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By Shannon Roxborough on March 30, 2010
Tags: Altria Group Inc., Associated Press, Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories, Philip Morris USA, United States, Altria, biofuels, cellulose, cellulosic biofuel, NYSE: MO, Plant Biotechnology Journal, tobacco, tobacco biofuel, Vyacheslav Andrianov, biofuels, biotechnology, energy, food, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, North Carolina, oil, Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Virginia, Vyacheslav Andrianov
Tobacco has seen better days, but current research may breathe new life into the age-old cash crop.
By Harry Tournemille on January 13, 2010
Tags: Biotechnology Foundation Laboratory, biofuel, Biotechnology Foundation Laboratory, cellulose, cellulosic biofuel, DGAT gene, diacyglycerol acytransferase gene, ethanol, LEAFY COTYLEDON 2 gene, lignin, Thomas Jefferson University, tobacco, biofuels, oil, Thomas Jefferson University, vaccines
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have discovered a method of genetically modifying two tobacco genes to kick their oil production into overdrive.This new method makes the plant a potentially lucrative crop for biofuels.
By Robert Gluck on November 12, 2009
Tags: Computer Sciences, ants, Ants May Provide Cellulosic Solution, Bioenergy Research Center, cellulose, cellulosic biofuel, cellulosic ethanol, DOE, enzymes, ethanol, Garret Suen, GLBRC, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, leafcutter ants, lingin, research, Wisconsin, biofuels technology, Craig Johnson, Garret Suen, Genomics, Syracuse University, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Calgary, Wisconsin
Researchers in Wisconsin think ants may help commercialize cellulosic ethanol.
