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What Zymergen’s IPO says about 'biofacturing' and green chemistry

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Zymergen made a splash on Earth Day, as the first "biofacturer" to go public. To meet demand, the company "reverse engineered" the product using petroleum-based chemicals, according to a Zymergen spokesperson. In contrast, "synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation," Tickner said.

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What Zymergen’s IPO says about ‘biofacturing’ and green chemistry

AGreenLiving

What Zymergen’s IPO says about ‘biofacturing’ and green chemistry Meg Wilcox Mon, 05/03/2021 – 01:30 Zymergen made a splash on Earth Day, as the first “biofacturer” to go public. In contrast, “synthetic biotech allows you to go right to the final chemical transformation,” Tickner said.

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The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

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Health, wellness and nutrition are Camp’s key interests. . He also worked with Nestlé while at McCann Enterprise to develop a low-technology platform for communicating nutrition and health information to low-literate consumers in equatorial Africa. The potential is not chicken feed: the U.S. Deonna Anderson.