Industrial Biotechnology

SBE Special Section - Industrial Biotechnology

October
2005
SBE Special Section
June Wispelwey
Student Chapters Have Arrived! SBE Frontier Tutorial Second Bioengineering and Nanotech Conference Michael Shuler Wins Inaugural James E. Bailey Award Fishing Out Unusual DNA Enzyme is Linked to Neurological Disease

BIOCORE - On a Paradigm for the Design and Synthesis of Real-Life Biorefineries

Oct 19, 2011
Aikaterini D. Mountraki
As oil is a fast depleting resource (BP, 2010), much is expected by the production of biofuels as valid options to replace fossil-oil transportation fuels. Biorefineries are not an entirely new concept. Many of the traditional biomass conversion technologies such as the sugar and paper industries...

Incremental Disassembling of Woody Biomass and Production of Biochemicals

Oct 19, 2011
Shijie Liu
Woody biomass is a reliable renewable source of raw materials for energy and chemicals. Woody biomass is structurally composed of cellulose, lignin, hemicelluloses and other minor components. The compositions vary from species to species. The complexity / heterogeneity of woody biomass presents...

Cellulose Extraction From Rice Hulls Using Ionic Liquids

Oct 18, 2011
Charles J. Coronella
Over one fifth of calories consumed by humanity are from rice. Consequently, vast quantities of rice hulls are disposed of as waste, since the hull constitutes 20% of rice mass. Standard practice for disposal of rice hulls is burning, generating pollution and CO 2 , or thrown away in vast...

Cellobiose Hydrolysis Using Acid-Functionalized Nanoparticles

Oct 18, 2011
Leidy Peña
Mineral acids have been used effectively for the pretreatment of cellulosic biomass to improve sugar recovery and promote its conversion to ethanol; however, substantial capital investment is required to enable separation of the acid, and corrosion-resistant materials are necessary. Disposal and...

Point of Use Recyclable Bioreactor System for Bio-Agricultural Applications

Oct 18, 2011
Matthew A. Robinson
Farmers have long been respected for their self-sufficiency, acting as primary producers for society. Yet as time progresses, productivity demands drive farmers to require increasing levels of technology in terms of seed strains, fertilizers and pesticides in order to remain competitive. In turn...

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