In 2014, a friend passed along a link to an open administrator position with the Energy Technologies Area at Berkeley Lab. For Leah Freeman Sloan, working in a role that supports scientific research related to combating climate change seemed fulfilling on a personal level. And although she didn’t specialize in science, Sloan began to understand how her skills were essential to the program achieving its mission.
ABPDU Celebrates a Decade of Bio-Innovation
Ten years ago, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the opening of a brand new, 15,000-square-foot facility full of stainless steel state-of-the-art bioprocessing equipment – what we now know as the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit, or ABPDU, was officially open for business.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, ABPDU set out to provide a boost to the development of advanced biofuels – renewable fuels that produce at least 50% less greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels. ABPDU’s facility would serve as an industry-scale proving ground for biofuel discoveries made at lab bench-scale.
One-of-a-Kind Course Aims to Build the Bioeconomy Workforce
A new course at the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) prepares UC Berkeley students for careers in biotech by giving them much-needed experience with bioprocessing equipment.
Biosciences Area Project Receives Technology Commercialization Funding Award from Department of Energy
Three Berkeley Lab projects were awarded more than $2 million from the DOE’s Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) to further collaborative research and development with industry partners on radioactivity detecting technology, next generation electrodes for electrolysis of water, and high performance sustainable aviation fuel. In addition, industry partners are matching the DOE funds for an additional $2 million. A project from the Biosciences Area was among those awarded, funding the scale-up of a high-performance sustainable aviation fuel.
ABPDU Launches 3D Virtual Tour
The Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) launched a 3D virtual tour that allows anyone to tour the facility from home. The space can be accessed with a computer, phone, or in virtual reality with a VR viewer.
The ABPDU is a 15,000 square foot facility that enables the development of early stage advanced biofuels and bioproducts. The facility houses state-of-the-art bioprocessing equipment that collaborators from industry and academia can use to scale up their products.
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