biomass

Monitoring Microbial Populations Using Real-Time qPCR on the MJ Research Opticon 2 System

...ay allows gene sequences in DNA from small biomass samples to be detected efficiently in a large number of samples. Primer sets for other specific functions or for individual taxons should allow the effects of environmental changes on population levels to be evaluated for a wi...

Hybridoma Cell Culture Application Using a BioFlo 110 Benchtop Bioreactor

...which was inserted in the vessel andconnected to a biomass monitor. The biomass monitorwas connected to our BioCommand software to providean instant on-line cell concentration. See...

An Easy-to-Use Research Fermentor/Bioreactor

...ioreactoris a simple, versatile tool for producing biomass or secretedproducts from a wide variety of suspension or anchoragedependentcell lines. In this report, wellshow how it was used to produce high celldensity yields from a variety of bacterial,mammalian, insect, and yeast cell lineswith only a simple a...

Scaling-Up from Spinners, T-Flasks & Shakers: A versatile bioreactor for mammalian and microbial cells

...am or gram quantities);whether the end goal is the biomass itself or the products produced as a result of the culture; and whether the process uses ananimal or microbial cell line, since the culture requirements and therefore the reactor design are inherently different for each. This article focuses on...

Fermentation Cell Culture: University Style

... and reproducibly generate useful biomass for our experiments. BioPharm: I...EPA Z-60 continuous-flow centrifuge for biomass harvesting. This centrifuge allows us to harvest 400 liters of culture volume ...

FERMENTATION BASICS

... can either be: 1. The cell itself: referred to as biomass production. 2. A microorganisms ow...tion temperature can cause a reduction in both the biomass concentration and cellviability due to a temperature- and exposure-dependent decrease in enzyme acti...

A technique for increasing yields in bioreactors and disposable cell-culture systems

...lligram quantities of proteinsand virus as well as biomass from a wide variety of cell types. A single FibraStage bottle can replace the need to maintain dozensof roller bottles and hundreds of T-flasks. Because each bottle worksas an independent reactor, you can easily use this as a screeningdevice to...

To be a player in the "Knowledge Economy," Wisconsin needs more tech workers

...ving bottlenecks in the production of ethanol from biomass and other cellulosic materials, such as wood and paper waste. If that work is successful, Wisconsin will stand in the crossroads of the biofuels revolution. Wisconsin remains a world leader in human embryonic stem-cell research, although other stat...

Federal bioenergy lab will give Wisconsin a chance to shine

... , which will explore ways to convert all types of biomass into fuel for cars and power plants. It is a $125 million, five-year grant that will eventually leverage another $100 million in state and private dollars. The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday it had funded a proposal crafted by the Un...

UW-Madison to receive $125M for bioenergy research center

...would be made from feedstocks other than corn, and biomass material like agricultural residues, grasses, popl... biological and chemical processes used to convert biomass into energy. Donohue said scientists and engineers will be working on new processes to convert plan...

Doyle urges Legislature to support biofuels program

... county in the state has more than 100,000 tons of biomass resources and would benefit from a the bio-industr...oal if it converted the state's 15 million tons of biomass into energy. Sources of biomass include byproducts from corn and other crops, waste from food and be...

Virent enters agreement with Shell Oil unit to make hydrogen with biomass

...ocks. The platform converts the carbohydrates in biomass into liquid fuels, fuel gases, and chemicals, all of which are products commonly made from fossil fuels. The end products can be used as transportation fuels, in industrial applications, or as components of goods made using non-renewable resources. ...

Wisconsin applicants urged to pursue DOE funding for cellulosic biomass

...unced $200 million in new financing for cellulosic biomass projects. This funding opportunity is open to app...id waste is not eligible as a feed stock. However, biomass segregated from municipal solid waste might be eligible. Awards and requirements The DOE anticip...

Legislature should look to Wisconsin's natural energy advantages

... very different. It is ethanol produced from other biomass sources, ranging from wood to paper waste to switchgrass. Many researchers believe cellulosic ethanol can offer much greater energy payback, fewer environmental consequences and be produced at a much lower cost. Wisconsin is positioned to be a leade...

