February 2010

• MAES retools, renames research facility to fuel Michigan's bioeconomy efforts
• OBT associate director brings academia and business together
• New woody biomass bulletin series available

January 2010

• Biofuel crop diversity adds value, Michigan State University researchers say
• Steve Pueppke promotes MSU bioeconomy research on WJR
• Climate change symposium seeks proposals for sessions and posters
• Study sheds light on microscopic flower petal ridges
• Climate change's effects on human and ecosystem health to be discussed in January and February

December 2009

• MSU economist tapped for national environmental policy committee

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Biofuel crop diversity adds value, Michigan State University researchers say

Diverse biofuel plantings such as native prairie attract more beneficial insects than do single crops such as corn, Michigan State University scientists find. Biofuel policies should take such added value into account, they urge, based on their pioneering studies of beneficial insects in biofuel crops.

March 2010

Bioeconomy and Global Climate Change Lecture Series presents "Renewable Energy Policies" by Richard Schmalensee
March 4, 2010
Parlor C, MSU Union

"Bioeconomy and Global Climate Change Lecture Series presents "Business and Climate Change" by Björn Stigson
March 22, 2010
Parlor C, MSU Union

2010 Green Energy Summit
March 24-26, 2010
Milwaukee

April 2010

Bioeconomy and Global Climate Change Lecture Series presents "Urban Adaptation to Climate" by Cynthia Rosenzweig
April 15, 2010
Parlor C, MSU Union

Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Opportunities: Michigan and Beyond
April 26-27, 2010
Kellogg Center, MSU Campus

May 2010

BIO International Convention
May 3-6, 2010
Chicago

International Biomass Conference and Expo
May 4-6, 2010
Minneapolis

August 2010

International Short Course on Biofuels
August 22-27, 2010
MSU Campus

MSU scientists have been investigating many facets of the bioeconomy for several decades. Besides the Office of Biobased Technologies, which serves as a clearinghouse for all bioeconomy information and research, other distinctive centers include:

• Biomass Conversion Research Lab
• Center for Biobased Renewable Energy
• Center for Microbial Ecology
• Center for Nanostructured Biomimetic Interfaces
• Composite Materials and Structures Center
• Energy & Automotive Research Laboratories
• Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
• Long-Term Ecological Research Project
• MBI International
• MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab
• MSU Technologies
• Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources