Prof. Amy Schmid's lab has been awarded funding from the Energy Initiative to study metabolic pathways in Archaea, single-celled microorganisms.  Prof. Michael Lynch (Pratt School of Engineering) is the co-P.I.  The researchers hope that the knowledge gained will lead to bioengineering new metabolic pathways for producing biofuels.
The Energy Research Seed Fund made seven awards this year.  Projects must address top energy challenges and have the potential to gain external funding once preliminary results are obtained.  Something we can all support!