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March-April 2013

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Open House Planned for Iowa State University's First Pilot-Scale Algal Production Facility

The BioCentury Research Farm will host an open house to showcase its new Algal Production Facility on Thursday, May 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. This is Iowa State University's first pilot-scale facility that is equipped to grow large amounts of algae biomass. Read More >>


January-February 2013

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A Proposed Bioplastics Center at Iowa State University Receives NSF Planning Grant

The Biopolymers and Biocomposites Research Team has received a National Science Foundation planning grant to develop a center at Iowa State University that would focus on bioplastics and biocomposites. Read More >>


November-December 2012 Newsletter

November-December 2012

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CCUR Helps a Biotechnology Company Develop Enzymes to Improve DDGS

Direvo Industrial Biotechnology GmbH from Cologne, Germany, collaborated with the Center for Crops Utilization Research (CCUR) and the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) to test a new enzyme technology that could improve the economics of the dry-grind ethanol and livestock feeding industries. Read More >>