Green Chemicals Blog
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Biofuel News Roundup
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My draft box on biofuels is filling up very quickly….sometimes I think I need help managing these news roundups *sigh*. As I finish this news roundup in Geneva, Illinois, don’t forget to follow today’s and tomorrow’s tweets as the blog…
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Weekly News Roundup
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Don’t forget to follow the blog’s live twitter updates from Roquette America’s Green Chemistry and Fermentation Symposium on Wednesday and Thursday! For now here are this week’s news roundup: PlanktOMICS targets algal biomass PlanktOMICS Algae Bioservices has finalized a spin-out…
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BASF expands enzymes portfolio
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The blog has not focused as much on enzymes – proteins that consist of long chains of amino acids held together by peptide bonds, and are important biological catalysts in accelerating the rate and specificity of metabolic reactions. The enzymes…
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OPXBIO partners with Evonik
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Unfortunately, the blog was not able to get any other information from both OPX Biotechnologies and Evonik Industries about their recent collaboration announcement. The two companies said they have entered an agreement to jointly develop certain bio-based specialty chemicals which…
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Biochems financial news
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The blog has compiled several news from the financial community starting with the closing of BioAmber’s initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday. I’m guessing it is still a difficult market for renewable chemical companies wanting to be public as BioAmber…
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Micromidas enters bio-PX research
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OPX Biotechnologies and Evonik announced yesterday a development collaboration on bio-based specialty chemicals but unfortunately there is not much information given on the press release and so I am hoping to get something more soon. In the meantime, California-based Micromidas…
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BASF to build bio-BDO facility
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The blog posted last month the possibility of Genomatica licensing its bio-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO) processing technology to BASF after Toray announced that it has successfully produced prototypes of partially bio-based PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) engineering plastic components using Genomatica’s bio-BDO….