# Industrial Biotechnology

> Industrial biotechnology engineers microbes and enzymes to make chemicals, materials, and fuels sustainably. The sector recruits metabolic engineers and synthetic biologists from academia and frequently builds on university pathway-engineering research.

*Source: [https://selltoscientists.com/industries/industrial-biotechnology/](https://selltoscientists.com/industries/industrial-biotechnology/)*

**Market size:** $190B
**Target researcher profile:** Metabolic engineers and synthetic biologists in strain engineering, fermentation, enzyme design, and bioprocess scale-up

## Use cases

- Strain-engineering R&D recruitment
- Enzyme-design partnerships
- University synthetic-biology collaborations
- Fermentation scale-up talent pipeline
- Bio-based chemical commercialization

## Representative companies

- Ginkgo Bioworks
- Amyris
- Zymergen
- LanzaTech
- Genomatica
- Solugen
- Novonesis
- Conagen
- Geltor
- Arzeda