From Waste To Fuel: Accelerating Synthetic Biology to reduce human carbon footprint

Lanzatech was manually creating instructions for lab-automation equipment, which is a difficult, error-prone, and time-consuming process. They needed to develop an in-house BioDesign system for DNA assembly, workflow automation, and data management. Additionally, they faced challenges in implementing high-throughput experimentation and developing complex genetic designs. Integration with other platforms and systems that Lanzatech was using was also a significant challenge.

Founded in New Zealand in 2005, LanzaTech is now based in Illinois, USA, and employs more than 200 people, with locations in China, India, and Europe. LanzaTech is a global leader in gas fermentation, making sustainable fuels and chemicals via biological conversion of waste carbon emissions, including industrial off-gases, syngas generated from any biomass resource (e.g., municipal solid waste), organic industrial waste, and agricultural waste. LanzaTech’s expertise in fermentation scale-up, reactor design, machine learning, and synthetic biology has enabled the company to commercialize its recycling process and demonstrate the production of over 100 different chemicals. With global investors and partners, LanzaTech has a pipeline of commercial projects around the world and is working across the supply chain to provide novel circular solutions to mitigate carbon by producing consumer goods that would otherwise come from fresh fossil resources.