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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. 

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.