Wisconsin can offer what a federal energy research lab needs

... Wisconsin is racing to produce ethanol from other biomass sources. Several companies are racing to produce ethanol from plant cellulose. Another is developing enzymes to make ethanol from soybeans. Still another is working to produce hydrogen from plant sugars There are more methane digesters (which genera...

Bio-energy and cleantech grab attention of investors

... economically replace fossil fuels by transforming biomass into carbon-neutral liquid fuels, gases, and chemi...gy ethanol that comes from wood products and other biomass instead of corn. Cleantech bill of health At last week's Entrepreneurs' Connection conference ...

Johnson Controls adds renewable energy unit

... solar energy for the Denver Federal Center , and biomass boilers for the Indiana Department of Corrections . The Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls is best known for its building efficiency and power solutions, and its efforts to develop a next-generation hybrid car battery. The company reported $32.2 bill...

UW-Madison dean predicts bio-economy will fuel Wisconsin

..." ethanol will be produced from naturally abundant biomass material - crops and crop residue, forest residue,...tal United States, an estimated 500 to 600 tons of biomass is produced annually, and Wisconsin will have points of engagement across several industries. The bi...

Wisconsin will have plenty of competition in building the energy future

...hanol should now be modified so we can lead in the biomass ethanol that comes next. If you answered Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle , who delivered his annual State of the State speech Tuesday night, you're correct in concept. But the specific authors of those quotes are (in order) Iowa Gov. Chet Culver , Georg...

Corn prices and ethanol: Are the markets flaky - or working as they should?

... Cellulose ethanol can be produced from a range of biomass feedstocks, including agricultural plant wastes (corn stover and cereal straws), plant wastes from industrial processes (sawdust, paper pulp), and energy crops grown specifically for fuel production, such as switchgrass. Let the markets work. If foo...

Glue made from ethanol leftovers might be worth more than fuel

...ng on finding ways to squeeze extra ethanol out of biomass from crops such as switchgrass, Weimer is concentr.... "A lot of people want to do the same thing with biomass material that we've been doing with corn," says Weimer, a research microbiologist at the USDA-ARS D...

UW-Madison gets $333,000 for biofuels research

...oted that farmers and ranchers "would need to grow biomass in large quantities," and the grants are designed to improve the efficiency with which biomass and plant feedstocks are used to produce renewable fuels such as ethanol. The USDA's Cooperative St...

Last ethanol article you'll ever need to read, Part II

...the biofuels industry moves its fuel production to biomass feedstocks, and as processes are developed that make chemicals from home-grown ingredients instead of petroleum. The key Wisconsin ingredient that adds value to all of this, however, is knowledge. Wisconsin is ideally situated to provide the basic ...

T.E.C. Center to receive Commerce grant

...stems , which is developing alternative fuels with biomass material. Virent has moved into Building 2. The incubator provides space for up to 20 new technology businesses, and tenants share services and reduce their costs with the help of support services provided through the MGE Center for Entrepreneurs. T...

Wisconsin can lead the way to energy independence

...the emerging bioindustry market by 2030, using our biomass resources to produce fuel, power, and products. T... future. In this new economy, we will use our vast biomass resources and cutting-edge research to develop sources for fuel, power, and products. Our country's...

Doyle launches 2025 alternative energy plan

... of biobased opportunities in Wisconsin, including biomass gasification, fermentation of six-carbon sugars and cellulosic biomass, and fiber composites manufacturing. It recommends that the state work cooperatively with bioindustry producers to develop markets and focus on commercialization of "leapfrog" b...

The science is clear: Ethanol yields a net increase in energy

...r many decades, producing supplementary fuels from biomass can simultaneously address three important societal concerns without requiring substantial modification of existing vehicles or of the fuel distribution structure, wrote BPs Steven E. Koonin. He described those three concerns as security of supply (B...

UW prof turns sugar into diesel fuel, chemicals

...atalytic processes to make chemicals and fuel from biomass is a growing area," says Dumesic, who directed the...should also depress the price of petroleum. Using biomass - waste products of agriculture and forestry - can also cut global warming caused by carbon dioxide ...

