Montana State gets $10 million to form new research center

June 26, 2014 |

In Montana, Montana State University is the lead institution on a new $10 million, four-year project to form a research center focused on innovative energy research. The Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis (BETCy) Energy Frontiers Research Center (EFRC) will be based at MSU. Participants from seven institutions will form an integrated team to conduct basic research, looking for scientific breakthroughs to help build a new energy economy in the United States. The project is funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Basic Energy Sciences.

A main focus of the BETCy EFRC research is to figure out how electron flow is controlled as it pertains to the production of biofuels. Biofuels are produced in microbes as part of their metabolism. Knowing how electrons are trafficked around cells during metabolism could provide the basis for directing more of a microbe’s cell energy toward the production of biofuels.

 

Category: Research

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