Industry trends

Colossal is advancing the de-extinction of the dodo: breeding the world's first pigeon reproductive cells and securing another $120 million in funding.

The team from Tianjin University has engineered the modification of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens to efficiently synthesize iturin A.

Stanford University and the Arc Institute have collaborated and AI has successfully generated functional phage genomes to combat antibiotic resistance.

Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology and other institutions have engineered the modification of maltose enzyme to achieve efficient conversion of α-glucan.

淀粉和糖原是自然界中最主要的碳水化合物储存形式，它们不仅是人类饮食中的能量基础，也是食品和健康产业的重要原料。通过生物催化，这些线性多糖能够被转化为结构独特的环状分子——大环多糖（cycloamyloses，CAs）。与常见的小分子环糊精相比，大环多糖具有更高的溶解性和更好的生物安全性，在膳食纤维补充、肠道健康维护以及药物递送等方面展现出广阔的应用前景。然而，大环多糖的工业合成长期受限于关键催化酶

Using precision fermentation to turn waste into treasure a German biotech startup has completed a $19 million financing round to build a future free of microplastics.

Canada bets on future proteins with startups joining forces to develop mycelium-d proteins.

Jiangnan University has engineered E. coli to efficiently synthesize 6′-sialyllactose.

Incubated by the University of Cambridge the startup has raised 100 million yuan in initial funding to develop plant-d materials to end the “plastic dilemma.”