Partnering with nature to manufacture the building blocks of tomorrow
Zymergen is an industrial biotechnology company that engineers microbes to produce high-value commercial molecules. The company employs many custom software systems and algorithms that allow their scientists to push the boundaries of strain engineering.
Challenges
| Difficulty finding data across multiple systems | With many siloed pieces of custom software, it was difficult for scientists to enter and extract data. |
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| Challenging to share data & collaborate across different teams | Scientists in the strain optimization and fermentation & production teams couldn’t share complete experimental context. |
| Rigid software unable to scale with growing R&D | Zymergen’s disparate systems couldn’t scale with their rapidly growing company. |
Outcomes
| Integration innovation | Zymergen uses Benchling as a central platform to unite their custom tools. Proprietary algorithms, instruments, and niche software all integrate into Benchling. |
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| Complete experiment histories | From every plasmid to every fermentation run, Zymergen’s scientists view and share a complete, step-by-step data trail. |
| Organic growth and onboarding | Since starting with 10 Benchling users, Zymergen’s deployment has grown to over 140 users, with ongoing onboarding handled completely internally. |
