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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 […]

  • Posted on March 13, 2015
    New yeast discovery named for Bucky – Audio
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    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Posted on March 10, 2015
    Biofuels in the Yahara Watershed

    This video from the UW-Madison’s Water Sustainability and Climate project for the Lakeshore Nature Preserve features Chris Kucharik, associate professor of agronomy. The video is […]

  • Posted on March 3, 2015
    Daniel Amador-Noguez engineers better bacteria for biofuels

    In high school,” Daniel Amador-Noguez recalls, “I took a science class where one of the lectures was all about the future – where the research […]

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    Rebecca Larson helps bring anaerobic digester systems to Uganda, Bolivia

    Generating enthusiasm for a new kind of technology is key to its long-term success. Rebecca Larson’s research team has already accomplished that goal in Uganda, […]

  • Posted on February 25, 2015
    Bioenergy center’s research leads to 100th patent application

    The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), one of three bioenergy research centers established in 2007 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), recently celebrated […]

  • Posted on February 24, 2015
    Moving biofuel cropping systems toward long-term sustainability

    By now most of us are accustomed to filling our cars with fuels that are part ethanol, and we know that corn is not only […]

  • Posted on February 13, 2015
    Oil and propane move over for wood – Audio
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    Value of wood burning Scott Sanford, Senior Outreach Specialist Department of Biological Systems Engineering UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences sasanford@wisc.edu (608) 262-5062 For […]

  • Posted on August 5, 2014
    Mining bacterial blueprints yields novel process for creation of fuel and chemical compounds

    A team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified the genes and enzymes that create a promising compound — the 19 carbon furan-containing […]