Michael Zulch Interning at Joyn Bio
Michael Zulch of the Larkin Lab was selected for a summer internship with Joyn Bio as part of the Training Program in Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology (SB2). Joyn Bio is a joint venture between Ginkgo Bioworks and Leaps by Bayer, founded to solve the urgent agriculture challenges threatening our global food supply and environmental health using the combination of synthetic biology and beneficial microbes.
Joyn Bio aims to provide growers with new and sustainable solutions to feed and nourish the world. Michael will be working on their primary project: engineering crop-colonizing microbes that can fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form that plants can use to grow. If successful, these bacteria will help alleviate our dependence on synthetic fertilizers and their environmental impacts.
Congratulations, Michael!