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  • Welcome to BSRI

    Bioenergy Systems Research Institute at the University of Georgia.

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  • Featured Discovery

    From Grass to Gas

    UGA researchers have mapped the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x giganteus, a large perennial grass with promise as a source of ethanol and bioenergy.

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  • Featured Research

    Super Yeast Converts Pine to Ethanol

    Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a “super strain” of yeast that can efficiently ferment ethanol from pretreated pine. View video›

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As our nation looks to plants to satisfy its growing energy demands, University of Georgia researchers are searching for answers to both long-term and near-term research questions associated with bioenergy production.

Bioenergy Systems Research Institute (BSRI) unites the University’s legacies in agriculture, forestry, environmental science and engineering with its strengths in carbohydrate science, genetics and microbiology to provide a scientific and practical foundation to support an economic and sustainable bioenergy future. Join BSRI