Topics covered by the journal include:
Feedstock design and production
/// Plant biology for the design of biomass feedstocks,including cell wall composition and the production of chemicalswithin the plant
/// Plant biotechnology and genomics for the design of biomassfeedstocks
/// Agriculture, agronomy, forestry and silviculture inrelation to feedstock production
/// Utilisation of organic residues, including animal fats, asfeedstock for biobased products
Biomass treatment and conversion
/// Biomass pretreatment and fractionation, including chemicaland physical methods
/// Enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass to sugars, including novelenzyme discovery
/// Biological and chemical conversion of sugars to chemicalsand other bioproducts (including fermentation, metabolicengineering of microbes and novel catalysts)
/// Thermochemical conversion technologies, includinggasification and pyrolysis of biomass, as well as cleaning andconditioning of the resultant gaseous or liquid fuels
/// Transesterification of vegetable and animal oils to producebiodiesel, including novel catalysts
/// Optimisation of biodiesel quality and stability, includinguse as a fuel additive
Separation and process technology
/// Separation and purification of biomass-derived fuels andchemicals, including green chemistry
/// Biorefinery process integration
Industrial development
/// A systems approach to growing, harvesting, supplying andprocessing biomass into products
/// Matching biobased products with market needs, includinginstitutional and consumer/market barriers to the increased useof biobased products
/// Sustainability of biobased fuels and chemicals, includingsustainability framework and criteria development
/// Integrating the production of food, feed and traditionalforest products with biobased fuels and chemicals
/// Implications of expanding biobased fuel and chemicalproduction for the forest and agriculture sectors, includingland use competition as well as symbiotic interactions.
/// Biofuel cells
Business and commercial news content
/// Updates on fossil fuels and other traditional sources offuel and chemicals
/// Business digest, including the state of play of largecompanies
/// Patent news
/// IP commercialisation news
/// Supply chain issues
/// Supply and demand drivers.