News

May 2008

• MSU scientists Chris Peterson and Steve Pueppke discuss balancing food and fuel needs in May 8 Detroit Free Press
• GM buys stake in cellulosic ethanol research firm; refinery planned for Michigan

April 2008

• MSU researcher Kris Berglund talks about his distilling research and how it can help Michigan entrepreneurs on WKAR on April 29
• MSU scientists Dean Della Penna and Rob Last author invited paper in special issue of Science and appear in online videos (click on "Insights" and "Future Directions")
• Listen to MSU scientists Joan Rose, Soji Adelaja and Bruce Dale on WWJ radio as part of the Green Michigan Conference on April 22, 2008
• Mariam Sticklen discusses biofuels on NPR's "Science Friday" on April 11, 2008
• Michigan plans for boom from energy/green breakthroughs
• MSU Distinguished Professor Kris Berglund testifies in favor of new bill to allow small distilleries to market and sell their products on-site
• Michigan State and Michigan Tech release report on research and outreach needed to support forest-based biofuels
• Gut reaction: Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel
• OBT Associate Director Bruce Dale's editorial on ethanol featured in The Times of Trenton
• MSU to host Biofuel Inventors Day on April 11

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Spotlight

Michigan State-Michigan Tech Biofuels Partnership

To help Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University create a research agenda aimed at meeting the needs of Michigan's developing wood-based bioeconomy businesses, the two universities held a biofuels summit in February. On April 9, the Michigan State-Michigan Tech Renewable Fuels Working Group released Report of the Michigan Forest-Based Bioeconomy Summit," which contains research and outreach recommendations for the two universities.

Events

June 2008

National Agriculture Biotech Council Conference
Columbus, Ohio
June 3-6, 2008

2008 International Symposium on Society and Resource Management: Social Dimensions of Biofuels Sessions
Burlington, Vermont
June 10-14, 2008

Bio Energy Awareness Days (BEAD II)
Washington, D.C.
June 19-22, 2008

Transition to a Bioeconomy: Risk, Infrastructure and Industry Evolution
Berkeley, Calif.
June 24-25, 2008

September 2008

2008 Biobased Industry Outlook Conference
Ames, Iowa
September 8-9, 2008

Related centers

MSU scientists have been investigating many facets of the bioeconomy for several decades. Besides the Office of Biobased Technologies, which serves as a clearinghouse for all bioeconomy information and research, other distinctive centers include:

• Biomass Conversion Research Lab
• Center for Biobased Renewable Energy
• Center for Microbial Ecology
• Center for Nanostructured Biomimetic Interfaces
• Composite Materials and Structures Center
• Energy & Automotive Research Laboratories
• Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
• Long-Term Ecological Research Project
• MBI International
• MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab
• MSU Technologies
• Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources