuel industries
Scientists have demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorporate a key feature of hardwoods. The […]
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Posted on April 6, 2015
Exploring bugs and bioenergy: Gina Lewin’s path to the Currie Lab
For many college students, summer provides a chance to test-drive future career paths. When Gina Lewin took advantage of such an opportunity, her test drive […]
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Day in the life of a microbiology grad student
Meet Gina Lewin, a graduate student in the Microbiology Doctoral Training Program. She conducts research in Cameron Currie’s bacteriology lab where she studies microbial communities […]
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Posted on March 23, 2015
Biofuels research uncovers natural fungicide
Scientists at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) recently reported the discovery of a chemical compound called poacic acid that could eventually be used […]
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Posted on March 13, 2015
New yeast discovery named for Bucky – Audio/RSS Feed
Bucky yeast joins list of new yeast discoveries Christopher Todd Hittinger, Assistant Professor Department of Genetics UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences cthittinger@wisc.edu 3:01 […]
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Posted on March 12, 2015
ARS student intern inspired by summer of hands-on fieldwork
Before last summer, Vera Swanson’s only exposure to plant sciences had been through classes in introductory biology. That changed big-time when Swanson, a junior majoring […]