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This is really interesting - this field is new to me, but is there existing research available that shows that this works for large scale chemical production or
by aareet 12y ago
This is really interesting - this field is new to me, but is there existing research available that shows that this works for large scale chemical production or will this be something that you'll be working on inventing?
- saurabh20n 12y agoOptimizing for large scale production is indeed what most of the field works on. There have been many success stories: an anti-malarial drug through yeast (Artemisinin by Amyris+Sanofi), a plastic precursor through bacteria (1,4-BDO by Genomatica+DuPont), and more. What they are missing is the whole spectrum of what could be made biologically. We will create microbes for the most valuable chemicals and then partner with existing optimization companies that have industrial fermenters running. Think beer fermentation, just instead of the alcohol yeast, you use our yeast.