Case Study
A new ecosystem for commercializing biology research
Customer Story A new ecosystem for commercializing biology research In academia today, the lines between scientific disciplines have become increasingly blurry. One of the newest of these intersectional disciplines is synthetic biology, a field that unites biology, chemistry and engineering. Synthetic biology is radically changing how we engineer biological systems; moving beyond the confines of academic research, it is now responsible for creating new products and services with industrial, technology and biomedical applications. Synthetic biology is today what molecular biology was 40 years ago – and generating a new wave of applied biological innovation that is driving a modern scientific economy. Established in the UK in 2013 with a £28 million (US$39 million) com- mitment from