{"id":7938,"date":"2016-03-06T07:33:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T07:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=7938"},"modified":"2016-03-06T07:33:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T07:33:25","slug":"7938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/7938\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioenergy Center, collaborators report 500th invention"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GLBRC technologies include (left to right): yeast strains, screened via a novel method, that thrive in an accelerated process for converting plant biomass to ethanol; GVL, a plant-derived chemical used in creating a concentrated stream of sugars ripe with applications for biofuels; and a close-up of poplar tree lignin that\u2019s been genetically modified for easier degradation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The\u00a0Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(GLBRC) and two other U.S. Department of Energy-funded Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs) recently reported their 500th invention,\u00a0making significant progress on a shared mission to develop technologies that will bring advanced biofuels to the marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

In collaboration with the\u00a0BioEnergy Science Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Joint Bio Energy Institute at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory<\/span><\/a>, GLBRC\u00a0seeks to address the most significant challenges standing in the way of affordable, sustainable and scalable advanced liquid transportation fuels.<\/span><\/p>\n

[pullquote]Enabled by a broad range of genome-driven research methods, BRC technologies represent a variety of approaches to different bottlenecks in the current biofuel pipeline.[\/pullquote]<\/span><\/p>\n

Led by the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison and major partner Michigan State University, the center\u00a0consists of more than 400 scientists, students and staff working to develop a robust and sustainable pipeline for producing biofuels and chemicals from the nonedible, or cellulosic, portion of plants. Each year the center brings in about $25 million in federal funding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Center Director\u00a0Tim Donohue<\/span><\/a>\u00a0credits the success of GLBRC and its partners to their multidisciplinary research models, which bring together a diverse group of experts, including ecologists, economists, engineers, plant biologists, microbiologists, computational scientists and chemists.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing,\u201d Donohue says, \u201cis that the collaboration at the heart of the BRC research model really does increase the rate at which we conduct transformative research and develop new technologies. We would not have reached this milestone without the integration of our efforts and our expertise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Enabled by a broad range of genome-driven research methods, BRC technologies represent a variety of approaches to different bottlenecks in the current biofuel pipeline. Some technologies focus on improved ways of breaking down biomass for conversion into fuel, some on engineering plants with the characteristics most advantageous for biofuels, and still others on creating co-products that can help make advanced biofuels economically viable.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"glbrc-graphic-775x409\"<\/a>Since 2011, GLBRC in particular has reported 50 percent more inventions than expected for a university entity of its size and funding level. Its research has also spurred startup companies and supports a range of industries: energy, automotive, and biochemical among them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jay Keasling, chief executive officer of the Joint BioEnergy Institute, praised the pioneering efforts of the BRCs and their role in envisioning a future in which cellulosic biofuels provide transformative advantages for our nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese inventions will be the new startups, the new fuels that will be in our tanks, the renewable materials in our lives, and the manufacturing jobs in America,\u201d Keasling says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several technology transfer organizations support GLBRC\u2019s intellectual property efforts and enable the licensing of its technologies, including the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), Michigan State University Technologies and Texas A&M\u2019s Office of Technology Commercialization.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe GLBRC is an exceptional partner to WARF and we applaud them on this exciting milestone,\u201d says Leigh Cagan, chief technology commercialization officer for WARF. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to support the interdisciplinary work of our UW\u2013Madison researchers and partners who are advancing discoveries and technologies to meet the greatest energy challenge of our time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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