Category: Bioenergy and Bioproducts
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Posted on July 24, 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 […]
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Posted on July 10, 2017
WN@tL this week: Dave Nelson to discuss the centennials of two major CALS discoveries
Two 100-year-old biochemistry discoveries will be the focus of this week’s Wednesday Night @ the Lab talk. Dave Nelson, emeritus professor in the Department of […]
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Posted on June 26, 2017
Finding useful chemicals from fungi, faster
Fungi are rich sources of natural molecules for drug discovery, but many challenges have pushed pharmaceutical companies away from tapping into this bounty. Now scientists […]
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Posted on June 19, 2017
WN@tl this week: Chris Hittinger on yeast biodiversity in the age of genomics
Chris Hittinger, assistant professor in the UW-Madison Department of Genetics, will be the featured speaker at Wednesday Nite @ the Lab this week. His talk, titled “Beer, Biofuels, and […]
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Newly identified gene helps time spring flowering in vital grass crops
Winter is no time to flower, which is why so many plants have evolved the ability to wait for the snow to melt before investing […]
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Posted on June 12, 2017
“Packers” yeast, newly identified by a UW-Madison undergrad, uncovers a decades-old mistake in the yeast family tree
When Max Haase set out for a walk in Green Bay’s Baird Creek Nature Preserve on a May day in 2015, it was pretty normal […]
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Posted on May 22, 2017
WN@tL this week: Randy Jackson on the bioenergy sector – May 24
Agronomy professor Randy Jackson will be the featured speaker at Wednesday Nite @ the Lab this week. His talk, titled “What are the bottlenecks of bioenergy?” will address some […]
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Posted on May 15, 2017
Termite gut holds a secret to breaking down plant biomass
Above photo: Hongjie Li, a UW-Madison postdoctoral researcher, was the first to observe close-up the symbiotic system that unites termites with the fungus Termitomyces. Photo: […]
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Posted on April 24, 2017
Bacterial supermachine reveals streamlined protein assembly line
There are many processes that take place in cells that are essential for life. Two of these, transcription and translation, allow the genetic information stored […]
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Posted on April 17, 2017
Spinoff that puts phosphorus in its place signs key contract
In a bit of high-tech judo, a UW–Madison spinoff has started selling a technology to transform phosphorus at wastewater treatment plants from a major headache […]