New research by a team that includes scientists from Biosciences shows that some simple changes to Agrobacterium tumefaciens can significantly improve the efficiency of introducing DNA into a genome, a process known as transformation. Agrobacterium in the wild causes damaging tumors in flowering plants, including some economically important crops, but its ability to insert its … Read more »
Reducing Food Waste with Traditional Techniques
Former Biosciences postdoctoral researcher and chef Vayu Hill-Maini’s emerging work on Neurospora, a type of fungus, explores a revolutionary approach to addressing food waste through sustainable fermentation practices. Neurospora mold thrives on food waste such as leftover grains, oat milk pulp, and peanut oil pressings, turning them into edible, nutrient-rich food. This fungus, traditionally used … Read more »
Turning Agricultural Trash to Treasure
New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley can be used to make sustainable bioproducts and biofuels.
Scaling up the Bioeconomy Workforce
A hands-on laboratory course at the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) is preparing bioprocess engineering students for careers in the bioeconomy.
Making Sustainable Products Faster with AI and Automation
Héctor García Martín, a staff scientist in the Biological and Systems Engineering (BSE) Division, is working to accelerate and refine the synthetic biology landscape by applying artificial intelligence and the mathematical tools he mastered during his training as a physicist.
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