CABBI is one of four Bioenergy Research Centers established by the U.S. Department of Energy to break down barriers to a domestic bioenergy industry. CABBI is providing the scientific discoveries and new technologies to develop an economically viable and ecologically sustainable biofuel and bioproducts industry from dedicated bioenergy crops. Our researchers integrate recent advances in agronomics, genomics, and synthetic and computational biology to increase the value of energy crops — using a “plants as factories” approach to grow fuels and chemicals in plant stems, employing an automated foundry to convert biomass into valuable chemicals, and ensuring that those products are ecologically and economically sustainable. This holistic approach will help reduce our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels.