{"672521":{"#nid":"672521","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Light Happy Yeast May Change Our Approach to Biofuels","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYeast is maybe the best-understood microorganism in the world. Humans have leveraged yeasts\u0027 biochemical abilities to produce bread, alcohol, and fermented milk products since the dawn of civilization. Yeasts are also one of the most common organism \u201cmodels\u201d in biology laboratories. And important bio-factories for plenty of medicines and useful biomolecules. Still, yeasts need to be fed with sugar or other compounds to stay alive. At least, that was true until\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/anthony-burnetti\u0022\u003EAnthony Burnetti\u003C\/a\u003E, a research scientist working in the lab of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, managed to make yeast able to harvest the energy of light. The story highlights the potential impact of the research on biofuel production.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYeast is maybe the best-understood microorganism in the world. Humans have leveraged yeasts\u0027 biochemical abilities to produce bread, alcohol, and fermented milk products since the dawn of civilization. Yeasts are also one of the most common organism \u201cmodels\u201d in biology laboratories. And important bio-factories for plenty of medicines and useful biomolecules. Still, yeasts need to be fed with sugar or other compounds to stay alive. At least, that was true until\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/anthony-burnetti\u0022\u003EAnthony Burnetti\u003C\/a\u003E, a research scientist working in the lab of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, managed to make yeast able to harvest the energy of light. The story highlights the potential impact of the research on biofuel production.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-01-29 15:30:17","changed_gmt":"2024-01-29 15:30:17","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Securities.io","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.securities.io\/light-happy-yeast-may-change-our-approach-to-biofuels\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"177585","name":"William Ratcliff"},{"id":"192550","name":"Anthony Burnetti"},{"id":"170334","name":"yeast"},{"id":"18531","name":"photosynthesis"},{"id":"2342","name":"biofuels"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}