Gevo nabs exclusive license to UCLA e.coli technology; will speed up mass production of butanol

In California, Gevo announced it has acquired an exclusive license for use of UCLA’s method for modifying E.coli bacteria, that will improve its ability to mass produce next-gen biofuels such as butanol.

Gevo said that the technology will allow it potentially to retrofit existing ethanol plants to produce butanol, at a low capital cost, and will speed up the commercialization of butanol by several years.

At the same time, Gevo announced that UCLA Professor James C. Liao has agreed to join its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Liao focuses on developing advancements that speed up the commercialization of next-generation biofuels through metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. Recently Liao’s team developed the method for modifying E.coli that Gevo licensed.

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