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November 12, 2024

ABPDU Alumni Highlight: Sara Tejedor Sanz

Sara Tejedor Sanz joined ABPDU in 2021 as a senior scientific engineer. She is starting a new role as a scientist at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.

November 08, 2024

ABPDU Next Gen Tech Expo

This two-day virtual event will feature presentations from vendors for scale-up software, equipment, and expertise.

October 16, 2024

From the Lab to the Classroom: Sheela Vemu Develops Biomanufacturing Curriculum at ABPDU 

Waubonsee Community College professor Sheela Vemu spent the summer at ABPDU developing a biomanufacturing curriculum for community colleges.

October 07, 2024

Agile BioFoundry, ABPDU Partner with Industrial Microbes to Scale Up Low-Carbon Footprint Acrylic Acid Precursor

The process successfully scaled up by ABF and ABPDU produces a precursor to acrylic acid, widely used across the consumer product industry.

September 04, 2024

Nurturing STEM Opportunities for Native American Interns

This summer, ABPDU hosted an intern from the Arizona State University-Berkeley Lab STEM Pathways program.

August 21, 2024

ABPDU Intern Shares Summer Research Experience

Meet Addison Hitt, a student at Queens University of Charlotte who researched polyester recycling this summer as an ABPDU intern.

July 22, 2024

Creating Carbon Negative Materials with Ancient Microbes

Mango Materials is using methane-eating bacteria to make polymers that can replace carbon-intensive plastics. ABPDU scientists helped refine their production process.

July 16, 2024

Turning Agricultural Trash to Treasure

New funding will help Berkeley Lab and partners improve how the diverse agricultural waste in California’s Northern San Joaquin Valley can be used to make sustainable bioproducts and biofuels.

July 10, 2024

Scaling up the Bioeconomy Workforce: Welcoming a New Wave of Bioprocessing Graduates

A hands-on laboratory course at ABPDU is preparing bioprocess engineering students for careers in the bioeconomy.

May 21, 2024

ABPDU Alumni Highlight: Akash Narani

Akash Narani is a former principal engineer at ABPDU. He is currently a Principal Engineer, MSAT and Operations at ZymoChem.