The Biosciences Area coordinated the production of a video, “Supporting the US Bioeconomy: The Role of the DOE National Laboratories,” which was the only video submitted from the United States for inclusion in the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020.
Microbe “Rewiring” Technique Promises a Boom in Biomanufacturing
A new approach to modifying microbes’ metabolic processes will speed up production of innovative bio-based fuels, materials, and chemicals
Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have achieved unprecedented success in modifying a microbe to efficiently produce a compound of interest using a computational model and CRISPR-based gene editing.
ABPDU’s Open Source Software Benefits Biotech Community
Bioreactors are at the heart of biomanufacturing. These vessels help scientists understand how their technologies perform and how to scale them up. However, transferring processes between bioreactors is often difficult. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’s Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory received this feedback from their collaborators, who suggested that ABPDU create a set of tools that would make these processes easier.
Transforming Waste into Bio-based Chemicals
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have transformed lignin, a waste product of the paper industry, into a precursor for a useful chemical with a wide range of potential applications. The work was a collaboration between the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit, the Joint BioEnergy Institute, and the Queens University of Charlotte. In a recent study, they demonstrated their ability to convert lignin into a chemical compound that is a building block of bio-based ionic liquids.
Scaling Up Science During a Global Emergency
Showing an inspiring knack for innovation under pressure, the global scientific community has developed promising tests and treatments for COVID-19 in the span of just a few months. But moving medical technologies from conception to deployment at such an unprecedented rate comes with a multitude of hurdles, one of which is the obvious challenge of scale. How do companies turn a handful of prototypes or a few flasks of drug-secreting cells into a mass-produced product ready for market? This is the primary focus for process engineer scientists at the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
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