Accelerating Discovery in Biology, Bioenergy, and Environmental Research
The Science Scientists have long been looking for new ways to make fuel, and algae that naturally produce and hold onto large amounts of fatty molecules within their bodies are a promising direction. For some algae species of interest, like Nannochloropsis oceanica and other Eustigmatophytes, questions remain regarding the basics of the organism’s life cycle Read More …
The Science The structure of cellulose is predominated by highly-ordered rope-like structures known as ‘fibrils,’ making this biopolymer an intriguing feedstock for manufactured nanomaterials with the potential for impressive mechanical properties. Additionally, cellulose depolymerization yields glucose, which can be used to produce biochemicals and biofuels. But the intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds that give cellulose Read More …
Autonomous experimentation is an emerging area of research that has now been extended to infrared (IR) spatiochemical mapping of dynamic biological systems. Such approaches have been difficult to apply to these traditionally high-dimensional mapping technologies, which include scanning hyperspectral imaging of biological systems, due to the inherent complexity and heterogeneity of typical samples. In this Read More …