Yield10 Bioscience (formerly Metabolix)

Americas

Woburn

United States

Established

FOUNDED

1992

HEADCOUNT

21-100

FUNDING

Acquired / Defunct

Keywords:

metabolic_engineering, bioplastics

Company Website

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BUSINESS

Agricultural bioscience company developing genetic engineering technologies to improve crop yield and enable production of PHA bioplastics in plants. Formerly Metabolix.

BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT

Core: industrial biotechnology using metabolic engineering in crops for enhanced performance and bioproduct accumulation.

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

metabolic engineering in plants; PHA pathway

PRIMARY PRODUCTS

Camelina sativa platform; plant-produced PHA