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At NREL, Nick Carpita’s work has centered on genetic modification of poplar and sorghum biomass composition and architecture to improve comminution of these feedstocks for more efficient conversion to biofuels and bioproducts. Carpita’s current focus is on defining the polysaccharide and aromatic molecules that function in the fiber cell-cell adhesion—a major factor in recalcitrance to deconstruction of biomass for production of biofuels and bioproducts. Carpita also teams with NREL scientists and engineers who are mining the marine microbiome for enzymes that deconstruct cell walls and matrix polysaccharides of red and brown algae.

Structure and biosynthesis of the plant cell wall

Identification of the 'cell wall genome'

Structure of cellulose synthase complexes

Trafficking of cell wall polysaccharides in plant Golgi

Biomass cell-cell adhesion and its role in recalcitrance

Cell-wall polysaccharide fine structure in red algae