Biotechnology for a bio-based economy
On World Environment Day, we look at what biotechnology can do to help reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and move towards a bio-based economy.
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.
Latest posts by Helen Whitaker (see all)
- Biotechnology for a bio-based economy - 5th June 2019
- Sustainable energy at the American Chemical Society Spring meeting - 11th April 2018
- Biotechnology for Biofuels – Special Issue on Life Cycle Analysis - 17th May 2017
Sustainable energy at the American Chemical Society Spring meeting
The theme of the Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society was the nexus of food, energy and water in the face of a growing world population. A notion… Read more »
Biotechnology for Biofuels – Special Issue on Life Cycle Analysis
For biofuels to be a successful replacement for fossil fuels, they must be both economically viable and truly sustainable. Biotechnology for Biofuels has… Read more »
The food versus biofuels debate
As the human population grows, we are depleting our natural resources such as oil reserves and land that is suitable for agriculture. In response to… Read more »
Celebrating international biodiesel day – 11th August
On international biodiesel day, we review some of the latest cutting edge technologies being used to create biodiesel from sustainable sources such as plants,… Read more »
Sustainable food and biofuel production – all wrapped up
A simple method to ferment bales of rice allows farmers to make fuel grade bioethanol and nutritious animal feed from a single crop, with no waste and minimal… Read more »
A sorghum solution to meeting renewable fuel targets
This post was originally featured on BioMed Central’s magazine Biome. Grasses belonging to the genus Sorghum are grown on a large scale in the United States,… Read more »
Maintaining impact in 2013
Following last month’s publication of the 2012 Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters), the Impact Factor for Biotechnology for Biofuels is 5.55,… Read more »
Yeast factories: engineering bioethanol production through evolution
This post was originally featured on BioMed Central’s magazine Biome. In order to create truly sustainable biofuels, researchers are investigating methods to… Read more »
News from 35th SBFC
Biotechnology for Biofuels attended the 35th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (29th April – 1st May) hosted by the Society for Industrial… Read more »