{"414281":{"#nid":"414281","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ragauskas on Team Investigating  Lignin Conversion to Biodiesel Fuel","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIPST Professor Art Ragauskas of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been named to a multi-university team conducting a two-year research project that is aimed at engineering a microbe to break lignin down into a lipid, or fat, and then into biodiesel. According to a recent article in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBiodiesel\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine, the research has the potential to make cellulosic ethanol refineries more profitable, while providing new feedstock for biodiesel production growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe $2.4 million project recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy is headed by Joshua Yuan, a Texas A\u0026amp;M University AgriLife Research plant pathologist. The team includes scientists from Georgia Institute of Technology, University of British Columbia and Washington State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo see the entire Biodiesel article, click on this link:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/11E7MSB\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETexas Researcher Looks into Biodiesel Production from Lignin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Ragauskas named to a $2.4 million project"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-06-12 10:19:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:37","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"414271":{"id":"414271","type":"image","title":"Ragauskas on Team Investigating  Lignin Conversion to Biodiesel Fuel","body":null,"created":"1449254239","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:19","changed":"1475895149","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:29","alt":"Ragauskas on Team Investigating  Lignin Conversion to Biodiesel Fuel","file":{"fid":"202448","name":"131209_ragauskas.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/131209_ragauskas_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/131209_ragauskas_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":20934,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/131209_ragauskas_0.jpg?itok=Jb87uO88"}}},"media_ids":["414271"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1154","name":"biodiesel"},{"id":"1521","name":"fuel"},{"id":"4754","name":"IPST"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. Smith, Marketing \u0026amp; Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@ipst.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}