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Special issue on pretreatment and fractionation of biomass for biofuels/biorefining

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Helen Whitaker

Journal Development Manager at BioMed Central
Helen is part of the Biological Sciences publishing team at BioMed Central. She obtained her PhD in molecular ecology from the University of Glasgow, UK. Her post-doctoral studies in aquaculture genetics took her from Scotland to South Africa, before joining BMC in 2008.

Biotechnology for Biofuels is pleased to announce a special issue from the NSERC Bioconversion Network – a collaboration of… Read more »

Special issue on pretreatment and fractionation of biomass for biofuels/biorefining

On Biology

Helen Whitaker

Journal Development Manager at BioMed Central
Helen is part of the Biological Sciences publishing team at BioMed Central. She obtained her PhD in molecular ecology from the University of Glasgow, UK. Her post-doctoral studies in aquaculture genetics took her from Scotland to South Africa, before joining BMC in 2008.

Biotechnology for Biofuels is pleased to announce a special issue from the NSERC Bioconversion Network – a collaboration of… Read more »

Algal biofuels? Think bigger

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Helen Whitaker

Journal Development Manager at BioMed Central
Helen is part of the Biological Sciences publishing team at BioMed Central. She obtained her PhD in molecular ecology from the University of Glasgow, UK. Her post-doctoral studies in aquaculture genetics took her from Scotland to South Africa, before joining BMC in 2008.

The production of biodiesel from single-celled microalgae has been receiving renewed research attention, as evidenced by a growth… Read more »

Do you feel demonised?

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Helen Whitaker

Journal Development Manager at BioMed Central
Helen is part of the Biological Sciences publishing team at BioMed Central. She obtained her PhD in molecular ecology from the University of Glasgow, UK. Her post-doctoral studies in aquaculture genetics took her from Scotland to South Africa, before joining BMC in 2008.

The formal EU proposal and 5% cap on land use for biofuel production was announced this week – closely followed by a… Read more »

EU blow to biodiesel

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Helen Whitaker

Journal Development Manager at BioMed Central
Helen is part of the Biological Sciences publishing team at BioMed Central. She obtained her PhD in molecular ecology from the University of Glasgow, UK. Her post-doctoral studies in aquaculture genetics took her from Scotland to South Africa, before joining BMC in 2008.

An EU policy U-turn was announced earlier this month, with draft legislation to impose limits across Europe on land-use for fuel… Read more »

Jatropha 2.0

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Helen Whitaker

Journal Development Manager at BioMed Central
Helen is part of the Biological Sciences publishing team at BioMed Central. She obtained her PhD in molecular ecology from the University of Glasgow, UK. Her post-doctoral studies in aquaculture genetics took her from Scotland to South Africa, before joining BMC in 2008.

The demise of investment in Jatropha was reported in a previous post in this blog in 2009. Amidst controversy over the water… Read more »

Beyond biofuels

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Helen Whitaker

Journal Development Manager at BioMed Central
Helen is part of the Biological Sciences publishing team at BioMed Central. She obtained her PhD in molecular ecology from the University of Glasgow, UK. Her post-doctoral studies in aquaculture genetics took her from Scotland to South Africa, before joining BMC in 2008.

The rising price of crude oil and it’s chemical products has prompted a surge of investment in bio-based chemicals. For… Read more »