Synthetic Biology Consulting
Synthetic biology, also referred to as engineering biology, is the process of designing, modifying, and optimizing biological systems using principles from biology, engineering, and computational science.
This innovative field aims to solve global challenges by creating synthetic biological parts and systems or redesigning existing ones for applications in healthcare, agriculture, sustainability, chemical production, and many other industries.
Synthetic biology and engineering biology have the potential to revolutionize industries by offering innovative solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. By harnessing biological processes and materials, these technologies pave the way for the creation of novel products that can address issues such as resource scarcity, environmental impact, and disease prevention. However, understanding the materials at the core of these innovations is essential for ensuring their functionality, safety, and scalability.
At Lucideon, we apply our materials science and consulting expertise and analytical capabilities to accelerate the commercialization of these groundbreaking technologies. Whether it's optimizing formulations, ensuring product consistency, or supporting scale-up, our comprehensive solutions and holistic partnership approach can help guide your biotech products to commercialization.
How we support you
While biology provides the foundation for synthetic biology, materials science plays a crucial role in understanding and optimizing the final product. Lucideon's consultative and problem-centric approach applies materials expertise to biological advancements, helping you to bring your biotech innovations to life.
We offer comprehensive services to help you understand and develop your products at every stage:
- Materials characterization - delivering deeper insights into your product's structure and properties with our advanced materials characterization techniques and expertise
- Failure analysis - unlocking understanding and solutions for product and process failure during both the development and on-shelf product stage
- Analytical assessment from GMP labs - ensuring regulatory compliance and product safety with our (GMP) certified laboratories through analytical testing and validation
- Scale-up support - exploiting computational techniques, DOE methodologies and data-led validation to support understanding and development of scale-up processes
- Formulation development - optimizing product formulations to achieve the desired performance, stability, and efficacy
- Cell assays - customized cell assay analysis to understand your products and their effect on specific cells
- Biocompatibility assessment - assessing the biocompatibility properties of novel materials
- Method development - designing and validating testing methods to your specific requirements, ensuring accurate, consistent, and reliable results
Areas of application
Our materials expertise can support the development of a wide range of synthetic biology and biotechnology products and processes such as, but not limited to:
- Novel materials
- Biomimetic molecules
- Therapeutics
- Biofuels
- Bioremediation
- Consumer formulation ingredients e.g. dyes, fragrance molecules
- Bioprocessing methods
Service development
Lucideon is committed to advancing our service offerings to meet the evolving needs of our clients. We encourage our clients to discuss specific requirements and unique challenges with us so we can tailor our solutions effectively. Our cross-sector expertise enhances our ability to rapidly address complex issues and provide innovative solutions.
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