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'Zoomable' map of poplar proteins offers new view of bioenergy crop
ORNL press release: Jan. 29, 2013

Plant Microbiomes Unfurl: As DNA sequencing costs drop, scientists begin cataloging plants' beneficial band of microbial stowaways
Chemical & Engineering News: October 1, 2012

10,000 Feet Down: Extreme bacteria provide an unexpected boost to manufacturing
ORNL Review 45(2): October 2012

Water-Wise Biofuel Crop Study to Alter Plants Metabolic, Photosynthesis Process
Phys.org: September 14, 2012
Biofuels Journal: September 14, 2012
Domestic Fuel.com: September 14, 2012
Hobby Farms: September 28, 2012

Teacher Lauds ‘Amazing Opportunity’ to Participate in ORNL Fellowship Program
Oswego Patch: July 25, 2012

Tapping into reservoir of heat-loving bacteria. BESC scientists explore bacteria to break down cellulose
Science Daily: July 2, 2012

LABRADOR soon to sniff out graves around the world: BSD scientist Dr. Arpad Vass has invented a device that detects the odor of human decomposition.
WATE TV: May 15, 2012

Follow ORNL scientists in the Arctic as part of the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment (NGEE)
NGEE Blog

ORNL to partner with Knowledge Foundation for biosurveillance symposium in Washington, DC, on June 27th, 2012
PR Web: March 29, 2012

Gerald A. Tuskan named Forest Biotechnologist of the Year
ORNL press release: Feb. 3, 2012

Supercomputer reveals new details behind drug-processing protein model
ORNL press release: Dec. 6, 2011

A Bioenergy Ecosystem
ORNL Review 44(3): Third Qtr 2011

Single, Key Gene Discovery Could Streamline Production of Biofuels
DOE press release: August 11, 2011

National Laboratories and Universities Team up to Build a Community Systems Biology Knowledgebase
DOE press release: July 7, 2011

DOE program reaches thousands of students with 'farming for fuels' program
ORNL press release: June 1, 2011

Bacterial genome may hold answers to mercury mystery
ORNL press release: April 8, 2011
ScienceDaily article

Key plant traits yield more sugar for biofuels
ORNL press release: March 29, 2011

Neutron analysis yields insight into bacteria for solar energy
ORNL press release: March 23, 2011

BESC scores a first with isobutanol directly from cellulose

'Fingerprints' match molecular simulations with reality
ORNL press release: Feb. 22, 2011

New lignin 'lite' switchgrass boosts biofuel yield by more than one-third
ORNL press release: Feb. 14, 2011

Natural dissolved organic matter plays dual role in cycling of mercury
ORNL Review 44(1): First Qtr 2011

The next generation of biofuels
ORNL Review 43(3) (entire issued devoted to biofuels)
Third Qtr 2010

Cell signaling classification system gives researchers new tool
ORNL press release: July 2, 2010

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