LIGNOCELLULOSE

The Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation (CLSF) is an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) initially established in 2009 by the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate fundamental research and scientific breakthroughs in energy-relevant areas to meet critical energy challenges of the 21st century. EFRCs integrate the expertise of multiple leading scientific investigators to enable fundamental research of a scope and complexity that are beyond the capabilities of a single investigator or small-group research projects and to provide an environment that encourages high-risk, high-reward research that would not be done otherwise. The CLSF received a third round of renewal funding in 2018 based both on our achievements and the quality of our proposal for future research. Funding from the Department of Energy for the Energy Frontier Research Center CLSF is sunsetting and ends in the summer of 2024 but our researchers continue to collaborate in interdisciplinary cell wall..