{"id":286,"date":"2020-06-17T15:33:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/training\/?p=286"},"modified":"2020-06-17T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T19:33:10","slug":"fewer-cars-mean-more-hand-sanitizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ucomm.ncsu.edu\/training\/fewer-cars-mean-more-hand-sanitizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer Cars Mean More Hand Sanitizer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fewer cars on the road, due to shelter-in-place regulations in various states across the country, create an opportunity to use surplus ethanol \u2013 a type of alcohol used in automobile and truck fuels \u2013 to make hand sanitizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For two problem-solving partners, the opportunity means working together to mitigate local shortages of hand sanitizer, an important but sometimes hard-to-find product that can help keep coronavirus at bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NC State University and Novozymes, the world\u2019s largest industrial biotechnology company with North American headquarters in North Carolina, are combining forces to produce more than 600 gallons of hand sanitizer. The resulting product will help keep NC State students, faculty and staff safer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cCOVID-19 has presented everyone with daunting challenges \u2013 sparking the need for some serious thinking outside the box,\u201d says Brian Brazeau, president for Novozymes North America and vice president, bioenergy. \u201cWe have all been driving less, we have seen the empty shelves of hand sanitizer \u2013 yet few probably realize it is possible to connect the two: What if we could use that surplus of ethanol and quickly redirect it to solve one of the key challenges of the current crisis?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With NC State staff and faculty slowly returning to campus and students scheduled to return Aug. 10, Novozymes wanted to explore whether its biotechnology and relationships to both the renewable fuel industry and NC State could be utilized to ensure proper availability on campus of hand sanitizer \u2013 and solve the challenge of scarcity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NC State\u2019s Golden Leaf Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC), which trains the next generation of biomanufacturing workers, wanted to use its pilot biomanufacturing infrastructure to help the campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBTEC staff recognized back in March that production of hand sanitizer was a way to support the NC State community,\u201d said Gary Gilleskie, BTEC\u2019s executive director. \u201cWe greatly appreciate the generosity of Novozymes \u2013 both in giving time to help solve our ethanol procurement issues and through the donation of ethanol. We would also like to recognize NC State\u2019s Kenan Institute for its generous financial support. Without the support from both organizations, BTEC may not have been able to produce the hand sanitizer that is now being used throughout NC State\u2019s campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After receiving FDA approval, BTEC began producing hand sanitizer in mid-May using a formula recommended by the World Health Organization. The sanitizer is being bottled in one-gallon containers at BTEC\u2019s facility on NC State\u2019s Centennial Campus and will be available across NC State\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe creative partnership has truly been a strong example of quickly seizing opportunities out of a very bad situation for all \u2013 matching BTEC\u2019s leadership and innovation mindset with Novozymes\u2019 passion for hands-on problem-solving and experience in the ethanol industry, while coming up with a solution that makes a real, tangible impact for our community,\u201d Brazeau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novozymes and NC State are no stranger to collaboration. The university recently received from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Novozymes\u2019 parent philanthropic arm, a $27 million grant to enhance biopharmaceutical manufacturing and a $30 million grant to improve crop resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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