Research for the Growing World United States Department of Agriculture Historical Achievements • National Historic Chemical Landmark Award & International Historic Chemical Landmark Award for developing a method to mass produce penicillin • Developed xanthan gum as a food thickening agent • Developed Super Slurper, a highly absorbent technology found in many products • Developed soybean oil for use in foods and industrial products • Developed dextran as a blood volume extender used in IV solutions Current Research Units • Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens • Bioenergy • Bio-Oils • Crop Bioprotection • Functional Foods • Plant Polymers • Renewable Products Technologies Pilot Plant Facilities and Equipment • 65,000 sq. ft. pilot plant • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility for solids and liquids • Genome sequencing and computational biology labs/facilities • Extrusion and injection molding lab • Materials testing lab • Scanning electron microscope • Gas chromatograph and liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer facility • High pressure, supercritical ﬂuid lab • Fermenters • Reactors • Food technology and sensory labs Andrew Moyer examining different strains of Penicillin for commercial mass production. Products derived from soybean research at NCAUR. Examining extruded electroactive bioplastic ﬁlm. Monitoring and assessing ethanol content of fermenting wheat straw. National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) Years N a t i o n a l C e n t e r f o r A g r i c u l t u r a l U t i l i z a t i o n R e s e a r c h U S D A - A R S Agricultural Research Service

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Page 1: Historical Achievements Current Research Units Pilot …€¢ Developed xanthan gum as a food thickening agent ... • Extrusion and injection molding lab • Materials testing lab

Research for the Growing World

United States Department of Agriculture

Historical Achievements

• NationalHistoricChemicalLandmarkAward& InternationalHistoricChemicalLandmarkAwardfor developingamethodtomassproducepenicillin• Developedxanthangumasafoodthickeningagent• DevelopedSuperSlurper,ahighlyabsorbent technologyfoundinmanyproducts• Developedsoybeanoilforuseinfoodsandindustrial products• Developeddextranasabloodvolumeextenderused inIVsolutions

Current Research Units

• BacterialFoodbornePathogens• Bioenergy• Bio-Oils• CropBioprotection• FunctionalFoods• PlantPolymers• RenewableProductsTechnologies

Pilot Plant Facilities and Equipment

• 65,000sq.ft.pilotplant• NuclearMagneticResonance(NMR)facilityforsolids andliquids• Genomesequencingandcomputationalbiology labs/facilities• Extrusionandinjectionmoldinglab• Materialstestinglab• Scanningelectronmicroscope• Gaschromatographandliquidchromatographmass spectrometerfacility• Highpressure,supercriticalfluidlab• Fermenters• Reactors• Foodtechnologyandsensorylabs

Andrew Moyer examining different strains of Penicillin for commercial mass production.

Products derived from soybean research at NCAUR. Examining extruded electroactive bioplastic film.

Monitoring and assessing ethanol content of fermenting wheat straw.

National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR)

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USDA-ARS

Agricultural Research Service