SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLEX PHENOTYPES
ABOUT US
We harness the power of massive diversity to engineer bacterial properties that are inaccessible to other methods. Lathyrus licenses a technology developed by researchers at NC State (AIDE) to generate tunable random mutations in DNA up to 90 kb in length. This diversity is ready-to-screen in bacterial cells, with up to 10^11 variants present in a clean genomic background. We apply these libraries to identify strains fitting a client's needs, or supply the libraries themselves. Our technology is currently optimized for E. coli, with additional species under development.
MEET OUR TEAM
DR. NATHAN CROOK
Founder & CEO
Dr. Nathan Crook earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, and brings 14 years of experience with Synthetic Biology, Metabolic Engineering, and Directed Evolution.