WiSys to distribute $1 million in research funds

...program, a renewable initiative that uses wind and biomass energy from a dairy farm and landfill in northeastern Wisconsin. Going international Last month, researchers from UW-Platteville began exploring technological advances from a German electrode developer that could reduce the cost of hydrogen fue...

Winner of Burrill competition courted by North Carolina investors

... developing a fuel briquetting process that uses a biomass shredder to generate energy, combat deforestation, and promote economic development in the African nation of Rwanda....

Wisconsin can lead the nation to energy independence

...ments we need to develop value-added products from biomass including the new plastics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals of tomorrow. In short, we can revitalize the states rural and Northwoods economies while spurring entrepreneurship and creating more high paying jobs. We can keep Wisconsin Green & Growing ...

Biotech leads list of top U.S. companies to work for

...ofuels in the Midwest due to large availability of biomass through such crops as corn and soybean. I also commented on the growth of this trend in India. Another country leading the way in biofuels is Brazil. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Brazil is now producing ethanol for about...

Midwest is key player for Biofuels industry

...nd soy production, there is a tremendous amount of biomass available for conversion into biofuels. There ar...rocessing. It would appear that the use of corn as biomass for renewable fuels garners a higher price than currently obtained via exports, which raises the que...

Wisconsin scientists to be recognized for innovative biofuel technology

...e of the award winners. Applying the technology to biomass presents many opportunities, he said. "We're excited about new directions," he said. A demonstration of the new technology is now in place at Madison Gas & Electric , Apfelbach said. There, a Ford internal combustion engine powered by the fuel pr...

UTEK Corp. acquires Xylose Technologies

...help meet this potential demand, sugars from waste biomass and corn fiber, which have high xylose content, will need to be fermented. The focus of this technology is to develop efficient processes for the conversion of xylose into fuel ethanol and the commodity sweetener xylitol."...

Doyle announces $5 million in state budget for bio-based industry development

...earch, development, and implementation of forestry biomass technology in Wisconsin - encouraging the use of forestry biomass as an energy source. "When you hear Silicon Valley, you think of California and its high tech start...

Wisconsins biobased industries could be world leader

... is focused on education and demonstration to show biomass is feasible at a large scale. Ted Wegner of the USDA Forest Products Laboratory also said that federal interest in biofuels is growing, especially with increased efficiency in ethanol conversion. He said the USDA and the USDOE are collaborating to p...

2004 in review: Editors picks

...UW spinoff working on a way to efficiently convert biomass to hydrogen fuel. $750 million in public and private money is going toward building centers and institutes for life-science research , Governor Jim Doyle announced in November. Half of that is for a research center on the University of Wisconsin-Ma...

Investors hear about new agricultural technology

...rospective agriculture investors heard about using biomass and enzymes to produce hydrogen fuel, ethanol, and...Technology , is developing technology to transform biomass into hydrogen fuel. "The farm co-ops actually represent a very important part of the biosciences th...

Investors Pick Favorites at Life Science Conference

...waste streams, waste biomass, and energy dedicated biomass crops using liquid phase reforming. At the conference, the company ran a display illustrating how the carbohydrates in vodka can be used to generate electricity. Virent just got a $2 million Advanced Technology Program grant from the US Department o...

Four steps toward securing more reliable electric power for Wisconsin

...er for heating and cooling, solar photovoltaic and biomass are among other promising technologies. Also part of the mix is distributed generation. Distributed electric power refers to small electric generating units close to the load centers, such as homes, businesses or factories, and it can take pressure ...

Stratatech and Virent Win $4M in U.S. Grants

...waste streams, waste biomass, and energy dedicated biomass crops. This award will allow us to develop truly unplugged portable power for applications such as laptop computers," said Virent CEO Randy Cortright. "It validates our efforts and gives us a real shot at powering cars with safe hydrogen. Virent i...

Students Win Burrill Competition With Plan for Renewable Energy

...s a biotech process for creating electricity using biomass products like rice hulls and whey. In total, UW-Madison students walked away with $22,000 in prize money at the G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition. Teams from disciplines across campus presented their business plans to a panel of...