Alternative fuels from renewable cellulosic biomass are expected to significantly reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil while enhancing national energy security and decreasing the environmental impacts of energy use. Developing a cost-effective, commercial-scale cellulosic biofuel industry will require transformational biological research in feedstock development, biomass deconstruction, and fuel synthesis. Learn More »
Driven by the ever-increasing wealth of data resulting from new generations of genomics-based technologies, systems biology is demanding a computational environment for data integration, analysis, and sharing to ultimately develop predictive models. Learn More »
The global carbon cycle plays a central role in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and thus Earth’s climate, but our basic understanding of the tightly interlinked biological processes driving the carbon cycle remains limited. Advancing our knowledge of these processes is crucial to predicting potential climate change impacts, assessing the viability of climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, and informing relevant policy decisions. Learn More »
