Massachusetts Innovation Network’s Post

🔬🐛 Revolutionizing Silk Production! 🕸️🧵 Exciting news for the scientific community! A groundbreaking paper has been accepted in PNAS Nexus, detailing the custom-designed, mass silk production in genetically engineered silkworms. This research introduces three transformation strategies, resulting in significant yields of exogenous silk proteins. The study showcases enhanced silk fiber toughness and structural analysis reveals a substantial increase in fiber crystallinity. These findings provide crucial insights into developing custom-designed silk production using genetically engineered silkworms. Read the full paper for a deeper dive into this remarkable advancement: https://lnkd.in/gM6gmCzi #Biotechnology #GeneticEngineering #SilkProduction #ScientificInnovation

By using Phytomap, scientists can examine many genes at once without involving the time-consuming and frequently difficult process of genetically modifying plants. This technique was developed by Tatsuya Nobori and his colleagues from the Salk Institute. Nobori and his team hope that this innovation will be utilized by the science community at large. #biotechnology #cell #mapping

How can we unleash synthetic biology's true potential whilst balancing the risks of releasing genetically engineered microbes into the wild? I'm excited that we're having this important conversation at #SynBioBeta2024, and that Bentley Shuster from ZBiotics is going to be talking more about it: https://lnkd.in/gnsbGTSg

The EPA has given Daisy Lab Limited the green light to create dairy-identical proteins using genetically modified organisms in a secure facility. Daisy Lab already has approval to genetically modify two types of yeast in a secure laboratory setting. The new approval will allow them to expand their work and increase production. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gzjJFcmy #FBTechNZ #FoodAndBeverageTechnologyMagazine #FoodTechnologNZ #FoodIndustry #BeverageIndustry #KiwiInnovation #FoodTech #IndustryTrends #IndustryInsights

🧬 Unlocking the secrets of wheat climate-resilience through gene editing. 🌾 Check out these exciting news from John Innes Centre! 🌍 A gene-editing breakthrough has identified the key temperature tolerance gene in wheat. 🧬 This discovery holds the promise of more climate-resilient crops amid the challenges of #ClimateChange. 🌡️ #AgInnovation

John Liu’s latest concise ode to nature and life!

Make way for the water-efficient tomatoes! 🍅💧 Researchers at Tel Aviv University have used #CRISPR to target the ROP9 gene and they've created varieties that retain yield, quality, and taste while consuming less water. ℹ️ https://lnkd.in/ebmzgCNn #GrowingTheFuture

This first-of-a-kind licence helps unlock the production capability for our synbio tech companies and gives Cauldron the confidence to rapidly erect fermentation facilities that achieve significantly lower cost of goods at a fraction of the capital expenditure of traditional batch fermentation.  Cauldron is the first in Australia to hold a licence of this nature at the 10,000-litre scale. #precisionfermentation #hyperfermentation #manufacturinginnovation

In breaking news, precision fermentation manufacturing company Cauldron Ferm has just been approved for a trailblazing and first-of-its-kind license from the Office of the Gene Technology Regulatory (OGTR)! 🌟🚀 Through the OGTR's progressive approach to licensing manufacturing facilities, Australia further solidifes its position as a global leader in cellular agriculture. 💪 After finding negligible risk to the environment, staff and community the OGTR has granted Cauldron a DIR200 license, which provides approval for Cauldron to produce a range of precision-fermented proteins (including dairy milk, chicken egg, and spider silk) in 10,000L batches. Whilst the license does not permit the use of these proteins in human food, the trial will enable the development of systems, processes and data to accelerate the development of precision-fermented ingredients - which will be essential to see companies producing precision-fermented ingredients transition to commercial scale. 📈 🏭 Notably, the DIR200 license also creates an opportunity to significantly reduce the capital expenditure required to set up new infrastructure compared to other license types. 💰 This approval will create new opportunities not only for the cellular agriculture sector, but for farming, advanced manufacturing and regional development! Well done to Michele Stansfield and the Cauldron Ferm team for this milestone achievement. 👏 Read the full press release 👉 https://lnkd.in/ggYCEKEv

🎉 Breaking News in the World of Precision Fermentation! 🚀 Cauldron has received regulatory approval for limited-scale production trials of protein ingredients! This milestone marks a first-of-its-kind approval in Australia, signaling not only the safety of the production methods, but also driving investor confidence and unlocking new business opportunities for Australian companies in novel food ingredient production. While not yet approved for human consumption, this achievement represents a crucial first step towards revolutionizing the way we produce new foods using novel dairy and other proteins. So much opportunity lies ahead for Australian businesses - farming, ingredient production for domestic and export markets, advanced manufacturing, and regional development. 🥛💼 #AlternativeProteins #FoodInnovation #PrecisionFermentation #RegulatoryApproval #InvestorConfidence #BusinessOpportunities