Lub tuam txhab Biotech lub hom phiaj yog kom muaj tsob ntoo-raws li Asmeskas chij ya hla lub Tsev Dawb

Nrog rau kev xaiv tsa nruab nrab lub caij nyoog hauv daim iav saib rov qab, cov neeg tsim cai lij choj hauv Washington, DC, tab tom tsom mus rau yav tom ntej: lub ntsiab lus ntawm kev sib tham lub lim tiam no yog li cas biomanufacturing tuaj yeem yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv kev txhawb nqa tseem ceeb ntawm tsoomfwv Meskas, suav nrog cov saw hlau ruaj ntseg. , txhawb kev lag luam nyob deb nroog, tsim txoj haujlwm tshiab, thiab hais txog kev hloov pauv huab cua. Ntau yam teeb meem uas tuaj yeem daws tau nrog kev pab ntawm hluavtaws biology xav tau kev txhawb nqa los ntawm tsoomfwv. Qhov no qhia txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg tsim cai lij choj thiab cov thawj coj thev naus laus zis zaum ua ke ntawm lub rooj.

Lub lim tiam no Christophe Schilling, CEO ntawm Genomatica (noob luv luv), tau tshwm sim ua ntej US Senate Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Liaj Ua Teb, Khoom Noj, thiab Hav Zoov los pab tswj kev tswj hwm txoj cai tswjfwm uas yuav txhawb nqa US kev coj noj coj ua hauv biomanufacturing, nrog rau kev txhawb nqa Asmeskas cov neeg ua liaj ua teb. Ob yam tseem ceeb ntawm daim ntawv teev lus yog yuav ua li cas tsoom fwv teb chaws tuaj yeem ntxiv dag zog rau USDA BioPreferred kev pab cuam los ntawm kev tswj hwm tsoomfwv cov kev yuav khoom rau cov khoom siv bio-based thiab pab cov haujlwm loj hauv biomanufacturing los ntawm Tshooj 9003 Qiv Guarantee qhov kev pab cuam. Qhov kev pab cuam lav txog $ 250 lab kev pab rau kev txhim kho biorefineries thiab biobased khoom tsim khoom; tab sis arguably lub cap yog tsawg heev rau peev-intensive tej yaam num uas yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau scale domestic biomanufacturing.

Geno yog ib qho ntawm thawj lub tuam txhab biotechnology tsom rau kev tsim cov tshuaj thiab cov khoom siv. Nws tau tsim nyob rau hauv 2000, thaum lub sij hawm thaum tus thawj tsav tsheb ntawm biomanufacturing yog zus tau tej cov biofuels los tsim US zog ywj siab. Tab sis, raws li Christophe tau taw qhia, kev lag luam ntawm biofuels ntau lawm yuav tsum muaj cov txheej txheem qis heev uas nyuaj rau kev ua tiav rau qhov chaw pib ntawm hluavtaws biology: "Koj tab tom tham txog kev mus tom qab qhov nyuaj tshaj plaws ua ntej." Qhov no ua rau ntau lub tuam txhab, zoo li Geno, pivot los ntawm biofuels mus rau hauv ntau thiab tshwj xeeb chemicals qhov chaw uas cov kev xav tau ntawm kev tsim khoom tau yooj yim dua.

Kev tsom mus rau cov hom phiaj zoo tau tso cai Geno los tsim nws tus kheej ua ib qho ntawm thawj cov tuam txhab hluavtaws biology ua cov khoom siv nyiaj txiag ntawm qhov ntsuas. Tam sim no lawv muaj ob yam khoom lag luam: thawj tus yog 1,4-Butanediol (BDO), uas tau tso cai rau kev tsim khoom los ntawm lub tuam txhab Italian. Novamont ntawm 30,000 tons ib xyoos twg. Geno tseem nyuam qhuav tau kos npe rau daim ntawv tso cai daim ntawv cog lus nrog Cargill txhawm rau ntsuas nws cov txheej txheem BDO rau 65,000 tons hauv ib xyoos ntawm qhov chaw tsim khoom tshiab nyob hauv Eddyville, Iowa. Cov $ 300 lab biomanufacturing cog yog kev sib koom tes los ntawm Cargill thiab HELM uas yuav ua cov khoom siv bio-based siv cov khoom siv xws li pob kws ua hauv Asmeskas lub plawv thiab muab cov haujlwm thoob plaws hauv cheeb tsam.

