Innovative Hydrosome Labs Technology Poised to Usher in New Era of Precision Fermentation
2024年5月16日 - 11:40PM
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Research Shows New Process Doubles Precision
Fermentation Yields and Decreases Production Time
According to new research, an innovative technology from
Chicago-based Hydrosome Labs is poised to solve multiple problems
faced in precision fermentation, a process that involves the
customization of yeast and/or bacteria to produce specific
molecules for use in a wide variety of applications including food,
ingredients, biofuels, industrial enzymes, and pharmaceuticals.
This new technology also has the potential to help solve a global
industry bottleneck in fermentation capacity and equipment,
allowing for the production of dramatically higher yields in the
same size or previously unsuitable tanks.
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Hydrosome Labs technology could ease
global industry bottleneck in fermentation capacity and equipment
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The breakthrough comes through Hydrosome Labs’ development of a
natural and chemical-free process improving the power of water
through the emerging science of ultrafine bubbles. The clean, green
technology delivers active ingredients to cells more efficiently
and completely. In addition to more efficient precision
fermentations, commercial applications include helping plants grow
faster and healthier with less fertilizer, improving nutrient
uptake in skin care, and delivering faster, longer lasting, and
enhanced hydration in performance drinks.
"It’s truly exciting to see how easily the ultrafine bubbles
produced by Hydrosome’s technology integrated into our pilot scale
reactors and showed immediate benefit to microbial growth,” said
Brian Jacobson, Associate Director of Strategic Operation at the
Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL) at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “While there have been
significant advances in synthetic biology resulting in a tremendous
number of new products capable of being made through fermentation,
we have seen very little innovation in the fermentation process or
equipment to assist in scaling these discoveries. This technology
has the potential to positively impact the economics of new
products in a wide range of industries and can also be applied to
existing processes or retrofit last generation fermentation
equipment currently unsuitable for these new products,” said
Jacobson.
Hydrosome’s preliminary evaluation at IBRL showed that
substituting Hydrosome H2O for regular water in an example
fermentation resulted in:
- 2X faster cell doubling rate
- 25% less overall fermentation time
- 2X higher peak cell biomass
The bottom-line benefits to the industry include faster
fermentations, higher yields, lower energy and nutrient inputs,
lower labor costs, higher efficiencies, no added chemicals, and no
regulatory impact.
Paul Gadbut, CEO of Hydrosome Labs said the “future is now” and
called the breakthrough “a win for manufacturers, consumers, and
investors alike.” He also noted the sustainability benefits of
allowing manufacturers to do more with less, use fewer chemicals,
fewer nutrients, reduce environmental impact, and shorten supply
chains.
Precision fermentation encompasses a portion of a nearly $200
billion-dollar biomanufacturing industry spread across contract
manufacturers and vertically integrated global companies. Hydrosome
Labs completed a seed funding round last year and expects to close
a Series A Round this summer.
For more information, please visit www.hydrosomelabs.com.
ABOUT HYDROSOME LABS
Hydrosome Labs is a Chicago-based B-to-B biotechnology company
on a mission to change lives by changing water. Its technology,
Hydrosome H2O, is a natural and chemical-free process that improves
the power of water through the emerging science of ultrafine
bubbles. The innovative process delivers active ingredients to
cells more efficiently and completely with multiple applications
across precision fermentation personal care and cosmetics,
beverages, and controlled environment agriculture. The company and
advisors include business and R&D execs from Fortune 500
companies like P&G, Constellation Brands, Goldman Sachs, Nestle
Health Sciences, and the Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the
New York Stock Exchange.
For more information, visit www.hydrosomelabs.com
ABOUT INTEGRATED BIOPROCESSING RESEARCH LABORATORY
The IBRL opened in 2018 with investment from the state of
Illinois to assist companies and researchers in the
commercialization of bioprocessing technologies. Since opening,
IBRL has helped over 100 companies test, validate, and scale their
technology with its world-class facility, equipment, and staff.
IBRL is leading a consortium recently named an EDA Tech Hub –
Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing Hub (iFAB)
and aims to build East-Central Illinois into a global leader in
precision fermentation and bioprocessing.
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