MBI is a premier multidisciplinary center.

Technologies developed at MBI are recognized and trusted worldwide. To take just one example, consider that together with MSU and Cargill, MBI developed PLA, the polymer used worldwide to make renewable and biodegradable containers and cutlery.

MBI engages with universities, corporations and research institutions.

MBI is known in the industrial biotechnology field for pioneering derisking, a process that quickly and cost-effectively weeds out flawed technologies while accelerating viable ones. Seasoned MBI team members draw on expertise from science, engineering and business – and together, they roadmap, prioritize, and address technical and commercial risks to effectively and efficiently accelerate early-stage technologies to market-readiness.

MBI applies the derisking approach to the development of biofuels, chemicals, food and feed from renewable, rather than fossil, raw materials. Available technologies include fumaric acid, succinic acid and the AFEX platform technology.