Codon Devices and Algenol Biofuels Announce Partnership for Development of Biofuels from Algae.CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & NAPLES, Fla. -- Codon codon: see nucleic acid. Devices and Algenol Biofuels announced today that the companies have entered into a multi-year partnership utilizing Codon's proprietary BioLOGIC[TM] protein engineering platform. "We are very excited to work with the Algenol team. The marriage of our scientific capabilities and Algenol's biofuel bi·o·fuel n. Fuel such as methane produced from renewable resources, especially plant biomass and treated municipal and industrial wastes. bi technology platform brings us closer to the day when environmentally-friendly biofuels are an everyday reality," said Brian M. Baynes, Ph.D., President of Codon Devices. "Codon's technology provides us a unique and rapid route to refine and evaluate potential components for ethanol production," said Paul Woods, Chief Executive Officer of Algenol Biofuels. About Codon Devices Codon Devices, Inc., based in Cambridge, MA, is a privately-held biotechnology company focused on enabling commercial applications of synthetic biology. The company uses proprietary design and construction methods to rapidly engineer biological components such as enzymes, biopharmaceuticals and cell lines for improved function. These methods reduce the risk and time associated with bioproduct development, creating significant value for our partners in the industrial biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and agriculture sectors. More information about Codon Devices is available at www.codondevices.com. About Algenol Biofuels Algenol Biofuels is a privately held, industrial biotechnology company using cyanobacteria cyanobacteria (sī'ənōbăktĭr`ēə, sī-ăn'ō–) or blue-green algae, photosynthetic bacteria that contain chlorophyll. (blue green algae), natural selection, environmental selection, and the tools of molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller to produce low cost and environmentally safe ethanol. Algenol has the most advanced 3rd generation biofuels technology producing ethanol from algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that through a process powered by the sun. The Company has developed a patented process for linking, inside an individual prokaryotic pro·kar·y·ote also pro·car·y·ote n. An organism of the kingdom Monera (or Prokaryotae), comprising the bacteria and cyanobacteria, characterized by the absence of a distinct, membrane-bound nucleus or membrane-bound organelles, and by DNA that cell, the Calvin cycle Calvin cycle see dark reaction. with the enzymes required to make ethanol from simple carbohydrates. Algenol's DIRECT TO ETHANOL[TM] technology uses proprietary algae and production systems to convert large quantities of carbon dioxide directly into ethanol. More information about Algenol Biofuels is available at www.algenolbiofuels.com. |
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