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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The present application relates to nucleic acids encoding polypeptides with β-etherase activity; polypeptides with β-etherase activity; vectors comprising said nucleic acids for the production of re...
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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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UW-Madison researchers have developed an engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain capable of efficient fermentation of xylose to ethanol. The engineered yeast they developed builds upon a previously...
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UW Madison researchers have developed an improved method for the electrochemical reductive coupling of lignin derived monomers (e.g., 4-carboxylic acid phenols) in the presence of Ni or Ni/Pd catalysi...
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Plant biomass remains a promising renewable source of important platform chemicals currently derived from petroleum. These include the chemical building blocks used to make polyurethanes (commonly fou...
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Lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable energy source with great potential for generating value-added chemicals. One of the major components of biomass is lignin (15-25 percent). Due to its infamously...
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UW researchers have developed a simple and efficient method of dissolving biomass using concentrated sulfuric acid and cysteine. The standard method of Klason lignin determination involves dissolving ...
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Recombinant cells and methods for producing methyl ketones, such as medium-chain methyl ketones. The recombinant cells include recombinant acyl-ACP thioesterase genes, recombinant β-ketoacyl-CoA thio...
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The invention is directed to BAHD acyltransferase enzymes, nucleic acids encoding BAHD acyltransferase enzymes, and inhibitory nucleic acids adapted to inhibit the expression and/or translation of BAH...
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Worldwide renewable energy sources are in high demand due to climate change combined with rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves. Bioethanol remains the most attractive choice as an alternative to co...
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The present invention provides isolated gene sequences useful in increasing lignocellulosic toxin tolerance in yeast. Such engineered yeast are useful in methods of biofuel production, particularly et...
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