by | Nov 27, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
Mohammad Belaffif is a biologist at heart. As a CABBI Postdoc working out of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, he combines his love for biology with the power of computers to explore the realm of plant genomics. Following his passion, Belaffif obtained his...
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....
by | Nov 4, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
At his desk adjacent to the Morrow Plots, Hans Müller Paul is hard at work on his computer, developing software that aims to revolutionize biofuel research. As he puts it, “The work that I’m doing is like a grain of sand in the desert. But everyone’s work makes the...
by | Oct 25, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
From volunteering at the local zoo when she was younger to traveling all the way to New Zealand to study their earth processes and sustainability mindset, Carrie Leibensperger has always cared about protecting the environment. Originally from Pittsburgh, Leibensperger...
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....
by | Sep 23, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
Christy Gibson is as comfortable with words as she is with lasers. As a two-time novelist and CABBI Sustainability postdoctoral researcher, she deals with both on a daily basis. Born and raised in the Bahamas, Gibson was well into a baccalaureate program when she...
