CABBI researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a cost-effective process that recovers natural colorants and vegetative lipids from #oilcane, along with sugars for bioethanol fuel. The colorants, known as anthocyanins, are widely used in cosmetics, food, pharmaceuticals, and textiles, and are a safer alternative to synthetic dyes. The work led by Vijay Singh and Shivali Banerjee, Ph.D. of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering adds value to this important bioenergy crop! Co-authors on this paper included Galit Beraja, a 2023 participant in CABBI’s Research Internship in Sustainable BioEnergy (RISE) program! During her internship, Beraja worked with Banerjee to run experiments on green extraction strategies for recovering natural colorants from bioenergy crops. News release: https://lnkd.in/gCrvM3_b University of Illinois College of ACES | U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI)
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Research to develop an economically and environmentally sustainable bioeconomy
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CABBI is one of four Bioenergy Research Centers established by the U.S. Department of Energy to break down barriers to a domestic bioenergy industry. CABBI is providing the scientific discoveries and new technologies to develop an economically viable and ecologically sustainable biofuel and bioproducts industry from dedicated bioenergy crops. Our researchers integrate recent advances in agronomics, genomics, and synthetic and computational biology to increase the value of energy crops — using a “plants as factories” approach to grow fuels and chemicals in plant stems, employing an automated foundry to convert biomass into valuable chemicals, and ensuring that those products are ecologically and economically sustainable. This holistic approach will help reduce our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels.
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Research Specialist at CABBI (Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation)
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Congratulations to CABBI #Sustainability Co-PI Jeremy Guest, recently named Director of the new Levenick Center for a Climate-Smart Circular Bioeconomy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! Guest and CABBI Co-PI Kaiyu Guan were also named endowed Levenick Professors!
iSEE is thrilled to share several exciting developments at the new Levenick Center for a Climate-Smart Circular Bioeconomy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the first interdisciplinary center of its kind! 🔷 Jeremy Guest, iSEE's Associate Director for Research and an award-winning Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Illinois, has been selected as the center's first Director. Guest was also awarded an endowed professorship as the iSEE Levenick Professor. 🔷 Professor Kaiyu Guan, Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and Founding Director of iSEE's Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, has been selected as the ACES Levenick Professor. 🔷 Supporting the Center's growth, four new faculty will be hired by several departments in University of Illinois College of ACES and Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois through a Special Hiring Initiative by the campus! ➡️ Read the news release here: https://lnkd.in/gVbh9_Ti iSEE received a generous $10 million gift from Stuart Levenick L. and Nancy J. Levenick to establish the new center in partnership with ACES. The Levenick Center will foster interdisciplinary research and education to support the transition to a circular #bioeconomy – a holistic approach to production where waste from one sector can be used productively in another to keep materials in use longer, reduce the need to extract finite natural resources, and displace fossil fuels. Guest's research focuses on resource recovery, biomanufacturing, and systems analyses to advance the circular bioeconomy and achieve equitable, healthy, and prosperous communities while enhancing the ecosystems that support them. Guan, who is also affiliated with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, is a prolific researcher known internationally for his work using agroecosystem sensing and modeling to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability. The Grainger College of Engineering
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✳️ RISE application deadline THURSDAY! ✳️ Just two days remain to apply for CABBI's summer Research Internship in Sustainable Bioenergy, open to undergraduates nationwide! Students in the 2025 program will work with top research mentors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Princeton University, Iowa State University, Lawrence Berkeley Labs, and Penn State University. RISE gives students hands-on experience in plant biology, agronomy, synthetic biology, genetics, environmental sciences, chemical engineering, and civil & environmental engineering. Successful applicants will be given a $6,000 stipend; housing and travel are provided! ➡️ Details/apply: https://lnkd.in/gMFsQy2j Andrew Leakey | Melanie McReynolds, PhD | Emily Heaton | Erik Sacks | Brian Pfleger | Vijay Singh | George Huber | Jennifer Pett-Ridge | Tracy Lawson | Yasuo Yoshikuni | Steven Burgess | Jose L Avalos | Carl Bernacchi | Zengyi Shao | Li-Qing Chen | Matthew Hudson } Christopher Rao Alexandria Murphy | TIRATH RAJ | Sujit Jagtap | Seon Yeong Kim | Shufang Huang | Katerina Estera-Molina | Lalit Dev Tiwari | Thasneem Banu Frousnoon | Dessireé Zerpa Catanho | Shellie Wall | Longyuan Shi | Shah-Al Emran | Sujit Jagtap
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A CABBI team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Brookhaven National Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology used a lab-to-field pipeline to create a #sorghum variant that can outperform soybeans in oil production, with great potential as a clean source of renewable fuel. News release: https://lnkd.in/gArAUC4k Edgar Cahoon | Tom Clemente | Kankshita Swaminathan | Jorg Schwender | Steve Moose | UNL Center for Plant Science Innovation (PSI) | University of Illinois College of ACES | Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory | Truyen Quach | UNL Ag Research | UNL Biochemistry
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Managing Director, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Love seeing Shivali Banerjee, Ph.D. being used to advertise the ACS Green Chemistry Institute! A great member of Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI)
