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ACS Chem. Biol.,
3 (1),
21–23
10.1021/cb700261w
Web Release Date: January 18, 2008
Copyright © 2008 American Chemical Society
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Overview of the Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research
at the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
Hans P. Blaschek†,‡,*, Greg Knott†,‡, Jurgen Scheffran†,¶, Ted Funk†,§, and Sue Overmyer†
† CABER (Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research), ‡ Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, § Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, ¶ Departments of Political Science and Atmospheric Sciences and the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820
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*Corresponding author, blaschek#uiuc.edu.
The Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER, bioenergy.uiuc.edu) was formed ~1 year ago in response to the 2006 University
of Illinois Strategic Plan, which called for the university to take
the lead in the state of Illinois in the area of sustainable energy
production and consumption. The strategic plan also called for formation
of an initiative that brings together scientists from different institutions
in Illinois to work together in order to solve multidiscipline-based
problems in sustainable energy. In response to this call, a symposium
entitled “Sustainable Bioenergy: Focus on the Future of Biofuels
and Chemicals” was held in April 2006 at the Urbana campus.
This meeting brought together scientists from industry, academia,
and government, including the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
(UIUC), the Argonne National Laboratory, and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture laboratory in Peoria. These interactions ultimately led
to the expansion of the group to include Northwestern University and
the University of Chicago and the submission of a multi-institutional
grant to the U.S. Department of Energy.
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