Our technology combines synthetic biology technology, Information technology, and robotics to build an advanced microbial development platform. By understanding the meaning (function) of the genome sequence of a gene and being able to design it freely, the speed of microbial development will be dramatically improved.
Core technology “DBTL Cycle” Design living organisms from DNA and create smart cells with intended functions
What is a DBTL cycle?
This is a model that cycles through a series of steps in microbial development. It consists of four technologies: Design, Build, Test, and Learn.
＜D＞Design
In order to maximize the production of target compounds, we design new artificial metabolic pathways and create blueprints for metabolic reactions that living organisms do not originally have.
Artificial enzyme design
simulation
(Optimal design)
Cheminformatics-based metabolic pathway design tool
Bioinformatics-based enzyme design tool
Simulation-based optimization tool for overall metabolic pathway design
＜B＞Build
Creating designer microorganisms. Since the number of designer candidates created by “Design tool” is enormous, we will use robotics-based automation to rapidly create designer microorganisms in parallel.
Utilizing mechanization and automation (lab automation) of the “Build” process
＜T＞Test
We evaluate the functions of the constructed microorganisms by analyzing the internal and external metabolomes. In order to process a huge number of microorganisms, we are building a high-throughput evaluation system using automated mechanization.
Multi-scale bio fermenter
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100mL
1L
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5L
30L
Metabolomic analyzer
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LCMS
GCMS
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HPLC + Fraction collector
＜L＞Learn
We combine collected microbial evaluation data with statistical analysis to accumulate and analyze data. By “Learn” model, we will derive new rules and lead to better Design.
DBTL CycleBy cycling through DBTL, the productivity can be improved
- 1st generation:
- Explore the pathway of wild strains and produce polymer.
- 2nd generation:
- Enzymatic improvements are made to the wild-type strain to increase the amount of polymer produced.
- 3rd generation:
- Improve and scale up the expression system to further improve polymer production.
- 4th generation:
- Overall optimization and scale-up to further improve polymer production.
One-stop solution from microbial breeding to process developmentIntegrated BioFoundry
We have comprehensive technology from smart cell development to production process development,
for achieving high-speed commercialization.