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Build your bioprocess.

We partner with the biomanufacturing industry to accelerate bioproduct development.

Advancing biomanufacturing across the public and private sectors

The Agile BioFoundry is a consortium of national laboratories dedicated to accelerating biomanufacturing and decarbonizing the economy. 

We collaborate with industry and academia to rapidly innovate the development of bio-based products.

Get where you want to go, faster.

Discover how the Agile BioFoundry can get you closer to your target.

We unite the unique abilities of the national laboratories through a Design-Build-Test-Learn platform.

Design

Optimize DNA constructs and libraries

Build

Transform into various hosts

Test

Measure performance

Learn

Turn data into predictions

News and Events

Agile BioFoundry, Kiverdi Equip a Microbial Host to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Products

March 31, 2025

ABF and Kiverdi developed a set of genetic tools to improve the genetic engineering efficiency of a chemoautotrophic bacterium, advancing it as a microbial host that can directly convert carbon dioxide into valuable products. 

Rapid Bioproduction Platform Uses Modular Enzymes to Make Commodity Chemicals

March 12, 2025

The ABF and UC Berkeley have demonstrated a high-throughput platform that leverages polyketide synthase enzymes to produce commodity chemicals and precursors to novel materials. 

Agile BioFoundry Student Workshop

February 12, 2025

Join us on April 10 at a workshop led by early-career Agile BioFoundry researchers to learn more about the Agile BioFoundry, what it’s like to work in synthetic biology/biomanufacturing, and career advancement opportunities.

April 10, 2025

ABF Student Workshop

April 29 – May 1, 2025

BioMADE Member Meeting

May 5–8, 2025

SynBioBeta 2025

Help us innovate in synthetic biology and biomanufacturing.

Our state-of-the-art capabilities are available to researchers in the public and private sectors.

Have an idea? Learn more about how to work with us, or get in touch with our team today.