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Cell Wall Secrets

A fundamental discovery by UGA researchers at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center changes the way scientists think about how plant cell walls are made and opens a new door to converting plants to biofuels and other carbon-based products.

Featured Research

Super Yeast Converts Pine to Ethanol

Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a "super strain" of yeast that can efficiently ferment ethanol from pretreated pine.

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From field to fuel: Rapid technique for biomass analysis

New equipment coupling pyrolysis with mass spectrometry instrumentation provides an efficient means for rapid screening of traits of woody and perennial grassy plants to select candidate lignocellulosic feedstocks.

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As our nation looks to plants to satisfy its growing energy demands, University of Georgia researchers are searching for answers to both long-term and near-term research questions associated with bioenergy production.

Bioenergy Systems Research Institute (BSRI) unites the University’s legacies in agriculture, forestry, environmental science and engineering with its strengths in carbohydrate science, genetics and microbiology to provide a scientific and practical foundation to support an economic and sustainable bioenergy future. Join BSRI