CHAMPAIGN — Local and regional partners are working on a federal grant application to help promote biomanufacturing in Champaign, Macon and Piatt counties. The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing consortium is one of 31 organizations designated as a tech hub by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration in October, qualifying it to apply […]
Illinois Labs and Facilities accelerate research and professional development for Industry
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a research powerhouse and home to a plethora of labs filled with faculty experts. These labs act as a bridge to help us collaborate with industries to kindle research and engage in professional development opportunities. The Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory is a great example of a UIUC facility that […]
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Shaping impactful agricultural graduates
Helping create a more sustainable future today, especially with the effects of climate change, takes a lot of work and isn’t easy. The Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, however, is up for the task. ABE’s unique mission of combining fundamental engineering skills with food, agriculture, environment, and energy […]
DOE Renews CABBI Five More Years
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, right, visits CABBI fields at the Illinois Energy Farm with Center Director Andrew Leakey and Feedstock Production Theme Leader Emily Heaton. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed another round of funding to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to lead the second phase of its Bioenergy Research […]
IBRL bioprocessing degree fills critical need for biomanufacturing industry
Sridhar Govind, a graduate of the PSM Bioprocessing and Bioenergy program, recently visited IBRL to collaborate on a project. Photo: Kerri Peters. URBANA, Ill. – Located at the nexus of agricultural crop production and industries that process those grains, the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL) at the University of Illinois provides experiential education to students and helps […]
Plant-Based Leaders | Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory
Helping the Plant-Based Industry Grow by Accelerating Bioprocessing Technologies Entrepreneurial ingenuity is the wellspring of economic growth. But transforming an amazing idea into a commercially viable product – especially in the world of green chemistry – requires expensive and scarce economic infrastructure that often can be difficult for entrepreneurs to locate, secure for use, […]