Welcome July 2021 BioMADE Members!

BioMADE is excited to welcome the following new members, who joined in July 2021: 

• Agri-Tech Producers 
  Meeting tomorrow's needs today. 

• Albany State 
  Founded in 1903, Albany State University continues to provide leadership in academic excellence, social change, and economic impact. A nationally top-ranked HBCU, ASU serves an increasingly diverse student body and community by offering a uniquely comprehensive array of programs, from associate to graduate degrees. 

• American River College 
  American River College is transforming the future of our community. 

• Amyris 
  Amyris is leading the way to a more sustainable future. 

• California Biomanufacturing Center 
  The California Biomanufacturing Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supporting industry development and workforce and training. CBC was seeded by the City of Vacaville in 2020, to usher in the next era of growth and success for one the largest clusters of biomanufacturing companies in the world. 

• Cargill 
  Cargill’s 155,000 employees across 70 countries work relentlessly to achieve our purpose of nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Every day, we connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive. We combine 155 years of experience with new technologies and insights to serve as a trusted partner for food, agriculture, financial and industrial customers in more than 125 countries. Side-by-side, we are building a stronger, sustainable future for agriculture. 

• Checkerspot 
  Designing with Biology. Innovating with Intention.

• Contra Costa College 
  Contra Costa College has an exceptionally diverse student body which reflects the surrounding community and celebrates its status as a Hispanic Serving Institution. Its biotechnology program provides training applicable to the entire life science industry sector though 3 certificate programs. Applied science projects are an essential part of the curriculum. Awareness of program value is built via high school engagement, marketing and community-focused communications that promote understanding of how science and agriculture are related and inspire participation both on the farm and in the lab.   

• Curie Co. 
  Curie Co is an enzyme engineering company that is replacing banned chemicals with 100% safe and sustainable ingredients. 

• Desert King International 
  Desert King International is a worldwide leader in the manufacturing and supplying of purified saponins from Quillaja saponaria and Yucca schidigera.  

• Georgia Tech 
  Georgia Tech is a leading research university committed to improving the human condition through advances in science and technology. Over 20 faculty across five schools and two interdisciplinary research institutes committed technical and high-level input to the development of BioMADE. Georgia Tech’s national leadership in the areas of advanced manufacturing, downstream processing, data science, and renewable bioproduction will contribute to BioMADE’s success in solving industry’s toughest challenges. Attracting more than $1 billion in industry- and government-sponsored activity in 2020 alone, Georgia Tech’s faculty are extensively engaged in multidisciplinary projects collaborating with a vast network of academics and industrial partners. Highly ranked in undergraduate and graduate science and engineering programs, with connections to community and technical colleges throughout the region, Georgia Tech and is well-positioned to educate and train the future biomanufacturing workforce.  

• Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute 
  Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute addresses critical challenges facing our oceans, human health and the environment through innovative scientific research and education. 

• InnovATEBIO at Austin Community College 
  InnovATEBIO is a National Advanced Technology Education Center, funded by the NSF, to provide support for biotechnology education in community colleges. 

• Inscripta 
  Inscripta is developing the world’s first benchtop platform for scalable digital genome engineering. 

• Iowa State University, CBiRC 
  The Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC) at Iowa State University is developing the tools, components and materials needed to transform carbohydrate feedstocks into biobased chemicals. 

• Johns Hopkins University  
  America’s first research university. Leading discovery and sharing knowledge to better the world since 1876. 

• Kalion 
  We create very pure chemicals through advanced fermentation methods. We are able to do this utilizing our patented microbes which are created using proprietary synthetic biology techniques. 

• LanzaTech 
  Harnessing biology and big data to recycle waste carbon emissions — making new fuels and chemicals, and a circular economy for all. 

• Lattice Automation 
  Lattice Automation provides complete solutions to fundamentally change the way that biological designs are conceived, designed, physically created, and managed. 

• Ligatrap Technologies 
  LigaTrap Technologies is dedicated to improving antibody purification technologies through a patented peptoid/peptide-based ligand system. 

• Lockheed Martin 
  Lockheed Martin recognizes synthetic and engineering biology as a key emerging manufacturing technology critical to our future lines of business and our ability to offer innovative solutions that meet our customers’ needs. By joining BioMADE, we seek to explore engineered biology solutions aligned with DoD priorities and to both enhance existing platforms and define new capabilities.  

• North Carolina State University 
  NC State University began as a land-grant institution grounded in agriculture and engineering. Today, it's a leading public research university that excels across disciplines. We have long-standing interests and robust research and workforce training programs focused on biomanufacturing, biotechnology and chemical engineering. For example, NC State's Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) is a global leader in biomanufacturing workforce development.  

• Pure Biomass 
  Innovation. Sustainability. 

• STEMconnector 
  STEMconnector is the nation's largest, research driven, professional services company dedicated to developing a diverse, STEM-ready workforce. 

• TeselaGen 
  TeselaGen's artificial intelligence-powered platform radically accelerates product development of therapeutics, high value chemicals, and agricultural products. 

• Twist Bioscience 
  Synthetic DNA for health and sustainability. 

• University of California, Davis 
  UC Davis is a public research university with the third-largest enrollment in the University of California system and with extramural research awards of $941M in 2019-2020. UC Davis is a leading institution for research and interdisciplinary training in biotechnology and bioprocess engineering. The UC Davis Biotechnology program serves faculty and students across campus and creates a critical bridge between academia and the biotech industry as well as government entities involved in bioscience. The Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology is one of the Biotechnology Program’s key offerings, supplementing a student’s Ph.D. curriculum with interdisciplinary training and an industrial internship in biotechnology. At the undergraduate level, UC Davis is the only campus in the University of California system with a standalone, ABET-accredited major in Biochemical Engineering.  This major provides foundational training in chemical process engineering, breadth in the biological sciences, and specific required courses in bioreactor design and analysis, bioseparations, biotech facility design and regulatory compliance, bioprocess engineering laboratory, and a senior capstone design project that is focused on design, economic analysis, and environmental, health and safety impact of a biomanufacturing facility. 

• University of Delaware 
  University of Delaware is a non-profit academic institution with a strong commitment to excellence in bioindustrial manufacturing and workforce development. This commitment builds on the historical and regional strength in biomanufacturing. 

• University of Georgia 
  The University of Georgia is a land and sea grant state institution with interest in research education and training in bioindustrial manufacturing.  Our college of engineering engages in biological engineering research and we have a large portfolio of other research interests in integrated life sciences as an R1 school.  In 2010, UGA established the Master of Biomanufacturing and Bioprocessing program which, as a professional science masters program, trains students for careers in industry having approximately 50 graduates to date.  In addition, UGA has a unique resource in the Bioexpression and Fermentation Facility, a client driven contract research unit offering fermentation (up to 900L) and other biotechnology services. 

• University of Hawai'i – Hilo 
  Connecting learning, life, and aloha. 

• University of Texas at Austin  
  The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the 40 best universities in the world. It supports some 51,000 diverse students with top national programs across 18 colleges and schools. And as Texas’ leading research university, UT attracts more than $650 million annually for discovery.

• Visolis 
  Reinventing how the world makes materials. 

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
  Located in the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission’s communities, and with strong ties to local and national companies, WPI invests in research in critical manufacturing areas, seeking solutions to important and socially relevant problems in diverse fields. WPI will continue to contribute to the education and workforce development (EWD) needs, will provide access to equipment and facilities, and where appropriate will provide direct support to and collaboration with industry, academic, and government partners.