{"545981":{"#nid":"545981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Akinosho wins award at BESC retreat","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHannah Akinosho, a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry and Biochemistry, received one of three $1,500 awards for her poster, \u201cIs Simons\u2019 staining a reliable indicator of biomass accessibility during consolidated bioprocessing?\u201d at the recent annual retreat of the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) in Chattanooga, Tenn.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe poster competition showcases various types of research conducted by graduate students regarding the manipulation and\/or analysis of biomass for ethanol production in BESC.\u0026nbsp; Akinosho\u2019s poster assessed the reliability of the Simons\u0027 staining technique, which has been traditionally applied to [pretreated] biomass to determine susceptibility to enzymatic hydrolysis, in consolidated bioprocessing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAkinosho is studying organic chemistry with a minor in Paper Science and Engineering and is expected to complete her degree in August. Her core competencies include structural characterization (degree of polymerization, crystallinity, bond linkages, hydrophobicity, surface charge) of cellulosic polymers and\/or polymeric derivatives; consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) with \u003Cem\u003EClostridium thermocellum\u003C\/em\u003E for ethanol production; and physical (viscoelasticity, particle size, color) and chemical assessment (oxidation) of emulsions and their stability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) is a multi-institutional (18 partners), Department of Energy-funded research organization performing basic and applied science dedicated to improving yields of biofuels by focusing on the fundamental understanding and elimination of biomass recalcitrance. This multidisciplinary research encompasses the biological, chemical, physical, and computational sciences, as well as mathematics and engineering. To find out more click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bioenergycenter.org\/besc\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Poster examines Simons\u0027 staining technique"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2016-06-20 10:17:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:57","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"545971":{"id":"545971","type":"image","title":"Hannah Akinosho","body":null,"created":"1466434800","gmt_created":"2016-06-20 15:00:00","changed":"1475895338","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:38","alt":"Hannah Akinosho","file":{"fid":"91641","name":"akinosho_hannah_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/akinosho_hannah_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/akinosho_hannah_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":10548,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/akinosho_hannah_0.jpg?itok=PWw4ikrt"}}},"media_ids":["545971"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"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, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kelly.smith@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekelly.smith@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}