What if we could transform the harmful CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere into useful products? Plants can filter CO2 from the atmosphere very efficiently, but also very slowly. Using synthetic biology methods, Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb and his team at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology have constructed an artificial CO2-fixation cycle. This discovery of synthetic photosynthesis could become a solution for turning CO2 into products such as pharmaceuticals or biofuels.
The Synthetic Cell Initiative is a partnership of Delft University of Technology, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and University of Oxford. The initiative intends to offer researchers, companies and policymakers a platform to combine efforts to build cells from their basic parts.
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