Former Codexis CEO will focus on accelerating the
commercialization of bitBiome's internal product pipeline
TOKYO, July 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- bitBiome, Inc., a biotechnology
company unlocking the potential of our planet's microbes to power
the future of the bioeconomy, today announced the addition of
John Nicols as a key strategic
advisor, further expanding their knowledge and expertise to build a
growing enzyme product development enterprise.
"I have been extremely impressed with the bitBiome team,
technology and platform. Their unique capabilities to not only
sequence our microbial diversity, but also mine and improve those
sequences, are poised to have major impacts in global markets,"
Nicols states. "I look forward to leveraging these strengths to
help bitBiome expand global partnerships and accelerate the
commercialization of their product development pipeline."
bitBiome is honored to add John
Nicols as one of our key business advisors. Nicols brings
over three decades of experience in delivering sustained growth and
value creation across diverse global businesses, from cutting-edge
biotechnologies to traditional chemistry. He is the former
president and CEO of Codexis, where he led the growth and
transformation of Codexis into one of the leading synthetic biology
companies. From 2013 to 2022, Nicols quintupled Codexis' sales to
exceed $100 million, commercializing
dozens of products across pharmaceutical, food and nutrition, and
life science tools verticals.
"We are incredibly fortunate to have John as part of our
strategic advisory board. John's addition to our advisor network
highlights our platform's potential to realize better AI by nature,
enabled by our unique database of over 2 billion sequences. We are
excited for John's help in expanding our platform capabilities,
service offerings, and products by leveraging his expertise," said
Yuji Suzuki, CEO of
bitBiome.
About bitBiome, Inc.
bitBiome is a biotechnology
company unlocking the full potential of our planet's microbes to
power the future of the bioeconomy. bitBiome's
platform is built on their proprietary single-cell microbial
genome analysis technology, bit-MAP®, which
has enabled the creation of bit-GEM: an extensive and
groundbreakingly diverse microbial database of over 2 billion
sequences, sourced primarily from environmental samples and
containing sequences not present in public databases. Leveraging
their expertise in bioinformatics and machine
learning, the company also offers a comprehensive enzyme discovery
and engineering platform, bit-QED, which encompasses the
identification, assessment, and modification of enzymes through wet
lab evaluation and directed evolution. bitBiome is
committed to improving existing biomanufacturing
industries and creating new ones by delivering sequences and
enzymes that cannot be found anywhere else. To learn more
about bitBiome's platform and services, visit
bitbiome.bio.
Contact: info@bitbiome.bio
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