AMES, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - Iowa State University is working with a U.S. Defense Department-backed organization to develop facilities that could make the university and its community a national destination for biobased product testing.

BioMADE, a Manufacturing Innovation Institute focused on bioindustrial manufacturing and supported by the U.S. Department of Defense, announced it has partnered with ISU and the ISU Research Park to create and operate a multiuse fermentation facility.

The $40 million project, funded with contributions from the Iowa Economic Development and Finance Authority, BioMADE and Iowa State, will be housed at the university’s BioCentury Research Farm outside of Ames.

Kevin Moore, chief technology officer of the Biobased Products team in the office of t

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