The ABPDU serves as a scale-up testbed for collaborators developing technologies that transform raw materials—such as plants and waste—into sustainable products that affect our everyday lives. The DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office provides co-shared funding to the ABPDU industry partners to demonstrate these technologies and systems at...

Source: https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/832069 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) recently developed a suite of synthetic biology tools, collectively called the Artificial Positive Feedback Loop (APFL), which enables the engineering of microorganisms to amplify specific metabolic pathways without deleterious effects to the...

Source: https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2014/10/29/new-lab-startup-afingen-uses-precision-method-to-enhance-plants/ Berkeley Lab breakthrough can lead to cheaper biofuels, improved crops, and new products from plants. Imagine being able to precisely control specific tissues of a plant to enhance desired traits without affecting the plant’s...

Each year, R & D Magazine’s R&D 100 Awards are presented to the 100 most significant new technologies. Over the past 35 years, Berkeley Lab has received 95 R&D 100 awards. Tissue-Specific Cell-Wall Engineering for Biofuels and Biomaterials is a suite of precision genetic tools that will improve crops bred for production of food,...

Source: https://science.osti.gov/sbir The SBIR and STTR programs are U.S. Government programs, intended to help certain small businesses conduct R&D. At DOE, funding takes the form of grants. Projects must have the potential for commercialization and meet specific DOE mission-specific R&D needs. DOE offers more than sixty technical...