Iowa State, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Energy Biosciences Institute win Research Facility of the Year awards

December 29, 2010 |

In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Iowa State University, the Joint BioEnergy Institute, and the Energy Biosciences Institute won Research Facility of the Year awards, among this year’s roster of Biofuels Digest Award winners.

The Digest recognized Iowa State University as Institutional Research Facility of the Year, the Joint BioEnergy Institute as Government-Institutional Research Facility of the Year, and the Energy Biosciences Institute as Public-private Research facility of the Year.

JBEI’s researchers have been notably active in the development of novel technologies utilized by, among others, Amyris and LS9, while EBI has lately funded research that resulted in a newly engineered yeast strain, that can simultaneously consume glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ferment; and xylose, a five-carbon sugar that has been much more difficult to utilize in ethanol production.

Iowa State’s BioCentury Research Farm provides researchers with the opportunity to integrate harvesting, transportation, storage, and processing, as well as test plant breeding, genomics, cropping systems, soil conservation and nutrient management.

The Biofuels Digest awards, first established in 2008, recognize excellence in the research, development and commercialization of biofuels, renewable chemicals and bio-based products. The awards are voted by the Biofuels Digest editorial board, based on nominations submitted by the Digest’s readership.

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