Biology Team: A Year in Review 2024
In the rapidly evolving field of biotechnology, advancing enzyme production capabilities is crucial for maintaining our competitive edge and ensuring the scalability of our processes. Enzymes are the workhorses of our biocatalytic processes, and their efficiency directly impacts our production costs and overall sustainability. By enhancing our enzyme production, we can achieve higher yields, reduce costs, and offer bio-based manufacturing solutions that do not require a green premium. This commitment to innovation and efficiency is what drives our Biology team to push the boundaries of genetic work and fermentation technologies.
Innovative Genetic Work
Process Development: We have developed advanced processes for plasmid and enzyme targets, setting the stage for significant work packages.
Real-Time Analytics: Implemented real-time fermentation analytics, enhancing our monitoring and control capabilities.
Significant Achievements
Fermentation Milestones: Achieved MRL 6 for all key enzymes, marking a major milestone in our development.
Upskilling Staff: Our team has gained upstream processing certification, and in-house fermentation proficiency has proliferated throughout the team.
Collaboration and Grants
Strategic Partnerships: Collaborated with CPI on fermentation strategies for active NAD reductase production.
Grant Success: Successfully completed our IUK transforming foundation industries TFI grant, resulting in a new lab fit-out and procurement of key molecular biology equipment.
Remarkable Growth
Increased Enzyme Yield: Our work has led to a 33-fold increase in enzyme activity yield in a scalable process.
Data Management: Partnered with MORF to improve fermenter data uploading, evaluation, and databasing.
Team Expansion: Welcomed new team members who have significantly contributed to enzyme production, strengthening the foundation of our company.
Year in Numbers
Media Production: Produced over 1,135 liters of media for various enzyme preparations.
Enzyme Batches: Produced 75 batches of enzymes, with impressive quantities of activity for our products and R&D teams.
Product Sales: Recorded over 12 product sales, demonstrating our commercial traction.
Our team has demonstrated exceptional innovation, collaboration, and dedication throughout 2024, positioning us at the forefront of genetic and fermentation technologies for hydrogenase scale-up. These advancements have significantly reduced our cost of production, making our processes industrially viable and de-risking our technology. We are committed to delivering sustainable bio-based manufacturing opportunities to the chemicals sector without requiring a green premium, thanks to our cost-saving measures.
Our team has demonstrated exceptional innovation, collaboration, and dedication throughout 2024, positioning us at the forefront of genetic and fermentation technologies for hydrogenase scale-up.
These advancements have significantly reduced our cost of production, making our processes industrially viable and de-risking our technology. We are committed to delivering sustainable bio-based manufacturing opportunities to the chemicals sector without requiring a green premium, thanks to our cost-saving measures.
Here's to another year of groundbreaking achievements! 🎉🔬
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