PULLMAN, Wash. – Unlocking the genetic and biochemical secrets of plants used for medicinal purposes could be easier in the future, thanks to new online databases funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences through the American Recovery and Re-investment Act. The three-year projects were funded as part of a $10 million initiative from […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Developing plants that include more of what it takes to replace petrochemicals in fuels, plastics and other applications is the focus of an $840,000 USDA grant awarded to Washington State University Regents Professor Norman G. Lewis.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be on the Pullman campus of Washington State University the morning of Thursday, April 10, to announce the award of a nearly $1 million grant for biofuels research being conducted by WSU Regents Professor Norman G. Lewis. The media availability will begin at 10:30 […]
PULLMAN, Wash. – Norman G. Lewis, director of Washington State University’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, will play a role in the multi-million-dollar bioenergy initiative recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy. DOE last week announced it will invest up to $375 million in three new Bioenergy Research centers as part of President Bush’s initiative […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — This week’s “Science” magazine features a major article by Washington State University Professor of Biochemistry Norman G. Lewis and co-workers on their discovery of the first member of an apparent new class of proteins. These proteins help explain how nature controls free- radical chemistry, something scientists in laboratories have had difficulty doing. […]