Colorful illustration of spherical lipid nanoparticles.

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Digital illustration of coiled molecules assembled into larger constructs.

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Eva Nogales (Credit: Christopher Michel) Harshi Munkundan (Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory)
  • Putting an End to Plastic Separation Anxiety

    Putting an End to Plastic Separation Anxiety

    Scientists at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) are collaborating with X – the moonshot incubator led by Google parent company Alphabet – to not only skip the problematic plastic separation step, but also make the final product better for the planet. 

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  • New ABPDU Capabilities Provide Resource for Gas Fermentation Development

    New ABPDU Capabilities Provide Resource for Gas Fermentation Development

    Gas fermentation, a process in which microorganisms convert waste gases into commodity chemicals, has the potential to inexpensively manufacture sustainable bio-based materials and fuels to help create a circular bioeconomy.

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  • Anne Villacastin Wins at the Annual Berkeley Lab Research SLAM

    Anne Villacastin Wins at the Annual Berkeley Lab Research SLAM

    Postdoctoral researcher Anne Villecastin took home two prizes from the Lab’s yearly contest.

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  • Speeding up Biomanufacturing with a Turnkey Framework

    Speeding up Biomanufacturing with a Turnkey Framework

    Researchers from the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) developed a new framework that reduces the time of developing novel bioproducts. This new workflow, called Product Substrate Pairing (PSP), has already shown great promise for engineering strains that can convert common bacterial food sources into target molecules.

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  • ABPDU Hosts Scale-Up Facilities Expo

    ABPDU Hosts Scale-Up Facilities Expo

    ABPDU’s Scale-Up Facilities Expo highlighted facilities from around the world working in the area of bioprocessing scale-up.  

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