$10 Million Sparks Research To Reduce Risks of Promising Bioengineered Organisms
Dec. 16, 2020
Two awards totaling nearly $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office
of Science Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program will support two research
projects at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and partner laboratories
that aim to analyze and reduce biosecurity risks of promising bioengineered organisms.
Scientist Michael Guarnieri stands with a microbe,
M. alcaliphilum, that will support NREL's biosecurity research.
Photo by Dennis Schroeder, NREL
Genetically modified organisms have the potential to increase the sustainability and
affordability of biofuels, bioplastics, and other advanced biotechnologies. But to