Geno cov khoom lag luam thib ob yog Brontide® Cov, ib tug natural butylene glycol uas nqa cov ntawv pov thawj BioPreferred. Cov khoom xyaw no yog siv rau hauv ntau yam khoom siv tu tus kheej thiab tau yeej qhov khoom plig zoo tshaj plaws 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Award muab los ntawm US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Cov tuam txhab uas xaiv tawm siv Brontide hauv lawv cov khoom tuaj yeem txo lawv cov pa roj carbon emissions los ntawm tshaj 50% piv rau kev siv fossil roj-raws li cov khoom xyaw.

Ob leeg ntawm Geno cov khoom lag luam uas twb muaj lawm muaj kev lag luam loj, uas txhais tau hais tias qhov cuam tshuam ntawm kev hloov ntawm roj av mus rau bio-raws li kev tsim khoom tuaj yeem muaj kev cuam tshuam tiag tiag rau kev ruaj khov. Brontide, piv txwv li, muaj peev xwm txo tau lub ntiaj teb no tsev cog khoom gases los ntawm ze li ntawm 100,000 tons ntawm carbon dioxide sib npaug hauv ib xyoos, yog tias siv thoob ntiaj teb, thiab tshem tawm kev siv 50,000 tons ntawm acetaldehyde, cov tshuaj carcinogenic thiab mutagenic siv nyob rau hauv cov qauv kev tsim khoom.

Lub peev xwm cuam tshuam, nrog rau scalability thiab economic profitability, yog lub ntsiab yam tseem ceeb Geno saib thaum xaiv cov khoom los ntxiv rau lawv cov portfolio. Piv txwv li, Geno thiab UnileverUL
tau tshaj tawm $ 120 lab venture los ntsuas thiab ua lag luam lwm txoj rau cov khoom xyaw ntawm cov txiv maj phaub roj, uas nthuav tawm lub sijhawm los coj mus rau $ 625 nphom hauv tsev thiab kev lag luam saib xyuas tus kheej. Lwm cov tshuaj Geno mus tom qab yog bio-nylon, uas tuaj yeem siv los ua cov khoom siv niaj hnub, nrog rau kev siv los ntawm cov khaub ncaws mus rau qhov chaw tsheb mus rau cov ntaub pua plag.

"Thaum koj saib cov kev ntsuas lub neej kom nkag siab txog kev txo cov pa roj carbon monoxide, koj yuav tsum xav txog qhov ntim ntawm [lub khw]. Nylon, piv txwv li, yog $ 22 billion ib xyoos kev lag luam. Yog tias koj muaj kev txo qis hauv kev lag luam nkaus xwb, kev txuag cov pa roj yog qhov tseem ceeb, "sasha Calder, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Nyuaj Siab ntawm Geno.

Cov txheej txheem kev tsim kho rau bio-nylon tau ua tiav zoo. Lub caij ntuj sov no Geno ua ke nrog nws cov neeg koom tes ntev Aquafil ua tiav qhov thawj demo scale ntau lawm khiav ntawm ntau tons ntawm cov nroj tsuag raws li nylon. Cov khoom tsim tawm demo yog siv los tsim cov khoom lag luam thiab tau txais cov lus pom zoo nrog cov neeg siv khoom ua ntej nce mus ua Geno cov khoom lag luam thib peb. Cov npe thoob ntiaj teb thiab cov neeg koom tes muaj txiaj ntsig sib npaug sib npaug txaus siab rau onboard qhov kev hloov pauv hloov tshiab, nrog thawj hom khub lululemon tshaj tawm lub caij ntuj sov dhau los tias nws xav hloov cov roj av-los ntawm nylon hauv nws cov khaub ncaws kis las.

