With support from the National Institutes of Health, assistant professor Monica Neugebauer will explore the untapped potential of nickel-dependent enzymes.
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Fox, Ralph labs to use DOE grant to investigate enzymes in bioenergy crops
Researchers in the UW–Madison biochemistry department and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center will utilize a $2.1 million grant from the United States Department of Energy to elucidate the properties of a potentially useful and understudied class of genes and enzymes in important bioenergy crops, such as poplar, sorghum, and switchgrass.