by | Dec 1, 2021 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
When the second-strongest hurricane to ever hit Louisiana swept through the state in September 2021, it left behind a trail of destruction that spared almost nothing. Himaya (Maia) Mula-Michel, CABBI Feedstock Production scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
by | Jun 3, 2021 | Conversion, Research Profiles
Deconstructed dishes are all the rage these days. Whether it’s a salad, stew, or a piece of sushi, people love to take things apart and indulge in each individual ingredient. But a deconstructed chemical reaction? That’s the domain of CABBI Conversion researcher Danim...
by | Apr 15, 2021 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
Lab Manager Rachel Van Allen is a sustainability research jack-of-all-trades — a water specialist working in a soils lab, the go-to person for help in Wendy Yang’s CABBI Sustainability group, and even a resident expert on quantum cascade lasers. This Minnesota native...
by | Apr 5, 2021 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
In an incredible collaboration between scientists across the country, CABBI is developing a new source of sustainable oil: a genetically altered variant of sugarcane dubbed “oilcane.” Working with an organism as genetically complex as sugarcane is no easy feat,...
by | Mar 9, 2021 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
Growing up on a farm in the hills of southwest Wisconsin, CABBI Sustainability researcher Josh Bendorf took a natural interest in the link between agriculture and the environment. The Bendorf family produces forage and row crops on a few hundred acres of land, but the...
by | Feb 1, 2021 | Conversion, Feedstock Production, News, Research Profiles
The overarching goal of the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) is to reduce the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels by increasing the value of energy crops. CABBI uses a “plants as factories” approach to grow fuels in plant stems, derive...
