A biofoundry provides automation and analytics infrastructure to support the engineering of biological systems. It allows scientists to perform synthetic biology and aligned experimentation on a high-throughput scale, massively increasing the solution space that can be examined for any given problem or question.
Develop Intensify Explore Enhance
The overall objective of GBA is to:
1. Develop, promote, and support non-commercial biofoundries established around the world,
2. Intensify collaboration and communication among biofoundries,
3. Collectively develop responses to technological, operational, and other types of common challenges,
4. Enhance visibility, impact and sustainability of non-commercial biofoundries, and
5. Explore globally relevant and societally impactful grand challenge collaborative projects.