News

December 09, 2020

This Anti-COVID Mask Breaks the Mold

This work is supported by the National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory. Berkeley Lab's effort is led by ABPDU director Deepti Tanjore.

November 12, 2020

Carolina Barcelos Featured in Berkeley Lab's Visible Spectrum Series

Visible Spectrum is a series to spotlight talented and dedicated women employees across the Lab.

November 10, 2020

Microbe “Rewiring” Technique Promises a Boom in Biomanufacturing

ABPDU demonstrates that an improved biomanufacturing process could hold its desirable features at higher production scales.

October 22, 2020

ABPDU's Open Source Software Benefits Biotech Community

ABPDU created a set of open source tools that would allow companies to easily transfer feeding processes between bioreactors.

October 19, 2020

Waste Not, Want Not: INL Studies Potential of Municipal Solid Waste for Biofuels

ABPDU's contribution to work converting municipal solid waste into chemicals that can be converted into biofuels was featured in a BETO Bioprose blog post.

September 30, 2020

Transforming Waste into Bio-Based Chemicals

ABPDU researchers make an important step towards converting a material in plant cell walls into eco-friendly ionic liquids.

September 03, 2020

5 Everyday Products Made from Biomass: A Few May Surprise You

Companies such as ABPDU collaborator Mango Materials are developing biobased plastics that will break down and decay into natural materials.

September 02, 2020

A Q&A with Ning Sun on Technology Commercialization Fund Awards

ABPDU's Ning Sun shares her experience with the Technology Commercialization Fund program as well as tips for potential applicants.

August 04, 2020

Five Ways Berkeley Lab is in the Fight Against COVID-19

The ABPDU is helping two biotech companies ramp up production of potential COVID-19-fighting technologies so they can be ready to meet global demand.

July 07, 2020

Scaling Up Science During a Global-Scale Emergency

ABPDU's biomanufacturing experts are helping biotech companies ramp up production of new COVID-19 testing and treatment technologies.