BSCEB Seeking Postdoctoral Research Scholar for Project Funded by Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technology Office – Microalgae Biofuels and Bioproducts

Location Tempe, Arizona – Arizona State University: Biodesign Institute Open Date Dec 16, 2019 Description The Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at Arizona State University is seeking a highly-skilled Postdoctoral Research Scholar to join a project sponsored by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technology Office. This project is to dramatically increase the efficiency of delivering waste… Continue reading BSCEB Seeking Postdoctoral Research Scholar for Project Funded by Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technology Office – Microalgae Biofuels and Bioproducts

A Cleaner Tomorrow, the Best Gift this Holiday Season

As we celebrate the holidays, American household waste increases by more than 25 percent. We get trash cans with full of shopping bags, bows, ribbons, packaging, wrapping paper, gingerbread houses, fireworks, plastic plates as so much more. Let’s be mindful of sustainable consumption. Giving Give “anti-matter.” Gift an experience, rather than items that might turn… Continue reading A Cleaner Tomorrow, the Best Gift this Holiday Season

Shared Responsibility for Instruments Streamlines Maintenance

Payment for laboratory supplies can be tricky when more than one project is involved. As a responsible person for the Ion Chromatography (IC) instrument in the center, I like to keep a written notebook log of users. When I train someone to use the instrument, I ask that along with reserving the instrument online, to… Continue reading Shared Responsibility for Instruments Streamlines Maintenance

The Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology is an award winning center for safety.

ASU Environmental Health & Safety Award for Excellence The award is the highest level of recognition by EHS and is presented to a college, department, individual or team who showcase distinguished service toward campus safety or sustainable practices at ASU. Any university employee may submit a nomination. Submissions must include a detailed statement outlining the… Continue reading The Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology is an award winning center for safety.

Delgado Lab Members Attend Phoenix College STEAM Day

Delgado Lab PhD students Moni Miranda and Srivatsan Mohana Rangan demonstrated a miniature bioreactor at the Phoenix College STEAM day, 7th November 2019. They advertised the research opportunities within the Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology and Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG) to current and prospective… Continue reading Delgado Lab Members Attend Phoenix College STEAM Day

Research Needed in Food Waste Co-digestion

Swette Center Postdoctoral Researcher Michelle Young’s blog Research Needed in Food Waste Co-digestion is featured on the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance site. Here, she explains that 30-40% of the U.S. food supply ends up as food waste, 76% of which is sent to landfills and accounts for one-third of landfill greenhouse gas emissions. Dr. Young suggests… Continue reading Research Needed in Food Waste Co-digestion

DOD SERDP and ESTCP Highlight Rittmann Lab Project

Rittmann and colleagues have reported a novel biodegradation approach combining anaerobic biological removal of #TCA and #TCE and aerobic biological removal of 1,4-dioxane. The downloadable report and audio summary of Synergistic Reductive Dechlorination of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane and Trichloroethene and Aerobic Biodegradation of 1,4-Dioxane was highlighted by DOD-SERDP-ESTCP to drive viewers to the conference website for Environmental… Continue reading DOD SERDP and ESTCP Highlight Rittmann Lab Project