The Agile BioFoundry and Lygos, Inc. are joining forces to generate the largest multi-omics dataset for guiding the development of organic acids. Over the course of the project, scientists will produce more than 500,000 data points from a series of experiments. ABF is now using its artificial neural networks to train machine learning algorithms and provide actionable recommendations to help optimize strain performance, increase operational efficiencies and enhance production.
Agile BioFoundry Selects New Projects to Accelerate Biomanufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of eight projects totaling over $5 million to conduct research and development needed to accelerate the US biomanufacturing sector. Part of the Agile BioFoundry (ABF) consortium, these projects will leverage National Laboratory capabilities to address challenges in biomanufacturing.
Two Agile BioFoundry Collaborative R&D Projects Receive DOE Awards
The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $73 million for 35 projects in bioenergy research & development, including two that will make use of the Agile BioFoundry’s expertise.
Funded through the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, these projects will help reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources.
Agile BioFoundry Hosts Industry Day
The Agile BioFoundry (ABF) hosted its 2019 Industry Day on Oct. 4 in Emeryville, CA to showcase the ABF’s accomplishments in its first three years of operation. More than 35 industry representatives and ABF members came together to discuss the ABF’s unique capabilities as well as opportunities and mechanisms to collaborate on joint research efforts.
“This gave us the opportunity to introduce the ABF to members of industry and academia, including some who had not had the chance to hear about us before,” said Nathan Hillson, ABF PI.
BETO Announces Agile BioFoundry
On October 1, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) established the Agile BioFoundry (ABF)—a new consortium of nine Energy Department national laboratories working to standardize and streamline the entire biomanufacturing pipeline by uniting computer-assisted biological pathway design, process integration, process scale-up, and machine learning. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is leading the consortium, which will achieve its goals by developing a system for product development and commercialization that will be broadly applicable to many bioproducts. BSE’s Computational Staff Scientist Nathan Hillson is heading up Berkeley Lab’s efforts, joined by task managers Blake Simmons and Todd Pray. For more information about the Agile BioFoundry, read this BETO blog post.
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