Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2013

The results of field trials with genetically modified poplar trees in Belgium and France shows that the wood of the modified poplar trees—down-regulated for cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR), an enzyme in the lignin biosynthetic pathway—improved saccharification yield—i.e., Van Acker et al. Click to enlarge. —Prof.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

Researchers from Ghent University (Belgium) and the University of Dundee (UK) led a team that has uncovered the role of a new enzyme—caffeoylshikimate esterase (CSE)—in a previously unknown biosynthetic pathway for the formation of lignin in plants. Science doi: 10.1126/science.1241602.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2014

Within this cooperation, Total developed a high performance catalyst formulation at its research Center in Feluy, Belgium; IFPEN scaled up catalyst performance within a heat recovery innovative process; and Axens industrialized the catalyst formulation and finalized the process scheme with particular focus on energy-efficiency.

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