Today on Twitter: PalmOilFarmer: MEP @VidalQuadras scraps ‘deficient’ ILUC factors from European Commission’s Proposal: GreentieIrina Water not an issue for algae biofuels allaboutbiomass New blog post: http://t.co/kVjB7IZzI5 – Biomass conversion into biofuels (digitalvillages
In Switzerland, AB Enzymes has selected Genedata Selector as its bioinformatics platform for strain genome data manament on all its production-relevant organisms. Genedata will provide AB Enzymes, one of the world’s oldest and best-known enzyme manufacturers, with a hosted solution of Genedata Selector accompanied by bioinformatics consulting services. “We looked for a bioinformatics solution that […]
In Mexico, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement following his meeting with Mexico’s new Secretary of Agriculture, Enrique Martínez y Martínez, which reads in part: “In our wide-ranging discussions, Secretary Martínez and I committed to reenergize and revitalize the U.S.-Mexico Consultative Committee on Agriculture, a forum that will enable us to address […]
Beyond fossil fuels, beyond light itself. And now, the direct production of drop-in biofuel blendstocks. All available from a microbial “cow”. This week in California, a research team from Shota Atsumi’s lab at the University of California, Davis have reported that they engineered Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria, to grow without the […]
By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice-President, BIO; head, Industrial Biotechnology & Environment section Because of biotechnology innovation, the renewable chemical space is quickly becoming a robust part of the biorefinery landscape. BIO and its renewable chemicals companies have fought a long battle to be included in federal policies that support other renewable technologies. The industry has […]
In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. In voting yesterday, POET and DSM made a strong move to take the lead in four categories altogether — Feedstocks (gases and residues), pretreatment, processing systems and strategic customers (biobased products). In the bio-based […]
In Washington, Secretary Vilsack made the following statement in part on congressional progress toward passage of a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill: “I am encouraged that Congress took action this week toward passage of a five-year, comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill. I appreciate the leadership of the Senate Agriculture Committee, in particular Chairwoman Stabenow […]
In Germany, Technische Universitaet Muenchen scientists have mapped the reaction path of 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone, also known as Furaneol. Because it is not just our sense of taste that determines what a foodstuff “tastes” like, but also our sense of smell – and strawberries provide a good example of this. The characteristic aroma of a fresh strawberry […]
Today on Twitter: mncorn How often do you get to see a fuel-efficient #Batmobile?!? #biofuels jbei_ JBEI develops enzyme-free pre-treatment process for cellulosic biomass Amyris MT @annelizabeth18: Scoop: #Pentagon considering shelving embattled biofuels Domestic Production program. ($)
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, dropped 1.60 percent to 74.85 as advanced biofuels fell. For the day, Solazyme (SZYM) dumped 6.24 percent to $10.81, while Amyris (AMRS) declined 5.56 percent to $2.89. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) rocketed up 23.68 percent to $0.47. Overall, declines led advances 3 to […]
