Biotechnology for Biofuels welcomes new joint Editor-in-Chief
Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal retired from her role as joint Editor-in-Chief for Biotechnology for Biofuels at the end of June. Huge thanks are due to Bärbel for… Read more »
Helen Whitaker
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
Biotechnology for Biofuels welcomes new joint Editor-in-Chief
Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal retired from her role as joint Editor-in-Chief for Biotechnology for Biofuels at the end of June. Huge thanks are due to Bärbel for… Read more »
Powerful Impact in 2011
Excellent news for Biotechnology for Biofuels came with the 2011 edition of Thomson Reuters’ Journal Citation Reports, released on June 28th 2012. The… Read more »
Jatropha 2.0
The demise of investment in Jatropha was reported in a previous post in this blog in 2009. Amidst controversy over the water footprint of Jatropha (in which the… Read more »
Beyond biofuels
The rising price of crude oil and it’s chemical products has prompted a surge of investment in bio-based chemicals. For example, last months announcement… Read more »
It's all about the bottom line
Along with the technical revolution in energy production comes a growing body of research into "techno-economics". Two articles just published in… Read more »
A new thematic series on transgenic plants for biofuels
During 2012, Biotechnology for Biofuels welcomes submissions to a special thematic series on transgenic plants for enhanced biofuel production. The series will… Read more »
Winning research at the Institute of Biological Engineering
The Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) brings together a community of scientists and engineers to address global challenges in the environment,… Read more »
How to explore a metagenome
The meta-genome is a 21st century concept, being first used in the year 2000 to describe a genetic library constructed from a mixture of soil micro–organisms.… Read more »
Invitation to submit to Cancer Bioinformatics thematic series
“Cancer Bioinformatics: Bioinformatic Methods, Network Biomarkers and Precision Medicine” is a special thematic series to be published across BMC… Read more »