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CBERD is a multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Bioenergy Research and Development (CBERD). The center is comprised of five universities, and is focused to make transformative discoveries to enable the lignocellulosic and fats and oil based bio-industries meet the challenges set forth by the US President, federal and state agencies and the American public. Research is highly consistent with federal agency roadmaps.

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We invite you to page through our website and learn more about CBERD and it's research activities. For further information, please contact the Executive Director or any of the university Site Directors listed on our contact page, or simply click on the 'Contact Us' link at the top of the this page.

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Events and News

Spring 2010 Industrial Advisory Board Meeting - CBERD's IAB was held in Clearwater, Florida immediately following the 32^nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals to be held on April 19-22, 2010. Contact Executive Director Duane Abata at 605-394-5264 or any of the site directors (contact information on our website 'Contact' page) for further information. Our next IAB meeting is scheduled this November. The location and dates are yet to be determined.

Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo – an Ethanol Producer Magazine event in St. Louis, Missouri, June 14-17, 2010. Visit http://www.fuelethanolworkshop.com/default.aspx for further information.

AICHE Process Development Symposium - in Lake Ozark, MO, June 27-30. Visit http://www.aiche.org/conferences/Specialty/ProcessDevelopment2010.aspx for further information.

AEBIOM European Bioenergy Conference & RENEXPO® Bioenergy Europe Exhibition in Brussels, Belgium, June 30 -July 1, 2010. Visit http://energie.kjm3.de/ref.php?id=818a17991255ms1196 for further information.

Biomass '10 - in Grand Forks, North Dakota, July 20-21, 2010. Visit http:www.undeerc.org/biomass10 for further information.

3rd Annual World Conference of Industrial Biotechnology - in Dalian China, July 25-27th, 2010. Visit http://www.bit-ibio.com/ for further information.

5th Annual South Dakota Biotechnology Summit & Annual Meeting - Tuesday, October 26, 2010, South Dakota State University Campus, Brookings, South Dakota. Contact Elizabeth Larkin, Executive Director, elarkin@sdbio.org for further information.

Scientists are using microbes to produce natural gas - Scientists are employing microbes that naturally thrive in oil fields and coal beds to rapidly produce natural gas as well as improve the recovery of crude oil. For instance, Luca Technologies is generating natural gas using microbes in abandoned coal beds in Wyoming. The New York Times (free registration)/ClimateWire May 18, 2010

Alliance identifies 2 major obstacles to scaling up algal biofuels - Algae-based fuel developers need to solve a number of technical problems before they can become commercially viable, according to Jose Olivares, executive director of the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts. The alliance has identified two major issues that pose the greatest risk to commercialization: How to boost algae production and yield of lipids in adequate quantities, and the need to develop technologies that will harvest and "dewater" the algae and separate lipids from algal cells. Xconomy May 17, 2010

Ceres, Novozymes to work together on cellulosic biofuel projects - Energy crop developer Ceres has entered into a deal with enzyme provider Novozymes to seek more effective enzymes and energy crop varieties for cellulosic biofuel production. The partnership initially will work on finding the best enzyme combinations to help convert Ceres' switchgrass varieties into biofuels. BrighterEnergy.org May 20, 2010

Startup to sign advanced-biofuel licensing deal with Cofco, Novozymes - Green Tech America, an Indiana-based startup that has developed a yeast-based technology for cellulosic ethanol production, will sign a licensing agreement with Cofco and Novozymes at the China-U.S. Advanced Biofuels Forum this week in Beijing. "For GTA to sign a license agreement with two giant companies in the world, it means they will use [our] yeast in their production of cellulosic ethanol," said Nancy W.Y. Ho, the company's founder. Journal and Courier (Lafayette, Ind.) May 25, 2010

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The coordinating site for this multi-university center is located at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701