iBioFAB: Reimagining our Approach to Synthetic Biology

by | Nov 8, 2019 | Conversion, News, Research Profiles

Across the University of Illinois campus — and at countless other research universities and institutes — biologists toil away at their lab benches, working on tedious tasks such as DNA assembly and microbe engineering. In the concourse research lab in the Carl R....

Getting to the Root: Finzi Lab Team at the Illinois Energy Farm

by | Oct 9, 2019 | News, Research Profiles, Sustainability

When it comes to the future of sustainable bioenergy crops, the most important part might also be the most well-hidden. This past summer, the Illinois Energy Farm hosted a research team hailing from Boston University (BU) working in CABBI Co-PI Adrien Finzi’s lab....

Annual Science Retreat: Collaboration the Key to Year 2 Success

by | Jul 2, 2019 | News

More than 200 scientists, researchers, and students attended the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) annual science meeting. After a year of field work, lab research, and literature reviews, the meeting highlighted Integration through...

Practice Makes Perfect

by | Feb 20, 2019 | News

Talking about research and science in a way that makes sense to everyone is a valued skill at CABBI. On Feb. 19, 2019, scientists practiced communicating the work they have been doing within the Feedstock Production, Conversion, and Sustainability Themes at the Carl...

Harvesting Bioenergy Crops

by | Oct 16, 2018 | News

CABBI researchers across the country have been harvesting sorghum, Miscanthus, and other energy crops over the past month. Below is a collection of photos and videos from the Illinois Energy Farm and Iowa State...

Unique Combination of Catalysts Opens Doors to Making Useful Compounds

by | Aug 15, 2018 | News

Researchers have developed a new method that aids in the process of making valuable compounds by using a unique combination of catalysts. A study published in August in Nature reported a new method that combines enzymatic catalysts with photocatalysts. The full...