Engineering Biology
Food & Agriculture Challenge:

Increase and improve the nutritional content and value of food.

Increase the nutrient content and value from animal food sources.

Engineering Biology Objectives & Technical Achievements

Increase bioavailability of non-vertebrate proteins.

Engineering DNA Biomolecular Engineering Host Engineering Data Science

Identify and edit genes to reduce chitin content in insects, crustaceans, and molluscs to reduce allergenic potential.

Edit relevant proteins for structure and expression.

Reduce processing pathways that prevent protein availability.

Enable inducible expression of chitinase in transgenic insects at time of death.

Increase non-vertebrate nutrient content.

Engineering DNA Biomolecular Engineering Host Engineering Data Science

Introduce genes for relevant nutrients (such as B12) in non-vertebrate animals.

Engineer custom probiotics which produce relevant growth factors and micronutrients/vitamins.

Host resilience optimized through genetically-determined pathogen resistance.

Last updated: June 19, 2019 Back