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  • Featured Discovery
    UGA discovery may allow scientists to make fuel from CO2 in the atmosphere
    A new discovery may soon lead to the creation of biofuels made directly from the carbon dioxide in the air that is responsible for trapping the sun's rays and raising global temperatures.
  • Featured Student
    Travis Williams
    Travis Williams (pictured with UGA President-elect Jere Morehead), department of microbiology, received the award for best undergraduate student poster at the inaugural SEC Symposium on renewable energy in February.
  • Featured Research
    Discovery of plant gene lays groundwork for improved biofuel processing
    UGA researchers have identified an important gene involved in the development of plant cell walls, a discovery that promises to help turn plants into biofuel more efficiently.
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.

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