New performance materials are coming. Many are biomanufactured and some are scaling very fast. Their superior properties have enormous potential to improve a vast range of products. tsungxu.com/performance-bi…

Jaye is fantastic at distilling the key concepts to grow as a manager - highly recommended if you're in the biotech/climate space.

I took this photo! (12 years ago, shivering in the cold-room because it was the only place we could get properly dark)

In our work on engineered living materials, a question we ask ourselves is ‘How can we use synthetic biology to make materials more sustainable?’ In our new preprint, Marcus Walker Marcus Walker answers this with ‘Bacterial Black Sheep’. How? Read on… 🧵⬇️ biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Petrochemical plastics are just all round terrible and I can't wait for the bioeconomy future theguardian.com/environment/20…

Exciting to see investors joining forces with research to fast-track material innovation for ecological and economic impact. If #WorldEnvironmentDay reminds us of anything, it's that we need to find the solutions here on Earth🌍

We don’t have time. We need to deploy, deploy, deploy every technology we can now and continue developing technologies that will have a bigger decarb impact a few more years out. Then when those are at scale - we need to deploy, deploy, deploy them. We need more.

It's positive that there's pent up demand from companies growing so fast. Streamlining planning & building regs etc. could have a big payoff. We had fun converting an old warehouse that used to be a brewery into a lab/manufacturing space but it was a big effort 🍻🦠🧫

Our materials and CEO Jen were at 10 Downing Street to show the opportunities for engineering biology in the UK. They're asking for your views in the consultation at the link below as well🦠

Feeling super energised by the response to our latest announcement - the first bag to be made with our bacterial nanocellulose-based materials. It's hugely motivating to see the enthusiasm of the biotech, design and fashion communities. You can read more on Dezeen here:

📢 The 2023 Founder-led Biotech Tour In November, we're teaming up with 50+ founders to bring the community together in four cities. SF: 11/2 Boston: 11/7 NYC: 11/9 London: 11/13 + virtual events including co-founder matching, speed networking, and more.

Share your ideas with innovators driving the synbio revolution at #SynbiTECH2023. With a conference programme packed with networking opportunities, SynbiTECH is the perfect event to collaborate with pioneers in the industry. Secure your place now: synbitech.com/book-your-tick…

🤩 #SynbiTECH2023 is just 3 weeks away! 🤩 If you haven't secured your ticket yet, view the brilliant line-up of SynBio stars and register here: synbitech.com

Today’s review marks a huge step forward for UK spinout founders 🇬🇧 It adopts almost all of the policy reform proposals I made via spinout.fyi and have been pushing on for 2 years. A few thoughts on why this is a big day for the ecosystem and UK science&tech below:

Great write up of our journey and technology at Modern Synthesis here - making bags from bacteria 🦠👜agfundernews.com/meet-the-found…

Such a great founder feature on Jen Keane, CEO of Collab Fund portfolio company Modern Synthesis. She's spent her entire career working on biomaterials, and even grew her own shoe using bacteria and nanocellulose. Read more about her, the manufacturing process spearheaded by

We're hiring! We're taking another big leap in using synthetic biology to engineer materials - this time for sustainable food and textiles. In the next few weeks, we've up to 4 postdoc positions opening up. I'd love to hear from anyone interested in joining us this year. Pls RT🔁

Great look at the work Ben, Jen and team (Ben Reeve) at Modern Synthesis are doing. I love how lux the material can look. edition.cnn.com/2024/05/01/sty…

London-based biotech startup Modern Synthesis creates sustainable alternatives to traditional fabrics, curbing emissions and plastic pollution associated with the fashion industry. 🌎💡 📹 Take a look at their CNN video feature below ⬇️ Ben Reeve bit.ly/44BFeg3

🌟Discover UKRI-funded innovation in Sustainable Textile Production!🌟 🦠 👗💼 Tom Ellis is leading a collaboration between Imperial College London and Northumbria University to investigate the applications of bacterial cellulose as a sustainable alternative to dyed leather!