Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Converting Plants to Fuel (LBNL Science at the Theater)
Abstract
Berkeley Lab's Chris Somerville is a leading authority on the structure and function of plant cell walls, which comprise most of the body mass of higher plants. He views the knowledge of cell wall structure and function as furthering the development of plants with improved usefulness: these plants are strong potential sources of renewable materials and biofuel feedstocks. His scientific expertise defines an ideal match of his interest - in the development of cellulosic and other solar-to-fuel science - with his recent appointment as Director of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI). With colleagues in biology, physical sciences, engineering, and environmental and the social sciences, he now leads the EBI multidisciplinary teams' research efforts to develop next-generation, carbon-neutral transportation fuels.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Friends of Science: Chabot Space and Science Center; The Exploratorium; Lawrence Hall of Science; Osher Lifelong Learning Institute; University of California - Berkeley, Albany High School Science Dept; Berkeley High School Science Dept; Oakland High School Science Dept
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1007518
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Science at the Theater Lecture Series, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, presented on November 12, 2007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CELL WALL; PLANT CELLS; BIOFUEL; FOSSIL FUEL; CO2; CLIMATE; RAINFALL
Citation Formats
Somerville, Chris. Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Converting Plants to Fuel (LBNL Science at the Theater). United States: N. p., 2007.
Web.
Somerville, Chris. Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Converting Plants to Fuel (LBNL Science at the Theater). United States.
Somerville, Chris. Mon .
"Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Converting Plants to Fuel (LBNL Science at the Theater)". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1007518.
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abstractNote = {Berkeley Lab's Chris Somerville is a leading authority on the structure and function of plant cell walls, which comprise most of the body mass of higher plants. He views the knowledge of cell wall structure and function as furthering the development of plants with improved usefulness: these plants are strong potential sources of renewable materials and biofuel feedstocks. His scientific expertise defines an ideal match of his interest - in the development of cellulosic and other solar-to-fuel science - with his recent appointment as Director of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI). With colleagues in biology, physical sciences, engineering, and environmental and the social sciences, he now leads the EBI multidisciplinary teams' research efforts to develop next-generation, carbon-neutral transportation fuels.},
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