Our mission

Making natural molecules accessible at scale, through precision fermentation.

Engineered yeast express the pathways nature already demonstrated. Sugar in, characterized molecules out, run after run.

  • Scalable
  • Sustainable
  • Repeatable
Platform

Sugar in. Rare molecules out.

Engineered yeast strains. Curated enzyme pathways. A feedback loop that tightens with every run. Four stages, one platform.

01FeedstockSugars, amino acids
02Bioengineered microbeYeast strains with introduced pathways
03Enzymatic modificationsTailored changes at scaffold positions
04Novel analogsNew-to-nature molecules
Pipeline

From feedstock to high-value molecules.

Engineered yeast strains turn renewable sugar into rare-class molecules. Modification chemistry extends every one into new analogs.

01

Renewable feedstocks

Cheap, plant-derived sugar. The carbon source the platform builds on.

02

Engineered yeast

Strain libraries tuned to specific compound classes.

03

High-value molecules

Alkaloids, cannabinoids, terpenes, peptides. Direct from fermentation.

04

New analogs

Chemical and enzymatic modifications extend the design space.

Method

Discover, build, test, iterate.

The platform refines microbial pathways every cycle to reach new compounds.

Iterative optimization.

Every run trains the next.

01

Bioprospecting

02

Plasmid design

03

Host transformation

04

Strain screening

05

Fermentation

06

Expression

07

Analytics

08

Iteration

Discovery

Mine, screen, optimize.

Wide library scans, then we tune the ones that hit.

Target compound
Enzyme screen 1
Enzyme screen 2
Enzyme screen 3
Enzyme screen 4
01

Tryptamines

02

Tryptamine analogs

03

Phytocannabinoids

04

Cannabinoid analogs

05

Rare alkaloids

06

Ergolines

07

Peptides

08

Terpenes

Advanced Fermentation and Bioprocessing. Fermentation tank, downstream equipment, and bioprocess infrastructure across CBT lab and pilot scale.
Intellectual property

Eight US patents granted.
More pending.

Coverage runs across six domains, from engineered yeast through analytical methods.

  • Modified microorganisms
  • New molecules & synthesis
  • Bioinformatics methods
  • Scalable purification
  • Isolation & analytical
  • Novel biosynthetic pathways
Partners

In good company.

Collaborate

Work with us on a compound.

Research collaborations, licensing, and co-development. We like the compounds, we like the science.

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