Microbial Design Studio is an automated biofabrication machine that brings together the capabilities of a biology wetlab into a single inexpensive piece of hardware to design, culture, and test genetically modified organisms.

The studio is built as a modular platform that includes design, analysis and flow control software to automate all stages of microbial design from bacterial transformation to incubation, lysis, and purification.

The machine streamlines the process of designing microorganisms to grow biologically-derived macromolecules (e.g., proteins) and can be used for running concurrent experiments where different DNA designs and growth conditions can be parametrically and combinatorially explored. The platform is specifically designed for model-based digital-physical (hybrid) experimentation that address research reproducibility. Multiple Microbial Design Studios can be networked and pursue high-throughout research across different locations.

The Microbial Design Studio addresses the needs of next generation designers, scientists, and engineers who need professional design and research tools to work with synthetic biology and life sciences.

The Microbial Design Studio is a patented technology developed by Biorealize. See U.S. patent number 10,954,483 for details.