SilicoLife
João Simões is a senior strain developer at SilicoLife, specializing in unlocking access to pure ingredients through precision fermentation. Prior to this, João worked as a scientist and strain engineer at CEB, focusing on characterizing and selecting microorganisms for industry use. João also served as the scientific director of the Genomics' Unit at Biocant, managing projects and leading a team of researchers. With a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Universidade de Aveiro, João has a strong background in research and project management in various scientific settings.
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SilicoLife
Founded in 2010, SilicoLife designs optimized microorganisms and novel pathways for industrial biotechnology applications. Based on metabolic engineering and synthetic biology approaches shortens the development time and costs of new highly effective processes for the production of specific target compounds such as chemicals, food ingredients orbiopolymers.