Welcome to Biotechnology for Biofuels

Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal¹ , Michael E Himmel² , Chris Somerville³ and Charles Wyman⁴

¹Department of Applied Microbiology, LTH/Lund University, PO Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden

²Chemical and Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393, USA

³Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California Berkeley, 130 Calvin Laboratory, MC 5230, Berkeley CA 94720-5230, USA

⁴Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), Bourns College of Engineering University of California, Columbia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92507, USA

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Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008, 1:1doi:10.1186/1754-6834-1-1


Published:	15 April 2008

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We are pleased to announce a new open-access journal, Biotechnology for Biofuels [1], published online by BioMed Central. Biotechnology for Biofuels will emphasize the research and application of biotechnology and synergistic operations to improve plant and biological conversion systems for the production of fuels from lignocellulosic biomass, and any related economic, environmental and policy issues.