A new #CABBI study provides a foundation for understanding metabolism of plant-based sugars — and a potentially valuable new metabolically engineered yeast to produce #biofuels and other chemicals.

📰 @NLM_NIH Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35906440/

Sorghum can be tall - very tall. 🌱

CABBI researchers Tony Studer, Liz Dominguez and @mae_mercadow of @IllinoisCropSci cut down sorghum plants for juicing last week, and they were too tall to fit in the truck.

So they strapped them on top!

#FieldFriday ☀️ 🛻