Nylon yog siv nyob rau hauv ntau yam khoom. Txawm tias American chij yog tsim los ntawm nylon. Nrog rau kev tswj hwm tam sim no thawb rau ntau cov khoom siv bio-based, cov nylon-based nroj tsuag tuaj yeem yog cov tshuaj ntsuab rau ntau txhiab tus chij tau yuav txhua xyoo los ntawm tsoomfwv Meskas: "Tsoomfwv yog tus yuav khoom loj tshaj plaws," Christophe hais. Qhov ntawd txhais tau li cas rau kev lag luam yog qhov cuam tshuam rau tsoomfwv txoj cai thaum nws los txog rau cov khoom siv rau cov khoom no yog ib txoj hauv kev zoo los ua kom muaj peev xwm tsim cov khoom siv hluavtaws.

Tsoomfwv Meskas twb muaj cov kev pab cuam los tiv thaiv kev tsim khoom hauv tsev. Piv txwv li, muaj ntau lub tswv yim los xyuas kom meej tias tag nrho tsoom fwv teb chaws yuav cov chij Asmeskas yog Asmeskas tsim. Lub Department of Defense twb yog lawm yuav tsum tau yuav 100% Asmeskas cov chij, thiab cov yuav tsum muaj tsawg kawg yog 50% cov ntaub ntawv Asmeskas. Yog tias tsoomfwv tau ntxiv dag zog rau nws txoj haujlwm BioPreferred los tswj kev siv cov khoom siv biomanufactured, cov chij no tuaj yeem ua los ntawm tag nrho cov-American Iowa-grown pob kws.

"Muaj ntau cov khoom noj uas peb tab tom tshawb nrhiav ntawm no hauv Asmeskas yog los ntawm cov pob kws siv hauv Midwest, thiab yog li peb txoj haujlwm txoj cai tau tsom mus ua haujlwm nrog cov neeg sawv cev ntawm cov xeev ntawd," Sasha hais.

Ntawm US Senate Committee lub rooj sib hais rau hnub Tuesday, Geno's CEO tau hais qee qhov kev xav txog kev lag luam thiab tau tawm tswv yim txog yuav ua li cas tsoomfwv tuaj yeem muab kev txhawb nqa zoo dua rau kev tsim cov khoom siv hluav taws xob zoo nyob ntawm no hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Piv txwv li, qhov kev pab cuam qiv nyiaj tuaj yeem ntxiv dag zog los ntawm kev tshem tawm. lub $250 million cap. US Department of Energy (DOE) muaj ib kev pib zoo sib xws rau cov kev pab cuam tshiab huv huv, uas tsis muaj lub hau thiab tau pab zoo heev nyob rau hauv kev loj hlob ntawm loj-scale peev-intensive sustainability tej yaam num. Qhov kev pom zoo thib ob yog kom luv lub voj voog tshuaj xyuas ncua sij hawm los ntawm 18 lub hlis. Rau kev lag luam uas tab tom txav ntawm lub teeb nrawm thiab sib tw tawm tsam cov teeb meem nyuaj xws li kev hloov pauv huab cua, qhov no tsuas yog tos ntev heev. Thiab yog tias kev nce qib sai dua, tus chij tsis muaj pa roj carbon monoxide ua nrog Iowa-loj pob kws tuaj yeem ya hla lub Tsev Dawb nyob rau yav tom ntej tsis deb.

Ua tsaug rau koj Katia Tarasava rau kev tshawb fawb ntxiv thiab qhia txog kab lus no. Kuv yog tus tsim ntawm SynBioBeta, thiab qee lub tuam txhab uas kuv sau txog, xws li Genomatica, yog tus txhawb nqa ntawm Rooj sablaj SynBioBeta thiab limtiam zom.