Attention chemistry students! The ACS Green Chemistry Institute is now accepting applications for our 2025 summer internship position! The selected intern will assist the Green Chemistry Institute and Office of Sustainability by researching the fundamental principles of Green Chemistry and how they are applied in teaching and research laboratories. The intern will also assist with review of curricular materials for publishing and dissemination. Candidates should be students pursuing a major in chemistry, recent graduates, or students pursuing a Master's/Ph.D. in chemistry. Applications are due January 31st, 2025. To apply, visit https://brnw.ch/21wPVlx
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A lifelong scientist, CABBI #Sustainability Co-PI Melannie Hartman of Colorado State University models bioenergy crop ecosystems to assess their viability as renewable energy sources and natural #climate solutions. Her work with former CABBI Co-PI William Parton of Colorado State led to the development of DayCent, a biogeochemical computer model that can simulate forest, grassland, and agricultural ecosystems at a timestep that is important for accurately predicting greenhouse gas emissions. More recently they created DayCent-CABBI, which is tailored specifically for #bioenergy grasses like #miscanthus. Read more about her research journey in this profile by Gabe Lareau! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gSZ-s5wM
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⭐ CABBI is hiring! The Center currently has 2 openings for Postdoctoral Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to work on projects in our Feedstock Production research theme, through the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. Both positions are full-time, one-year appointments that could be renewed for up to 5 years contingent on performance and funding. Visa work sponsorship may qualify for these positions. ➡️ For full job descriptions and specific application requirements, visit the CABBI career page: https://lnkd.in/gGWx6xq8 ✳️ POSITION 1: The Megan Matthews Research Group is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher with a strong background in plant modeling, particularly metabolic and crop growth and physiology modeling. The postdoc will work with the BioCro crop growth model framework to scale metabolic processes to crop growth, yield, and ecosystem impacts in annual & perennial bioenergy crops. ✔️ Qualifications: Candidates must have received a Ph.D. in a relevant field within the last 10 years and have prior experience in modeling plant systems. Experience in C++, R, or other programming languages is preferred, as is a proven publication record. ✔️ Salary: $55,000 to $60,000/year. ✔️ Start Date: As soon as possible between Jan. 15 and Dec. 1, 2025; the position will remain open until filled. ✔️ Application Process: Qualified candidates must email a cover letter, CV, and contact information of 3 references to ponte1@illinois.edu. Questions should be addressed to mlmatth2@illinois.edu. ✳️ POSITION 2: The Lisa Ainsworth lab is seeking candidates with strong background in plant physiology and plant molecular biology to collaborate with a research team working on improving the photosynthetic efficiency and abiotic stress tolerance of Miscanthus and other C4 bioenergy species for enhanced biofuel production. The postdoc will lead efforts to understand genetic variation in the abiotic stress response of Miscanthus and contribute to efforts to improve the plant's optimal thermal range. ✔️ Qualifications: Candidates must have a Ph.D. in plant physiology, crop sciences, molecular biology or a closely aligned field within the last 10 years. Experience in plant photosynthesis and transgenic characterization are preferred, as is a proven publication record. ✔️ Salary: $45,000 to $55,000/year. ✔️ Start Date: As soon as possible between Jan. 1 and June 1, 2025; the position will remain open until filled. ✔️ Applications: Qualified candidates must email a cover letter, CV, and contact information of 3 references to ponte1@illinois.edu. Questions should be addressed to ainswort@illinois.edu. School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois University of Illinois College of ACES
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Congratulations to Emily Heaton and D.K. Lee for this $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)! Submitted through #iSEE and the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, the award is part of $52 million in DOE funding nationwide to advance the production of low carbon intensity, purpose-grown energy crops critical to accelerating a clean energy #bioeconomy. University of Illinois College of ACES
Professor, Dept. of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Director, I-Regen, an Illinois Regenerative Ag Initiative Affiliate Professor, Dept. of Agronomy, Iowa State University
We are excited to take the next step in using perennial grasses to increase the health and wealth of rural communities! New U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding will allow this rockstar collaborative team to mobilize regenerative feedstocks for bioenergy and bioproducts at commercial scale. Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE), Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) https://lnkd.in/g68cbcdN
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Congratulations to CABBI Feedstock Production Co-PI Edgar Cahoon for this well-deserved honor! His internationally recognized work in plant lipid biotechnology is advancing CABBI's mission to develop sustainable biofuels from crops.
PSI Director Edgar Cahoon has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his many innovations in plant science. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gNi383rC
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✳️ Applications are open for RISE 2025! ✳️ CABBI's summer Research Internship in Sustainable Bioenergy, open to undergraduates nationwide, provides an opportunity for students to work with top research mentors. During the 10-week program, students gain experience in plant biology, agronomy, synthetic biology, genetics, environmental sciences, chemical engineering, and civil & environmental engineering. Successful applicants will be given a $6,000 stipend, and housing and travel are provided! ✅ Application deadline: Feb. 20, 2025! ➡️ Details/apply: https://lnkd.in/gMFsQy2j Participating faculty: Andrew Leakey | Vijay Singh | Zhao Huimin | Christopher Rao | George Huber | Brian Pfleger | Melanie McReynolds, PhD | Jennifer Pett-Ridge | Yasuo Yoshikuni | Steven Burgess | Jose L Avalos | Carl Bernacchi | Li-Qing Chen | Erik Sacks | Tracy Lawson | Emily Heaton | Zengyi Shao | Matthew Hudson Alexander Murphy | Seon Yeong Kim | Shufang Huang | TIRATH RAJ | Yuan Liu | Katerina Estera-Molina | Lalit Dev Tiwari | Thasneem Banu Frousnoon | Dessireé Zerpa Catanho | Shellie Wall | Longyuan Shi | Shah-Al Emran | Daniel B. | Sujit Jagtap
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