Tag: Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
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Posted on April 15, 2015
Using cover crops to replenish soil carbon
Traversing the landscape of the Upper Midwest, there is a high likelihood you’ll see corn fields. Lots and lots of corn fields. Here, leftover stalks […]
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Posted on April 14, 2015
David Duncan: Finding quirk and charisma in microbes
David Duncan loves to think about dirt, and a quick glance at his family tree could lead one to believe he comes by it naturally. […]
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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Posted on April 16, 2013
A CALS-trained teacher brings bioenergy research into high school classrooms
As students in Craig Kohn’s class at Waterford Union High School can tell you, you don’t need a grant or Ph.D. to do scientific research. […]
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Posted on April 15, 2013
U.S. Department of Energy renews GLBRC funding
CALS bacteriologist Tim Donohue, director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, discusses the accomplishments and goals of the GLBRC . The U.S. Department of […]
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Posted on October 15, 2012
GLBRC helps bring bioprospecting lab to high schoolers
In this video, Waterford Union High School teacher Craig Kohn takes us through his hands-on bioprospecting laboratory activity that involves concepts from bioenergy, chemistry, biology, […]
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Posted on June 25, 2012
What is an enzyme?
In a mere 50 seconds, CALS’ Katie Helmich answers the question: what is an enzyme? Helmich is a research assistant in the Great Lakes Bioenergy […]
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Posted on June 19, 2012
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center marks first issued patent
The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is marking the arrival of summer with a milestone: the first patent issued on the center’s technology. The […]