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Beer in space: UF researchers study microgravity’s effect on fermentation

by Megan Winslow
August 14, 2024

A recently published study by University of Florida researchers provides insight into how beer yeast might behave when fermented in outer space. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS
Tags: Andrew MacIntosh, Beer, Biofuel, Clinostat, Ester, Ferment, Fermentation, Food Science And Human Nutrition Department, Grain, Horticultural Sciences Department, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Megan Winslow, Microgravity, Outer Space, Pedro Fernandez Mendoza, Pharmaceutical, Research, Researcher, Saccharomyces Pastorianus, Space, Space Exploration, Study, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Wort, Yeast
College students examining a composting operation

Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology Lab hosts environmental science class

by Mike Loizzo
February 23, 2022

About a dozen UF students filed out of a university passenger van on a chilly winter morning. The students in the environmental science lab class (EVS 3000L) came to the UF Energy Research and Education Park to learn about the Bioenergy and ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ann Wilkie, Archive, BioEnergy And Sustainable Technology Lab, Biofuel, Environmental Science, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences

UF Joins New Center to Create Fuel from Plants

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 2, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida is one of 17 institutions partnering with the University of Illinois in the $115-million Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI). Researchers will work to develop efficient ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Archive, Biofuel, CABBI, IFAS, News, Sugarcane

Carinata – an alternative fuel source?

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 27, 2015

Les Harrison is UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director and Clara Foran is UF/IFAS Wakulla County Family and Consumer Sciences Temporary Program Aide Renewable resources are the key to sustainability, especially when it comes to energy. ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Alternative, Archive, Biofuel, Carinata, Clean, Eco-friendly, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Extension, Florida, Fuel, General Information, Green, Growing, Les Harrison, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Plants, Renewable, Resource, Sustainable, Sustainable Living, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

UF/IFAS study finds algal cells create fat more quickly than thought, could aid biofuel research

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 30, 2013

Click here for high-resolution image. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Many scientists see great promise in algae as a new source of oil -- a sustainable, environmentally sound way to break the world’s fossil fuel dependence. Algal ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Algae, Archive, Bala Rathinasabapathi, Biofuel, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Elton Goncalves, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lipids, Oil, Plant Molecular And Cellular Biology Program, Planta, University Of Florida
CALS scholarship and leadership awards.

UF distinguished professor named Florida Academy of Sciences’ 2013 medalist

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 14, 2013

Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Lonnie Ingram, a distinguished professor in the University of Florida’s microbiology and cell science department, has been named the 2013 Medalist by the Florida Academy of Sciences. The medal ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Archive, Bacterium, Bioethanol, Biofuel, Florida, Florida Academy Of Sciences, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lonnie Ingram, Microbiology And Cell Science, Microcell, University Of Florida

UF, Buckeye dedicate ethanol production facility in Perry

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 10, 2012

Caption at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Many building dedications feature a ribbon-cutting; this one included a front-end loader ceremoniously dumping a scoopful of pulverized sugarcane stalks. It was ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Tags: Adam Putnam, Archive, Bernie Machen, Biofuel, Bioplastic, Biorefinery, Buckeye Technologies, Debbie Mayfield, Ethanol, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jack Payne, John Crowe, Lonnie Ingram, Perry, Pilot Plant, Stan Mayfield, University Of Florida

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