Technology
OPX’s technology is based on a new breakthrough synthetic biology approach to quickly engineer the microbes used to make biofuels and biorefined chemicals. Our technology platform allows us to custom design organisms rapidly to make renewable fuels and chemicals that can be cost competitive and superior to petroleum-based products by reducing carbon emissions.
OPX uses a first-of-its-kind, massively parallel, full genome search technology platform known as SCALEs. SCALEs allows us to find and identify causative genes and then test gene modifications to achieve the characteristics needed for specific fuel and chemical products 1000 to 5000 times faster than conventional methods. Our ability to understand rapidly the workings of microbes at the individual gene level and test a huge number of modifications simultaneously enables us to engineer new microbes that can provide major improvements in tolerance, productivity, and specificity for fuel and chemical production. By making the production of biofuels and chemicals more efficient, our technology has the promise to remove a significant barrier to the use of renewable sources of energy as an alternative to petroleum-based products.