Imperial College London
Alternate

Professor Kitney

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering

Professor of BioMedical Systems Engineering
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6226r.kitney Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Tania Briggs +44 (0)20 7594 6226

 
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Location

 

3.16Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Clarke:2020:10.1042/BST20190349,
author = {Clarke, L and Kitney, R},
doi = {10.1042/BST20190349},
journal = {Biochemical Society Transactions},
pages = {113--122},
title = {Developing synthetic biology for industrial biotechnology applications},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST20190349},
volume = {48},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Since the beginning of the 21st Century, synthetic biology has established itself as an effective technological approach to design and engineer biological systems. Whilst research and investment continues to develop the understanding, control and engineering infrastructural platforms necessary to tackle ever more challenging systems — and to increase the precision, robustness, speed and affordability of existing solutions — hundreds of start-up companies, predominantly in the US and UK, are already translating learnings and potential applications into commercially viable tools, services and products. Start-ups and SMEs have been the predominant channel for synthetic biology commercialisation to date, facilitating rapid response to changing societal interests and market pull arising from increasing awareness of health and global sustainability issues. Private investment in start-ups across the US and UK is increasing rapidly and now totals over $12bn. Health-related biotechnology applications have dominated the commercialisation of products to date, but significant opportunities for the production of bio-derived materials and chemicals, including consumer products, are now being developed. Synthetic biology start-ups developing tools and services account for between 10% (in the UK) and ∼25% (in the US) of private investment activity. Around 20% of synthetic biology start-ups address industrial biotechnology targets, but currently, only attract ∼11% private investment. Adopting a more networked approach — linking specialists, infrastructure and ongoing research to de-risk the economic challenges of scale-up and supported by an effective long-term funding strategy — is set to transform the impact of synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology in the bioeconomy.
AU  - Clarke,L
AU  - Kitney,R
DO  - 10.1042/BST20190349
EP  - 122
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0300-5127
SP  - 113
TI  - Developing synthetic biology for industrial biotechnology applications
T2  - Biochemical Society Transactions
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST20190349
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000518382800011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://portlandpress.com/biochemsoctrans/article/48/1/113/222176/Developing-synthetic-biology-for-industrial
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/93024
VL  - 48
ER  -
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