“A thousand mile journey begins with a single step.” Very wise words and a nice saying. In reality, though, each step gets you closer to the goal and it’s important to reach milestones along the way to inspire you to go forward faster and with confidence. In most journeys, the first few steps are generally in familiar territory with a full tank of gas and begin right after eating. Anyone … Read More »
At the end of February, I represented OPXBIO at the Energy Innovation Summit where we were honored to have our diesel electrofuel highlighted during Dr. Arun Majumdar’s keynote. We are very proud of the progress we’ve made to design and optimize microbes to cost-effectively and efficiently produce fatty acids that are ultimately turned into the diesel electrofuel. In addition, these fatty acids can be incorporated in additional consumer products as … Read More »
OPXBIO was highlighted today at the U.S. Department of Energy Energy Innovation Summit. The summit in Washington, D.C. is a showcase for energy innovation technologies and programs supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy. Over the last 18 months, OPXBIO has been working on an ARPA-E funded program to produce fatty acids from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. These fatty acids, which … Read More »
This is the year of the Dragon in Chinese astrology, and the characteristics of people born under this sign also are a great description of the OPXBIO team and our ambitions for 2012 and beyond. Driven, passionate, unafraid of challenges, willing to take risks, innovative, and enterprising – this is how will realize our mission of transforming the business of chemistry to a more sustainable future. We start 2012 with … Read More »
Welcome to OPXBIO’s launch into the blogosphere. Our team members and guest bloggers will be posting to share our plans, progress, and points-of-view. We also hope our messages and musings reveal more about the personality of our company and the terrific people that together make-up the OXPBIO team! OPXBIO is all about “good chemistry” and we hope that this also will describe our relationship with you as you meet us … Read More »