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Updated 05/18/2012

• Check out our Director’s Notes for the latest NCERC news and updates.
• NCERC is now hiring! We’re looking for an Assistant Director for Biofuels Process Research and an Assistant Ethanol Plant Scientific Analyst. A job description and application instructions are available on the NCERC Careers page.
• Be sure to check out Where We Are to see the conferences and events NCERC staff will be attending in 2012!
• BioTork, NCERC develop yeast that can ferment xylose in biomass
• BioTork and NCERC announce completion of initial development program for ethanol production
• Gainesville’s BioTork evolves yeast to feed on xylose
• BioTork & NCERC Succeed in Breeding New Xylose-Converting Yeast for Ethanol
• BioTork develops xylose fermenting yeast for ethanol facilities
• Adaptive evolution of yeast
• NCERC successfully produces cellulosic ethanol from corn fiber
• NCERC researchers produce cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel

Research and Academia

• Study suggests ethanol blending helps keep gas prices down
• Study claims ethanol lowered gas prices $1 per gallon

Industry

• IHS study predicts growth for biomass market
• Butamax wins patent approval for biobutanol production
• Directed evolution: the third wave in biocatalysis for advanced biofuels?
• Green energy plan would turn sugar beets into biofuels
• Corn utilization agenda includes biofuels and refineries

Government

• Congressmen defend ethanol

Global and Trade News

• Algae Tec starts commissioning for new biofuels facility
• East Africa: US firm to turn hyacinth into ethanol

NCERC Video and Image Gallery

Corn Fractionation System Ribbon Cutting - 11/3/2011

A Day in the Life of Biofuels Processing Technicians

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin honored by Illinois Corn Growers Association for his dedication and support of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (SIUE).

November 23, 2010

Fuel Ethanol Week

June 14-17, 2010

Monday June 14: NCERC / USDA Stakeholders Meeting
June 15 - June 16: Fuel Ethanol Workshop
June 17: FEW Tour Day

• 08/09: Shimkus Presents Grants To SIUE's SIAM And NCERC To Support Efforts
  
• 09/08: NCERC Becoming Center For Ethanol Training To The World
  
• 07/07: National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center Fuels Growth with Siemens
  
• 02/05: NCERC Among Only Eight Groups To Receive STAC Grant