Biofuels Primer

The Biofuels Primer is a two-page, 11" x 17" color document with the following contents.

Part 1: From Biomass to Cellulosic Ethanol. Depicts the process used to convert biomass (plant matter) into cellulosic ethanol and the improvements needed to optimize these processes.

Downloadable 11" x 17" PDF (6850 kb)
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Part 2: Understanding Biomass: Plant Cell Walls. Explains plant cell-wall structure and some issues preventing their efficient conversion to ethanol.

Downloadable 11" x 17" PDF (6730 kb); accompanying preamble PDF (657 kb)
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Now Available: Breaking the Bottleneck of Genomes: Understanding Gene Function Across Taxa report [9/19]
2019 PI Meeting: Genomic Sciences Program Annual Principal Investigator Meeting February 24 - 27, 2019, [abstracts and more...]
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$13.5 Million for New Bioimaging Approaches for Bioenergy: The U.S. Department of Energy announced $13.5 million in funding for six projects to develop new approaches to microscopic imaging of plants and microbes. [8/21]
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  Now accepting applications for the 2019 Solicitation 2. Applications due 5:00pm Eastern November 14, 2019.
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