Miscanthus is in the headlines this week at the First International Miscanthus Summit at @UofIllinois!
@ILPublicMedia talked with organizers about the potential for this perennial grass as a profitable crop and a tool for renewable energy & bioproducts. 🌾
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Proud to share this well-deserved honor for CABBI Co-PI Kaiyu Guan, named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow for his groundbreaking work in agroecosystem sensing and modeling. His research has had tangible benefits for renewable energy, agri-food systems, farmers & society. 🌱 @doescience
Congratulations to 2026 #MacArthur Fellow Kaiyu Guan of @UofIllinois, a longtime iSEE affiliate who today received a prestigious @macfound "genius" grant for his groundbreaking work to build a predictive science for #agriculture.
News➡️ news.illinois.edu/u-of-i-res…
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CABBI researchers harnessed an unusual fatty acid pathway in engineered oilseed, creating a powerful synthetic biology toolkit to produce high-value oil. This provides a scalable bio-based source for industrial lubricants, supporting the #bioeconomy.
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✨Job opening! CABBI is hiring a visiting #research coordinator to support one of three CABBI research themes as well as proposal development. This full-time, in-person position is based at @UofIllinois.
✳️ Apply by Monday, Oct. 5
🔗 Job post: loom.ly/WA9uwnI
CABBI's Ting Lu, Jeremy Guest, Huimin Zhao, Vijay Singh, Christopher Rao and Hong Yang are featured in this excellent piece on #bioeconomy research at @UofIllinois. Innovations by these @GraingerEng
researchers promote a more circular & resilient economy.
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CABBI's Jennifer Brophy of @Stanford is leading an @ENERGY Genesis Mission project with @SLAClab that will accelerate plant genetics, by developing #AI models to help scientists design plants to withstand drought or produce high-value chemicals.
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In a commentary in One Earth, CABBI researchers Fredy Altpeter and John Shanklin explore how plant engineering breakthroughs that have transformed #biomass crops into oil factories could revolutionize sustainable fuel production for aviation & shipping.
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Lignocellulolytic enzymes account for up to 30% of operating expenses in second-generation #ethanol biorefineries. A CABBI analysis in @green_rsc found that optimized enzyme doses could improve the bioprocess economics of lignocellulosic biorefineries.
📰 pubs.rsc.org/gc/article/28/2…
CABBI retweeted
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Submit an abstract by Sept. 1 for the 2026 International Miscanthus Summit!🌿
This 4-day event bridges the gap between scientific innovation & the growing miscanthus market, with leaders from academia, industry, policy, farming & NGOs.
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A study by CABBI researchers at @UofIllinois found that planting #miscanthus and switchgrass, both perennial #bioenergy crops, could restore soil after decades of corn cultivation. 🌾
Story in Biofuels Digest➡️ biofuelsdigest.com/cabbi-res…
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The study, "Mitigating the Soil Carbon Deficit of Annual Agriculture with Perennial Bioenergy Crops in the Midwest," was published in @Geoderma_Jrnl.
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@IlsaKantola @ajmargenot @sustainILLINOIS @IllinoisCropSci
Congratulations to Wendy Yang, CABBI Deputy Director of Research & Development, honored as a University Scholar by @UofIllinois for achievements in teaching, scholarship and service! A plant biologist, Yang studies plant-soil-microbe interactions.
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High-resolution microCT reveals relationships between stomata and interior leaf anatomy in sorghum academic.oup.com/plphys/arti… @jfischerbotany @brodersen_lab @CABBIbio @ASPB @SorghumGrowers @PlantPhys
On July 30th, CABBI's RISE interns presented their summer research at the annual RISE Symposium.
Thank you for another great year of the RISE Program!
A study by CABBI researchers suggests that depth gradients in soil #carbon stocks represent a balance between inputs, decomposition & microbial activity, and that deep-rooted plants could help build stable mineral-associated organic carbon. #miscanthus
📰 link.springer.com/article/10…
CABBI's Bin Peng of @IllinoisCropSci was honored with a Conservation Research Award from @SWCSNews for excellence in soil, water & nutrient conservation research! Peng uses tools like geospatial data, AI & modeling to improve precision conservation.
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In our final Biomass Webinar Series talk, Senior Utilities Engineer Ty Miller will explain how @uiowa's power plant has replaced coal with #renewable fuel pellets made of #miscanthus, paper pulp & other feedstocks, lowering GHG emissions! 🌿
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Read the full CABBI study in @PlantBiotechJ:
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