Harnessing Biotechnology to Accelerate Advanced Biofuels Production
by Jonathan Male (US Department of Energy) … From expanding the potential of diverse microbial systems to enhancing the biocatalytic capabilities of enzymes, the application of biotechnology is accelerating the development of the advanced biofuel industry.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office(BETO) works to enable capabilities in biotechnology, as a major component of its conversion research and development portfolio. Advances in biotechnology have already led to achievements in reaching cellulosic ethanol cost-reduction targets and will help accelerate biomass and algae-derived hydrocarbon fuels compatible with existing infrastructure.
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BETO is proposing to develop a Synthetic Biology Foundry, a multi-lab effort that will leverage the tools of synthetic biology to modify organisms and develop robust processing and scale-up capabilities that can be readily transferred to industry. This will ultimately reduce the lead time and cost of bringing new renewable fuels and chemicals to market. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Reuben Sarkar plans to outline this new initiative at the upcoming 2016 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. READ MORE
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