Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC)
November 2-3, 2017
| Presentations | Topics |
|---|---|
| Dr. Steve Binkley, Acting Director |
News from the Office of Science |
| Dr. Sharlene Weatherwax, Associate Director | News from BER |
| Dr. Gary Geernaert | News from Climate & Environmental Sciences Division |
| Dr. Todd Anderson | News from Biological Systems Science Division |
| Dr. Andrzej Joachimiak (ANL) | Report from BSSD COV BSSD COV Draft Report |
| Dr. Minghua Zhang (Stony Brook University) | BERAC Science Talk: Predicting Extreme Climate with Earth System Models: A Top-Down Look at the Southern Great Plain |
| Dr. Jim Mather (PNNL) | Facility update: ARM |
| Dr. Celine Bonfils (LLNL) | Early Career Science Talk: Detection and Attribution of Regional Climate Change with a Focus on the Precursors of Droughts |
| Dr. Gary Stacey | Review, Discussion, and Vote on Grand Challenges Report Grand Challenges Draft Report |
| Dr. Doug Kothe (ORNL) | Briefing: Exascale Computing Project |
| Dr. Mary Maxon (LBNL) |
Briefing: Council of Competitiveness Workshop: Advancing US Bioscience |
| Dr. Cathy Ronning (BER) | Briefing: Plant Genome Interagency Working Group |
|
Dr. Angela Records (USAID) |
Briefing: Microbiome Interagency Working Group |
Introduction and talks from new Bioenergy Research Center Directors
| Presentations | Topics |
|---|---|
|
Keasling, Jay D. (LBNL) |
Joint Bioenergy Center (JBEI) |
|
Jerry Tuskan (ORNL) |
Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) |
| Steve Long for Evan DeLucia |
Center for Advanced Biofuel and Bioproduct Innovation (CABBI), Illinois University |
| Tim Donohue |
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), University of Wisconsin |
