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Biotechnology Solutions for Everyday Life

Biotechnology, the combination of biology and technology, includes biologic applications, diagnostic tools and businesses that improve everyday life by providing solutions to some of life's most vexing problems.

Myths and Facts: Food and Fuel

Will fuel crops decrease the amount of food available?

Milestones in 2006-2007

What happens in Washington influences biotechnology progress every bit as much as what happens on Wall Street or in the lab.

Strategy, Synergy, Science Solutions: Helping Industry Grow
Choose food or fuel? No, we can produce both

Sparked by aggressive ethanol mandates by the government, the debate over whether the U.S. can produce enough corn to meet the demand for both food and fuel continues to grow.

Critics of Biofuel Have It Wrong

While a growing number of policy leaders support greater use of ethanol, some critics believe using agricultural feedstocks to produce biofuels creates competition "between the world's supermarkets and its service stations."

Report: Achieving Sustainable Production of Agricultural Biomass for Biorefinery Feedstock

Biorefineries to produce advanced biofuels and biobased product require sustainable sources of cellulosic biomass. Adoption of no-till agriculture promises significant economic and environmental benefits for farmers while enabling them to provide cellulosic biomass from crop residues to these biorefineries.

Industrial Biotechnology and the Future of Ethanol Production

Industrial biotechnology takes the biotech tools developed to fight disease and cure illness and applies them to the greatest challenges in industrial manufacturing, chemical synthesis, and renewable energy production.

Survey Says Americans Support Development of Biofuels

Eighty-two percent of Americans are in favor of government support for the development of biofuels says a new survey released last week by BIO.

From Fuel to Food to Fashion

On Monday, April 10, during the BIO 2006 International Conference, BIO hosted a media brunch, "From Food to Fuel to Fashion: Industrial Biotech Does It All."

Biotechnology's Role in the Advanced Energy Initiative

Ethanol produced from corn today amounts to about 2 percent of fuel sold in the United States, but Biotech scientists say that cellulosic ethanol can meet much more of America’s energy needs in the very near future.

Increased Market for Bioethanol

This year car makers will offer car buyers a record number of new hybrid and alternative fueled vehicles. 

Adventures in Synthetic Biology

A comic-style explanation of Synthetic Biology that appeared in Nature.

What is Industrial Biotechnology?
Everywhere You Look Biotechnology Touches Your Life

Has a member of your family been vaccinated against hepatitis B? Do you know someone who has diabetes? Has anyone in your family had heart disease?

Letters, Testimony & Comments

BIO Comments on U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce's White Paper Reviewing the Renewable Fuel Standard's (RFS) Agricultural Sector Impacts
May 23 2013
BIO is pleased to comment on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce’s (Committee) second Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) assessment white paper reviewing the RFS’s agricultural sector impacts.
BIO Comments on U.S. EPA's Draft Guidance for E85 Flexible Fuel Vehicle Weighting Factor
April 23 2013
BIO appreciates the opportunity to comment on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) draft guidance for E85 Flexible Fuel Vehicle Weighting Factor for Model Years 2016-2019 Vehicles Under the Light-Duty Greenhouse Gas Emissions Program (draft guidance).
BIO Comments on U.S. EPA's Proposed Rule on the 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards
April 23 2013
BIO Applauds EPA’s Consistency in Methodology for Determining the Cellulosic Biofuel Volume for 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards.
BIO Comments on U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce's White Paper Reviewing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
April 23 2013
BIO comments on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce’s (Committee) first in a series of white papers reviewing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The Renewable Fuels Standard: A Successful Federal Policy that Must Be Defended
October 18 2012
A keynote Address by James C. Greenwood, President & CEO of BIO, to RETECH 2012 in Washington, DC on October 18, 2012.
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Press Releases

Rep. Peters’ Farm Bill Legislation Levels the Playing Field for Renewable Chemicals
June 18 2013
BIO and BIOCOM today thanked Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) for introducing an amendment to the Farm Bill that would make renewable chemicals eligible for the Biorefinery Assistance Program.
2013 BIO World Congress to Feature Focus on Investment Opportunities in Clean Tech
June 12 2013
The 10th Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology will host the Clean Tech Investor Sessions featuring innovative industrial biotechnology companies selected to present to an elite audience of investors and analysts. 
BIO Applauds Senate Passage of 2013 Farm Bill
June 11 2013
BIO applauded the Senate version of the Farm Bill, which includes robust mandatory funding for Energy Title programs and eligibility for renewable chemicals.
BIO, Coalition Thank Reps. Kaptur and Braley for Rural Energy Investment Act
June 6 2013
Reps. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) and 11 original co-sponsors introduced the Rural Energy Investment Act, to provide robust mandatory funding and extend eligibility to renewable chemicals in Farm Bill renewable energy and energy efficiency programs.
BIO’s World Congress on Industrial Biotech Celebrates 10th Anniversary
June 4 2013
The 2013 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology this June 16-19 in Montreal, Canada at the Palais des congrès de Montréal will mark the event’s 10th anniversary. 
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