News & Highlights
Potato wastewater could feed bacteria used to recycle high tech devices
Research Highlight
Biosorption: LBT column for REE separation
Research Highlight
Biosorption: LanM immobilization on columns
In the News
Protein process may transform rare earths recovery
In the News
LLNL: E-waste-eating protein creates rare earth elements
Publications
David Reed at Idaho National Laboratory leads the CMI project "Biomaterials for critical material dissolution, recovery and separation"
This project modifies bacterial strains using state-of-the-art synthetic biology tools and optimize growth conditions to efficiently utilize agricultural wastes for production of organic acids to optimize leaching of critical elements from a variety of solid end-of-life materials. Furthermore, the project will develop novel biomaterials through cell encapsulation for recovery and separation of rare earth elements via column chromatography.
Related information:
CMI Webinars - several CMI webinars have been offered related to recycling and to this project
Leadership development: Jongqin Jiao