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Method of Removing the Hull from Corn Kernels

 

A method of removing the hull from corn kernels wherein the method involves exposing the corn kernels to ammonia (e.g., gas-phase anhydrous) under conditions...

Improved Raman Spectroscopic Analysis for Grain Composition

 

Grain breeders and dealers rely heavily on the compositional properties of many different types of grain, including: soybeans, corn, rice, and wheat etc. The most...

A New Method of Producing Allulose 
 

Dr. Yong-Su Jin from the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, and Drs. Guo-Chang Zhang and Jing-Jing Liu from the Institute for Genomic Biology at the...

Spinach X-Chromosome Marker 

Dr. Wadlington from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed a novel marker for the X-chromosome of spinach. This marker allows identification of YY...

Production of 2-FL from Engineered Yeast

Dr. Yong-Su Jin from the University of IL has developed a method for synthesis of 2-fucosyllactose (2-FL) using engineered yeast. 2-FL is human milk oligosaccharide that...

Method for Natural Product Discovery by Activation of Silent Biosynthetic Gene Clusters

Method for Natural Product Discovery by Activation of Silent Biosynthetic Gene ClustersDr. Huimin Zhao from the University of IL has developed a unique method to search...

Complex Compounds From the Natural Product Lycorine

Dr. Hergenrother from the University of Illinois has created a diverse compound screening library from the synthetic scaffold lycorine. Lycorine is an alkaloid isolated...

Increasing Per Hectare Yields in Soybean, Glycine Max

Dr. Paige from the University of IL has developed a method to increase seed yield in soybeans by removing the apical meristem at a specific stage in plant...

Processing of Lipid-producing Biomass for High Yields of Oils and Cellulosic Sugars for Biofuel Production

  Dr. Singh from the University of Illinois has developed a hydrothermal pretreatment method which increases the efficiency of oil extraction from high oil feedstocks. ...

Paper-based Iron Assay

Dr. Andrade from University of Illinois has developed a rapid, cost effective, paper-based assay that interfaces with a smartphone for the detection and quantification of...

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