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Calysta Is New Player In Industrial Biotech

by Ann M. Thayer
October 29, 2012 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 90, Issue 44

A new company, Calysta Energy, has been created to produce industrial chemicals and liquid fuels from natural gas. Based in Menlo Park, Calif., Calysta is a spin-off of the synthetic biology company DNA2.0. Calysta will use a biological technology to convert methane into fuels and chemicals. Alan Shaw, former CEO of the biocatalysis firm Codexis, will lead Calysta; biotech industry executive Josh Silverman is the new firm’s chief scientific officer.

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