Quantifying Bio-Engineering: The Importance of Biophysics in Biofuel Research

Patanjali Varanasi1,2,3, Lan Sun1,2,3, Bernhard Knierim1,2, Elena Bosneaga2,4, Purbasha Sarkar2,4, Seema Singh1,3 and Manfred Auer1,2,4 1Joint BioEnergy Institute, Physical Biosciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA 2Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 3Sandia National Laboratories, Biomass Science and Conversion Technology Department, Livermore, CA 4Energy Biosciences Institute, UC Berkeley, CA United States

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