by | May 19, 2020 | Conversion, News
Scientists engineering valuable microbes for renewable fuels and bioproducts have developed a fast, efficient way to identify the most promising varieties. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign developed a novel mass spectrometry-based...
by | Apr 21, 2020 | Conversion, Research Profiles
Matthew Waugh, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Professor Yi Lu’s lab, is not one to brag about his work. “Most of my time is spent waiting for water to drip — either that or cleaning,” Waugh said. While it might not seem glamorous, all that dripping water is actually...
by | Mar 26, 2020 | CABBI Data, Conversion
A Mass Spectrometry-Based High-Throughput Screening Method for Engineering Fatty Acid Synthases with Improved Production of Medium Chain Fatty Acids CABBI Theme: Conversion Keywords: Lipidomics, Metabolomics Citation Xue, P., Si, T., Mishra, S., Zhang, L., Choe,...
by | Mar 26, 2020 | Conversion, News
Researchers have developed a triad of innovative tools to engineer low-pH-tolerant yeast Issatchenkia orientalis for production of valuable bioproducts from renewable biomass. A paper published in Metabolic Engineering outlines the study’s three-pronged approach and...
by | Mar 18, 2020 | Conversion, Research Profiles
“Every day is exciting. Every day you perform different experiments and have a different hypothesis.” Zia Fatma, a Postdoctoral Researcher on the CABBI Conversion Team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, never sees two days that look quite the same. ...
by | Feb 28, 2020 | Conversion, News
The Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) has welcomed its newest partner: Co-Investigator Costas Maranas of Penn State University. Maranas, the Donald B. Broughton Professor of Chemical Engineering at Penn State (pictured at far right with...
