Showing 19 results for Researcher: Adam M. Guss
July 21, 2026
8 MIN READ
The Department of Energy’s Center for Bioenergy Innovation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named Adam Guss, John Lovell and Dan Olson as team leads for its Rapid Genetics, Poplar and Consolidated Bioprocessing research teams. The three scientists will help guide research spanning genetic engineering, poplar feedstocks and microbial bioprocessing to support CBI’s biotechnology mission.
May 27, 2026
4 MIN READ
ORNL researchers developed tSAGE, a tool that rapidly engineers heat-loving microbes for industrial biotechnology. The platform can build and test hundreds of microbial strains in weeks instead of months or years. Researchers say it could improve manufacturing of fuels, chemicals and recycled products.
February 26, 2026
3 MIN READ
February 5, 2026
4 MIN READ
Scientists at ORNL have developed software that reduces the time needed for a key task in the development of custom microbes from a week to just hours. The new tool cracks a key defense mechanism of microorganisms, expediting the creation of microbes with desired traits for the production of new biofuels and other valuable products for the bioeconomy.
March 13, 2023
1 MIN READ
A DNA editing tool adapted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists makes engineering microbes for everything from bioenergy production to plastics recycling easier and faster.
October 13, 2022
5 MIN READ
Scientists working on a solution for plastic waste have developed a two-step chemical and biological process to break down and upcycle mixed plastics into valuable bioproducts.
March 31, 2022
7 MIN READ
The rapid pace of global climate change has added urgency to developing technologies that reduce the carbon footprint of transportation technologies, especially in sectors that are difficult to electrify.
August 2, 2021
7 MIN READ
As a metabolic engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Adam Guss modifies microbes to perform the diverse processes needed to make sustainable biofuels and bioproducts.
May 3, 2021
1 MIN READ
A research team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory bioengineered a microbe to efficiently turn waste into itaconic acid, an industrial chemical used in plastics and paints.
November 24, 2020
4 MIN READ
From soda bottles to car bumpers to piping, electronics, and packaging, plastics have become a ubiquitous part of our lives.
September 14, 2020
4 MIN READ
ORNL scientists have modified a single microbe to simultaneously digest five of the most abundant components of lignocellulosic biomass, a big step forward in the development of a cost-effective biochemical conversion process to turn plants into
September 12, 2019
4 MIN READ
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a method to insert genes into a variety of microorganisms that previously would not accept foreign DNA, with the goal of creating custom microbes to break down plants for bioenergy.