graftonian
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msg #144882
- Ignore graftonian |
10/8/2018 1:27:59 PM
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. , Oct. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO ) announced today that Professor Frances Arnold of the California Institute of Technology has been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her work on “the directed evolution of enzymes.” Patrick R. Gruber , the Chief Executive Officer of Gevo , said “This award is well deserved. Frances has been a leader in the development of enzymes. Gevo has been the beneficiary of her good work. She, with her research group, developed some of the critical enzymes needed for Gevo’s biological pathway to produce renewable resource-based isobutanol. Her work helped to establish Gevo as a leader in renewable resource based chemicals and fuels. We congratulate her on her Nobel Prize, and for co-founding Gevo.”
About Gevo
Gevo is a next generation “low-carbon” fuel company focused on the development and commercialization of renewable alternatives to petroleum-based products. Low-carbon fuels reduce the carbon intensity, or the level of greenhouse gas emissions, compared to standard fossil-based fuels across their lifecycle. The most common low-carbon fuels are renewable fuels. Gevo is focused on the development and production of mainstream fuels like gasoline and jet fuel using renewable feedstocks that have the potential to lower greenhouse gas emissions at a meaningful scale and enhance agricultural production, including food and other related products. In addition to serving the low-carbon fuel markets, through Gevo’s technology
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