National Lab Discovery Series: New Ways to Accelerate Bioproduct R&D
U.S. Department of Energy
About the Webinar
This webinar explored how the Agile BioFoundry (ABF) — a consortium of seven U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories working with industry and academia — is advancing scalable biomanufacturing through synthetic biology, robotics, and machine learning.
Participants gained technical insights into how ABF accelerates research, development, and scale-up for bioproducts and biomanufacturing processes.
Key Topics Covered
- High-throughput automation pipeline for strain engineering tasks, including colony picking, culture growth, and preparation for advanced analytics such as NGS platforms and HTP-MS.
- Advanced process development capabilities for characterization and scale-up using single-carbon and gaseous feedstocks.
- Merging synthetic biology with AI and robotics to accelerate the pipeline for bioproduct synthesis.
Featured Speakers
- Hector Garcia Martin – Berkeley Lab Scientist
- Chris Petzold – Biomanufacturing R&D Expert
- Eric Sundstrom – Biomanufacturing R&D Expert