Synthetic Biology for Synthetic Drugs and Fuels Jay Keasling University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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Synthetic Biology for Synthetic Drugs and Fuels Jay Keasling University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Malaria

Chloroquine-based drugs Source: Roll Back Malaria World Malaria Report 2005

Artemisinin the best anti-malarial drug

Current process Artemisinin Plant synthesis Purification Artesunate Artelinate Arteether Artemether Chemical Conversions

Artemisinin demand analysis Source: Boston Consulting Group 247 in 2006 Malaria Cases (millions) GMAP target 135 in 2020 Total ACT Demand Millions of treatments ACTs delivered (actual) Demand forecasts from other groups BCG Demand forecast scenarios ACTs delivered

Artemisinin price swings Artemisinin prices ($/kg) Food prices (indexed to Jan 2002) Artemisinin prices Commodity food prices Source: Boston Consulting Group

Artemisinin supply Tonnes of Artemisinin Variable production Stock from previous year Historic production Demand Minimum production floor 09 Source: Boston Consulting Group

Current process Artemisinin Plant synthesis Purification Artesunate Artelinate Arteether Artemether Chemical Conversions

Microbial process Artemisinin Microbial synthesis Purification Artesunate Artelinate Arteether Artemether Chemical Conversions

Microbial synthesis of artemisinin

Improvements in yield  lower artemisinin costs Current cost of API$1.00/g Cost with new process$.10/g

Research, Development & Delivery Keasling Laboratory Amyris Biotechnologies

Global Warming and Energy Security

Petroleum-based transportation fuels CO 2

Corn to Ethanol CO 2

Corn to Ethanol CO 2

Corn to Ethanol

Corn is not an ideal energy crop Water requirements Fertilizer requirements Bred to be a food crop

CO 2 Biomass to Ethanol

US annual biomass inventory 1.3 billion tons Forest 12.8% Urban waste 2.9% Manure 4.1% Grains 5.2% Crop residues 7.6% Soy 6.2% Wheat straw 6.1% Corn stover 19.9% Perennial crops 35.2% From: Billion ton Vision, DOE & USDA 2005

5 6 7 Billion Barrels of Oil Equivalents US Imports 2007 US Domestic Productio n Fuel yields from biomass using mid-term conversion technology Energy from burning biomass How much fuel can we produce from 1.3 billion tons of biomass? 2007 US Petroleum Consumption 7.6

CO 2 Biomass to Ethanol

Ethanol is not an ideal fuel

Repurposing a microbial production platform

Biofuel

Engineered microbes produce oil and advanced biofuels

Biomass to advanced transportation fuels CO 2

The Joint BioEnergy Institute (jbei) CO 2

jbei: a Bay Area Partnership

jbei’s Research Program CO 2

jbei: a single location

jbei: an incubator for great ideas and the green economy Biofuels Companies Feedstock Companies Chemical Companies Petroleum Companies Plant Genetics Companies Biotech Companies