New CABBI Co-PI Seeks to Enhance Bioenergy Production, Sustainability

by | Jul 26, 2023 | News, Research Profiles

Annual Science Retreat 2023: Celebrating Successes, Refining CABBI Goals

by | Jun 21, 2023 | News

Nearly 250 scientists, researchers, and students attended the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) Annual Science Planning Retreat on June 20-22 at the I Hotel and Conference Center and other University of Illinois sites. After another year...

Q&A with New CABBI Program Manager

by | Jun 14, 2023 | News

Celine Young was named Program Manager on March 31, 2023, for the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), assuming a leadership role that oversees the center’s operations and project management team.  Prior to joining the CABBI team, Young...

CABBI Researchers Chart Oilcane Microbiome

by | May 10, 2023 | Feedstock Production, News, Sustainability

In a groundbreaking new collaboration, scientists at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have identified the types of microbes that associate with engineered oilcane. Further exploration of the oilcane microbiome may reveal...

Penn State Biochemist Applies Aging Research to Yeasts

by | Apr 6, 2023 | Conversion, News, Research Profiles

Biochemist Melanie McReynolds researches metabolism and aging, and the role of stress in that process. As a new Co-Investigator at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), McReynolds will apply her expertise to yeasts, the tiny organisms...

Wastewater to Energy: New Treatment Process Can Improve Biorefinery Sustainability

by | Mar 23, 2023 | Conversion, Feedstock Production, News, Sustainability

Wastewater from biorefineries that convert plants into fuel is full of organic materials that cannot be efficiently treated with conventional wastewater systems, making it costly and energy-intensive to manage. However, those rich organic materials are an untapped...