The Bioenergy Knowledge Discovery Framework (KDF) supports efforts to develop a robust and sustainable bioenergy industry. The KDF facilitates informed decision making by providing a means to synthesize, analyze, and visualize vast amounts of information in a relevant and succinct manner. Follow this link to learn more: https://bioenergykdf.net/models/routing-model

“PNW Ecotone” is a podcast of the Pacific Northwest Research Station that highlights recent science findings, tools, and timely research topics from the 11 PNRS laboratories and centers in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/podcasts/

The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) provides financial assistance to owners and operators of agricultural and non-industrial private forest land who wish to establish, produce, and deliver biomass feedstocks.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=ener&topic=bcap

This paper reviews the current status of the technology for bioconversion of biomass by fungi, with focus on mutagenesis, co-culturing and heterologous gene expression attempts to improve fungal lignocellulolytic activities to create robust fungal strains.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.ijbs.com/v05p0578.htm

Review article covering the research of manipulating microorganisms to produce bioalcohols via synthetic pathways.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/ccb/2012/00000006/00000001/art00006

A review article explaining the potential to produce more efficient biofuel technologies using transgenic bacterial and fungal systems.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.mendeley.com/research/molecular-breeding-advanced-microorganisms-biofuel-production

Washington State ORA helps businesses and citizens navigate complex permitting and licensing systems and are designing solutions to improve those systems.
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A review article on the integration of biorefineries and economic pros and cons of integration.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261909001676

Alleviating stresses in microorganism synthesis pathways may prove cost-effective when engineering microbes for biofuel production.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0958166908000566

This article explores the development of a rapid evolutionary strategy for isolating strains of Escherichia coli that effectively produce isobutanol from glucose utilizing random mutagenesis and a growth selection scheme.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1096717611000905