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Primordial Genetics Inc launches R&D operations

By July 29, 2013April 30th, 2021No Comments

Primordial Genetics Inc has launched its laboratory operations at the JLABS biotechnology incubator on July 19, 2013. The company obtained seed funding from a private investor as well as a Phase I grant from the National Science Foundation. The funds will be used to conduct proof-of-concept work in the baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, to develop novel strains highly resistant to alcohols and environmental stresses for use in fermentation and production of fuels and chemicals.