Tag: AMyris
Can electrofuels and electrosugars save the day?
Tweet Is the ultimate industrial fuel system going to be based on electricity, waste CO2 and brackish water – to return society to the days of energy abundance? It will take a mighty production microorganism, but R&D is well underway and a path is becoming clearer. In yesterday’s Digest, we explored new research at UCD [...]
Doing it in the Dark: Fuel from thin air, and beyond light
Tweet Beyond fossil fuels, beyond light itself. And now, the direct production of drop-in biofuel blendstocks. All available from a microbial “cow”. This week in California, a research team from Shota Atsumi’s lab at the University of California, Davis have reported that they engineered Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria, to grow without [...]
Class action lawsuit filed against Amyris over Biofene production claims
Tweet In New York, the law firm of Wohl & Fruchter reports they have filed a securities class action against Amyris, and its President and CEO, John G. Melo. The action, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, is on behalf of purchasers of Amyris securities between April 29, [...]
On the Move in Biofuels: Amyris, Intrexon
Tweet In California, Amyris announced the appointment of R. Neil Williams, Chief Financial Officer of Intuit, as a member of Amyris’s Board of Directors and the Chair of the Audit Committee. Williams has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Intuit since January 2008. Before joining Intuit, Williams was the Executive Vice President [...]
Biofuels Short Takes for May 1: Gevo, Amyris, Green Plains earnings
Tweet Amyris earnings. In California, Amyris reported revenues for Q1 2013 of $7.9 million, and a net loss of $32.6 million ($0.44 per share) compared to a loss of $94.5 million ($1.88 per share) in the comparable quarter of 2012. The Company’s balance of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at the end of the [...]
Amyris, IFF ink major fragrances, flavors pact
Tweet In California, International Flavors & Fragrances and Amyris announced a collaboration to develop and commercialize a specific set of renewable fragrance ingredients. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, IFF and Amyris will jointly develop a sustainable, cost-effective and reliable source of key fragrance ingredients. IFF will have exclusive rights to these renewable fragrance [...]
Amyris selects Laserson as squalane distributor in Europe
Tweet In California, Amyris announced it has selected Laserson, S.A. as the new exclusive distributor of Amyris Squalane in the European market. The joint announcement was made in Paris at In-Cosmetics, a trade show for the personal care ingredients industry. Squalane is an emollient that prevents skin moisture loss while restoring the suppleness and flexibility [...]
Amyris, Sanofi: Low-cost, biobased malaria treatment heads for commercial production
Tweet In California, scientists from Amyris announced a breakthrough in the field of synthetic biology that allows for the production of a key precursor to Artemisinin, the key ingredient in the world’s most effective and preferred drug in combating malaria. Earlier today, pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced the launch of large-scale industrial production of Artemisinin utilizing [...]
Oxygen for High Altitudes: 17 Biofuels ventures raise $434M in equity
Tweet Despite the sluggish economic recovery and questions over policy stability — biofuels ventures have been busy raising lots of capital. In the past 6 months, $434 million. Who got what, where, when and why? As any mountaineer knows — above 25,000 feet you hit the “death zone” – where oxygen is a must, now [...]
The Hydrogen Problem
Tweet HydroMan may do his hydrogen-shift thing via water, at will – but outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we have some hydrogen issues. Psst! Like cutting out a fossil hydrogen dependency for many biofuels. But, new pathways ensure that the status hydroquo may not last for long. A numbers of readers responding to “Biofuels [...]
