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Take-Home Points. Historical opportunity to re-link ‘Agriculture’ and ‘Industry’ for national security and economic growth Intrinsic drivers of life sciences advancements, land productivity , societal needs Innovation/Entrepreneurship Infrastructure development
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Take-Home Points Historical opportunity to re-link ‘Agriculture’ and ‘Industry’ for national security and economic growth Intrinsic drivers of life sciences advancements, land productivity, societal needs • Innovation/Entrepreneurship • Infrastructure development • Political vision/implementation • Vertical integration, industrial partnerships It all starts with the seeds…
In 2004, how many of us thought we’d be happy to pay $2.50/gal? • Petroleum availability & international competition for oil will significantly increase costs • Need to develop secure, domestic, economic alternatives (national homeland security issue) • Significant opportunities for renewable, sustainable technology/product development
Shift from single to distributed technologies/geographical sources Changing view of ‘Industry’ • Foster ‘Green’ production technologies/Environmental stewardship • Develop domestic renewable energy/materials sources • Shift from ‘old’ to ‘new’ technologies to grow the economy • Re-link U.S. agricultural and industrial sectors fuels biomass fuels 1950-2020 U.S. Economy/ Core Processing Technologies based on petroleum refining/off shore sources 2020-2100 Core Processing Technologies based on distributed technologies/ geographical sources chemicals solar/wind/ water chemicals plastics petroleum Fuel cells plastics coatings nanotech coatings energy biotech energy
Bio-based Products/Technologies • Energy fuels • Plastics, chemical intermediates • Inks, paints, coatings • Surfactants, detergents • Solvents, lubricants • Recombinant genetic plant ‘factories’ • Enhanced lipid biocatalysts
Aviation Jet Fuels from Soybean Oil • Captive market (no alternatives other than petroleum) • Biodiesel fuels similar to petroleum aviation fuels • Environmental/emission advantages • Opportunity to re-connect agriculture and aviation industry • Developed new processing technologies to modify biodiesel to meet aviation technical needs • Take advantage of biodiesel production infrastructure development • Support political vision of biofuels & national security • Fostering partnerships between agriculture, aviation industry, military, government
Aviation Deicer/Anti-Icers • 200 million lb/year market in the US • Currently based on • 70% propylene glycol formulations • 30% ethylene and diethylene glycol based products • Concerns over mammalian toxicity (EG), environmental disposal • High cost ($5-8/gal) (tied to natural gas prices) • Using glycerin from biodiesel production can make deicers/anti-icers with equivalent performance to commercial products at 1/10 the cost
Enzyme TAG Phospholipid Oleosin in vivo micro-bioreactor conceptusing enzymatic reactions Create an oleosin-enzyme Fusion protein in vivo
Human Resources: Entrepreneurial Undergraduate Innovation Home heating fuel Snow ski wax UV curable plastic Emulsion markers Crayons Birthday candles Gelatin replacements Protein snack crackers
Take-Home Points Historical opportunity to re-link ‘Agriculture’ and ‘Industry’ for national security and economic growth Intrinsic drivers of life sciences advancements, land productivity, societal needs • Innovation/Entrepreneurship develop novel products/technologies/human resources • Infrastructure development • Political vision/implementation • Vertical integration, industrial partnerships Purdue wants to partner with the seed industry to make this vision into reality!