Industrial biotechnology news: 2011

December
- Fibres of the future - Feature - 21 December
  It may seem quite a step from a beautiful and sensual fabric to an artificial knee, but researchers are looking to the natural world to create a new breed…
November
- BBSRC welcomes UKERC report on biomass - News - 28 November
  BBSRC welcomes the publication of the UK Energy Research Centre's (UKERC) report 'Energy from biomass: the size of the global resource'…
- Minister announces UK-India collaboration on bioenergy - Press release - 15 November
  In New Delhi today (15 November 2011) Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts…
October
- New £25M home for BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre programme - Press release - 21 Ocotober
  The doors open today (Friday 21 October 2011) on a new multi million pound research facility for biofuels…
- BBSRC encourages applications in industrial biotechnology and bioenergy - Press release - 5 October
  BBSRC is hoping to receive high quality funding proposals for research that works towards developing new or improved biological processes for using…
- Discovered: the ‘missing link’ in biological pigment biosynthesis - Feature - 5 October
  Scientists funded by BBSRC have discovered a new way in which one of life's key pigments is made. The finding, which will see textbooks on the origins…
- From food waste to fuel in 6 days - News - 4 October
  Last week a new Biorefinery Centre, funded in part by BBSRC, was opened at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in Norwich by George Freeman MP…
September
- Miscanthus - A bioenergy crop for all seasons - Feature - 28 September
  Since 2004, plots of giant 3m tall Asian elephant grasses have been sprouting up in fields around IBERS…
- Algal research in the UK: a scoping study - News - 22 September
  BBSRC commissioned Dr Schlarb-Ridley to conduct an exploratory review of the current status of algal research in the UK…
June
- Innovative public-private collaborations to improve medicine production and processing - Press release - 13 June
  An innovative new package of projects, studentships and training is announced today which aims to develop research to underpin the production…
- First wood-digesting enzyme found in bacteria could boost biofuel production - Press release - 9 June
  Researchers funded by the BBSRC-led IBTI Club have identified an enzyme in bacteria which could be used to make biofuel production more efficient…
May
- Discovery opens the door to electricity from microbes - Press release - 24 May
  Using bacteria to generate energy is a significant step closer following a breakthrough discovery by BBSRC-funded scientists at UEA…
- BBSRC Bioenergy Champion responds to Committee on Climate Change’s Renewable Energy Review - News - 12 May
  Duncan Eggar, BBSRC Bioenergy Champion and chair of the RCUK Cross Council Bioenergy Strategic Coordination Group said…
- High level international meeting sets soil carbon monitoring and accounting agenda - Press release - 12 May
  A world-class workshop organised by BBSRC and the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) at Rothamsted Research has brought together top scientists…
- Public and private sectors unite to make more of brewing by-products - Press release - 9 May
  A collaboration between BBSRC, EPSRC and industry has today announced new funding for research into ways of extracting valuable chemicals from…
April
- BBSRC Bioenergy Champion responds to major report on ethics of biofuels - News - 13 April
  Responding to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report on Biofuels, Duncan Eggar, BBSRC Bioenergy Champion and chair of the RCUK Cross Council…
March
- Growing the bioenergy field - Press release - 14 March
  Early results are emerging from a unique trial of fast growing bioenergy grasses and trees grown in England and Wales…
- Maquipucuna cloud forest in Ecuador yields new species of yeast - Press release - 11 March
  In a unique collaboration between BBSRC-funded scientists from the UK and researchers in Ecuador and Réunion, a new species of yeast …
February
- Advanced engineering technology for chemical synthesis - News - 22 February
  Novel compounds called polyketides derived from soil bacteria hold great promise in areas ranging from clinical medicine to biofuels…
- Review of industrial biotechnology and bioenergy published - News - 4 February
  A review, published today, outlines how BBSRC will support industrial biotechnology and bioenergy going forward…
January
- Transatlantic partners to analyse environment and health risks of manufactured nanomaterials - Press release - 21 January
  Nanomaterials are becoming big business for producers of consumer goods, but they could also bring uncertain risks…
- Role of bioenergy highlighted by independent review of RCUK Energy Programme - News - 18 January
  An independent panel of international experts reviewing the work of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Energy Programme has highlighted…
- New cross-Council Group to coordinate research into sustainable bioenergy - News - 18 January
  A sub-Group of the Energy Programme Co-ordination Group has been formed to develop a strategy for and coordinate future bioenergy research…
- Novel catalysts look set to clean up - Feature - 14 January
  Researchers from the University of Manchester have developed a simple, one-step process for the biosynthesis of magnetic nanocatalysts that can…

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