UW-Madison researchers have identified enzymes that are necessary and sufficient for the catabolism of the β-5 linked aromatic dimer dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol (DCA) by Novo. The first newly identifi...
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A collaborative team of researchers from UW-Madison, MIT, and National Lab of the Rockies (NLR) have developed an innovative approach for the generation of bio-based plasticizers from lignin from 4-hy...
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Researchers from UW-Madison, MIT, and NLR have developed a method for recycling Nylon 6. The method, embodied in a one-pot reactor, consists of ammonolysis followed by cyclodeamination and is realized...
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Researchers from UW-Madison, MIT, and NLR have developed a chemical process for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into muconic acid which is useful for the generation of plastics and polymers....
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Researchers from UW-Madison, MIT, and NLR have developed a chemical process for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into muconic acid which is useful for the generation of plastics and polymers....
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UW-Madison researchers have developed an improved method for separating purified lignin monomers from deconstructed biomass. The process couples the oxidative depolymerization of lignin, which produce...
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UW-Madison researchers found that Novo naturally produces the carotenoid nostoxanthin, which accumulates in its cells. Further, predicted nostoxanthin intermediates include a number of valuable carote...
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The present invention expands the substrate scope for Novo by enabling the use of the lignin-derived aromatic acetovanillone. The existing oxidative and reductive methods for lignin deconstruction res...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method of using a combination of derivatives of lignin molecules to treat fungal pathogens. The researchers have studied a combination of two molecules that are...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a novel xylose fermenting S. cerevisiae yeast capable of converting xylose into ethanol. The researchers did an extensive analysis of xylose fermentation activity...
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UW-Madison researchers used metabolic engineering to generate recombinant microorganisms capable of producing the commodity chemical cis, cis-muconic acid (ccMA) from biomass-derived aromatics. The r...
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Introduced in the early 1900s, paracetamol (acetaminophen) is an active ingredient in many widely sold over-the-counter medicines such as Tylenol and today is the most commonly used medication for pai...
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A UW-Madison researcher is developing a bacterial mutant that will be capable of removing the inhibitory co-products from lignocellulosic biomass derived hydrolysates. The inventor started with Pseudo...
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Researchers from UW-Madison and other institutions have developed an improved alkaline pretreatment method for plant biomass that makes the production of lignocellulose-derived sugars for bio-based fu...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed an improved electrochemical valorization strategy that leverages an electrocatalyst capable of carrying out two-electron oxygen reduction reactions (2e- ORR). The...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method to synthesize organocatalysts that can be engineered to mimic biological enzymes for use in a variety of industrially relevant chemical reactions. The or...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a new method that allows for the transformation of ethanol into a blend of components (mainly long chain ethers) that can be used as a diesel #2 replacement. The ...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a new approach for producing the preservative potassium sorbate directly from the biomass-derived chemical intermediate triacetic lactone (TAL) rather than via so...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a new method for recovering NH4+ or K+ ions from manure wastewater. The method includes contacting a manure wastewater stream containing organic matter and salts ...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method to synthesize a series of flavoring agents (a group of hexanoate esters) which possess odors such as fruity, grape, burnt wood, hay, pineapple, cranberry...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a new process, termed electrochemical Clemmensen reduction, in which an electrochemical cell is used to perform hydrogenolysis and Zn is used as an electrocatalyt...
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The present invention from UW-Madison innovators is a CRISPRi system for studying the genetics of Z. mobilis and lac-regulated synthetic Z. mobilis promoters that are used in the CRISPRi system but al...
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UW researchers have identified a genetic mutation in a family of genes that removes a repressor of the shikimate pathway. Their work identified the suppressor of tyra2 (sota) as a target to deregulate...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a flow reactor for lignin valorization. The flow-based reactor increases monomer production while limiting unwanted side/subsequent reactions. In particular, mate...
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Recent global estimates project that over 125 million tons of dairy products are wasted or discarded due to spoilage each year. Roughly half of this waste occurs before the products even reach the con...
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