Biobased Industry Outlook Conference
August 29-30, 2005
Iowa State University - Ames, IA
Call for Posters
Download poster abstracts from the 2005 Biobased Industry Outlook Conference.
A special poster session was held in conjunction with the evening reception on August 29, 2005. Investigators affiliated Iowa Biotechnology Byproducts Consortium (BBC), Iowa State University's Center for Catalysis (CCAT), the Center for Crops Utilization Research (CCUR) at Iowa State, and the Office of Biorenewables Programs (OBP) at Iowa State presented posters that describe new and on-going research projects.
Centers Represented
The BBC is a partnership between the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. For well over a decade, the BBC has worked to conduct fundamental and applied investigations aimed at enhancing the recovery and utilization of byproduct materials arising from new and emerging industries in biotechnology. More recently, the USDA has recommended that realignment in support of the federal initiative in biobased products should be a future direction of the BBC.
CCAT is dedicated to the development of useful, practical catalysts and sustainable green chemistry methods. Scientists investigate the application of catalysis and green chemistry methods to agricultural, industrial and environmental science. The center is a member of the Institute for Physical Research and Technology at ISU. Researchers include staff members from the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory as well as faculty and scientists from ISU.
The Center has received a $485,000 directed appropriation through the U.S. Department of Energy. Multiple projects are currently being supported with these funds, in four research areas.
CCUR, established in 1987, is a multidisciplinary research, development, and technology transfer program focusing on new processes, products, and markets for corn, soybeans, and other Midwest crops. The Center believes that no grain should leave the state without "adding value" and Iowa should become the preferred location for producing, marketing, processing and utilizing value-enhanced grain.
The OBP serves as a focal point for the activities of the initiative. In the past year, the Office has coordinated a growing number of learning, discovery, and engagement efforts in biorenewable resources. It manages a newly instituted Biorenewable Resources and Technology graduate program and assists affiliated academic departments and research units in preparing multi-disciplinary grant applications related to biorenewable resources. It also helps faculty identify industrial partners for their research programs.
