Moritz Koch | Cyanobacterial cell factories – can we transform our industry towards sustainability?
Channel: CyanoWorld
Date: 2021-04-18

Moritz Koch - University of British Columbia, Canada

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Cyanobacterial cell factories – can we transform our industry towards sustainability?

Climate change and the pollution of our ecosystems with plastic waste are two environmental threats to our modern society. Cyanobacteria might offer a technological solution for this by producing PHB (polyhydroxybutyrate), which could serve as a biodegradable, carbon-neutral plastic alternative. By investigating the PHB metabolism and applying metabolic engineering techniques we were able to increase the PHB production and unleash the biotechnological potential of cyanobacteria.

In this talk, I will highlight the current situation of PHB production in cyanobacteria, as well as discuss current bottlenecks when it comes to industrial applications.

This talk is part of the CyanoWorld online seminar series, hosted by Nicolas Schmelling and Ilka Axmann, and was held on Zoom on March 25th, 2021.

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