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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. 

May 09, 2024

Behind the Breakthroughs: Laura Fernandez, Fermentation Maven

ABPDU's Laura Fernandez discusses her career journey and her current work scaling up partners' fermentation processes.

March 26, 2024

Pow.Bio Validates Continuous Fermentation Platform at ABPDU

The ABPDU and Pow.Bio have successfully demonstrated a fermentation platform that could help unlock the full potential of biomanufacturing.

March 21, 2024

ABPDU Plastic Recycling Research Featured in Waste Dive

The research demonstrated a process for breaking down a mixture of conventional and bio-based plastics using a biological process.

February 20, 2024

ABPDU and Partners Develop Bio-Derived Ionic Liquids

Using lignin to create ionic liquids makes use of a low-value byproduct and could make ionic liquids cheaper to produce. 

January 17, 2024

Ning Sun Featured in Mushroom Documentary

ABPDU research scientist Ning Sun is featured in a new documentary on how mushrooms can play a role in climate solutions.

December 07, 2023

Asun Oka, Dupeng Liu Place at Berkeley Lab Pitch Competition

The event was an opportunity for entrepreneurs to get feedback from four judges who hailed from the venture capital community.