Slide Image: Simulation of the action of the enzyme cellulase on cellulose to improve the conversion of biomass into ethanol. The image shows the binding domain, the glycosylated linker, and the catalyst domain.

Slide Words: San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Cornell University, The Scripps Research Institute, and the Colorado School of Mines.

Credit: James Matthews, Linghao Zhong, and John Brady, Cornell University; Mike Himmel and Mark Nimlos, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); Tauna Rignall, Colorado School of Mines; Mike Crowley, The Scripps Research Institute. This work was carried out at the San Diego Supercomputer Center.