synthetic biology
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Spotlight: Imperial College London Bio activities
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The blog had the pleasure of speaking with Imperial College London’s Professor Richard Ian Kitney (Chairman of Institute of Systems & Synthetic Biology as well as Co-director EPSRC Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation) at the recent SynBioBeta conference in San Francisco. While the blog is not that much familiar with the synthetic biology industry,…
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DuPont starts cellulosic ethanol plant
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Happy November blog readers! I am 10,000 feet in the air enjoying the gogowifi at Delta on my way to San Francisco to cover this week’s SynBioBeta conference. Follow my tweets at @DGreenblogger #SBBSF15. Meanwhile, the biofuel industry (and renewable chemicals as well) was abuzz with the recent opening of DuPont’s much anticipated Nevada, Iowa,…
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Codexis sells Budapest lab to Intrexon
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Synthetic biology company, Intrexon Corporation, has acquired state-of-the-art laboratory operations in Budapest, Hungary from biocatalysts developer Codexis, Inc. The acquisition will expand Intrexon’s strain and protein development capabilities, as well as strengthen fermentation process optimization and scale-up. Intrexon’s Industrial Products Division (IPD) will absorb the Budapest laboratory staff. Intrexon’s IPD is positioned to develop biologically based solutions…