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A Kansas State University biochemist is improving biofuels
with a promising crop: Camelina sativa. The research may help boost rural
economies and provide farmers with a value-added product.
Timothy Durrett, assistant professor of biochemistry and
molecular biophysics, is part of collaborative team that has received a
four-year $1.5 million joint U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of
Energy grant. The project, led by Colorado State University, was one of 10
projects funded this year as part of the federal Plant Feedstocks Genomics for
Bioenergy research program.