Patrik D'haeseleer

Joint BioEnergy Institute

Projects

Developing Ionic-Liquid Tolerant Enzymatic Cocktails for Lignocellulosic Biomass Deconstruction

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Steven Singer

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The DOE Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is tasked with developing these advanced biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass. Part of this mission is to develop efficient methods to deconstruct biomass,…

Effects of iron and mixed communities on two anaerobic lignin decomposing bacteria

Lead Institution

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Principal Investigator

Kristen DeAngelis

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The fast growth, high efficiency and specificity of enzymes employed in bacterial anaerobic litter deconstruction makes these useful templates for improving biofuel production. There are few cultured…