Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute

At MSU BI, we specialize in scaling your chemical and biobased technologies to commercialization. With facilities in Lansing and Holland, we offer custom-tailored solutions to accommodate your project’s needs.💚

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Patent 101 is a presentation about all the things you must know before filing a patent in the US and abroad. Join us as we welcome Chad Kleinheksel, Partner and Intellectual Property Attorney at Warner, Norcross + Judd, for “Patent 101". This is a free community lecture hosted at the MSU Bioeconomy Institute.

We want to extend a big welcome to the OESLab summer students. We hope your summer is full of discovery and advancement!

Our summer undergraduate internship program is ready for applications for summer 2024. This is the 13th summer for this program with 73 alumni! Please forward this along to prospective students.

Information about the program and how to apply:

https://oesl.bioeconinst.msu.edu/

Dr. Tom Guarr and Jolt Energy Storage in the news!

New Research Advances Commercial Viability of Organic Grid-Scale Energy Storage Molecules Dr. Tom Guarr and the team with Jolt Energy Storage Technologies in collaboration with Michigan State University, have published new breakthroughs in all-organic energy storage in Nature Chemistry.

Congratulations to Lakeshore Advantage for 20 years aiding the economic development of our community. It is no mistake that the Ottawa and Allegan area is thriving as a great place to work and play! We appreciate all of the support you have given Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute.

Lakeshore Advantage turns 20: A look back at initiatives that grew the economy The success and prosperity of West Michigan's Lakeshore communities are a testament to Lakeshore Advantage’s visionary leadership and collaborative efforts.

Read up on the Organic Energy Storage Lab's continued efforts to develop next-generation batteries to complement renewable power generation...

MSU researchers using solar and wind power more efficiently Researchers from Michigan State University are making progress using solar and wind power more efficiently, even when the sun isn’t shining or the wind blowing.

We are excited to announce that Tom Guarr and Charley Hengesbach from the OESLab have been published in Nature Chemistry! This is part of a collaboration with David Hickey from MSU and Jolt Energy Storage. Better solubility of our electrochemical compounds = better batteries!

C–H···π interactions disrupt electrostatic interactions between non-aqueous electrolytes to increase solubility - Nature Chemistry The energy density in redox flow batteries is currently limited by the solubility of dissolved redox species. Now it has been shown that intermolecular C–H···π interactions can disrupt electrostatic forces in these organic electrolytes to improve their solubility in non-aqueous solvents.

Excellent event coming up Tuesday, June 27 at MSUBI in Holland

Join us as we welcome Chad Kleinheksel, Partner and Intellectual Property Attorney at Warner, Norcross + Judd, for “Patent 101". This is a free community lecture about important things to know about the US patent process.

We are now accepting applications for our popular summer intern program in the Organic Energy Storage Laboratory. Chemistry students take note!

The Organic Energy Storage Lab is looking for full-time post-bacc or post-doc researchers. These positions will perform original research in energy storage involving organic synthesis, analytical chemistry, electrochemistry and device design. Researchers will work in collaboration with Jolt Energy Storage and NRELaboratory toward battery development. They will also assist with the lab’s summer internship program, working with undergraduate interns and their research projects. Please go to https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/512268/technical-aide to apply and email [email protected] with questions.