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Eleanor Brant: Fine-Tuning DNA to make the World More Sustainable

Eleanor Brant: Fine-Tuning DNA to make the World More Sustainable

by | Jun 7, 2022 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles

Ask CABBI’s Eleanor Brant about her research and she offers two responses — starting with the straightforward one: She optimizes and applies genome editing protocols for sugarcane and other bioenergy crops at the University of Florida. On a more global level, though,...
Researchers Develop Powerful Strategy for Creating New-to-Nature Enzymes

Researchers Develop Powerful Strategy for Creating New-to-Nature Enzymes

by | May 2, 2022 | Conversion, News

Engineering enzymes to perform reactions not found in nature can address longstanding challenges in the world of synthetic chemistry, such as upgrading plant-based oils into useful biochemicals. A team of researchers has developed a simple yet powerful strategy for...
Building a Better Bioenergy Crop: A Q&A With Erik Sacks

Building a Better Bioenergy Crop: A Q&A With Erik Sacks

by | Apr 6, 2022 | Feedstock Production, News

The thermometer reads 25 degrees on this snowy winter day, but it’s toasty warm inside the Illinois Energy Farm greenhouse, heated by a biomass boiler fueled with crops grown onsite. It’s the perfect climate for the towering grasses tended by Erik Sacks, CABBI’s new...
CROPSR: A New Tool to Accelerate Genetic Discoveries

CROPSR: A New Tool to Accelerate Genetic Discoveries

by | Feb 16, 2022 | Feedstock Production, News

Commercially viable biofuel crops are vital to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and a new tool developed by the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) should accelerate their development — and genetic editing advances overall. The genomes...
Kisurb Choe: Improving Microbiology With Science, Gadgetry, and Fun

Kisurb Choe: Improving Microbiology With Science, Gadgetry, and Fun

by | Jan 19, 2022 | Conversion, Research Profiles

The word “fun” comes up a lot with CABBI’s Kisurb Choe. Early on, back in South Korea, fun was chasing frogs, building dams, playing with Legos, or reading astronomy magazines from his dad. At Rice University, it was the Tex-Mex food, the Houston Symphony, his...
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