Company Profile
Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
Company Overview
Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI) is a global leader in the fields of synthetic biology and synthetic genomics utilizing our foundational intellectual property in these rapidly evolving disciplines to design and build biological systems to solve global sustainability challenges.
SGI provides solutions in genomics research, bioproduction, and applied products. Our research segment is focused on genomics solutions for academic and commercial R&D organizations. The commercial products and services include instrumentation, reagents, DNA synthesis services, and bioinformatics services and software.
SGI’s efforts in bio-based production are targeted at improving existing biological production hosts and developing entirely new synthetic production hosts with the goal of more efficient production of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, nutritionals, and bio-industrial products derived from renewable biological resources. Our host systems can also enable entirely new products that were once not scientifically or economically viable.
Company History
Synthetic Genomics Inc., a privately held company founded in 2005, is dedicated to developing and commercializing genomic-driven solutions to address global energy and environmental challenges. Advances in synthetic genomics present limitless applications in a variety of product areas including: energy, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The company’s main research and business programs are focused on major bioenergy areas: designing advanced biofuels with superior properties compared to ethanol and biodiesel; harnessing photosynthetic organisms to produce value added products directly from sunlight and carbon dioxide; developing new biological solutions to increase production and/or recovery rates of subsurface hydrocarbons and developing high-yielding, more disease resistant and economic feedstocks.