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)
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  • Multi-lab Separations Consortium Aims to Decarbonize Biofuels

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    The Bioprocessing Separations Consortium, originally established in 2016 by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and led by Argonne National Laboratory, recently received a three year funding renewal to continue advancing separations technologies critical to converting biomass to low-carbon biofuel. The Biosciences Area’s Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) represents Berkeley Lab as a partner in the consortium.

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  • Helping to Build the Bioeconomy of California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley

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    As part of a newly established collaborative, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will co-lead an effort to establish a bioindustrial manufacturing capability in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley. 

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