Dan Widmaier

Breaking is a plastic degradation company gestated at Colossal Biosciences that uses synthetic biology. Its flagship product, X-32 was discovered in 2022 at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Co-founded by Sukanya Punthambaker, Vaskar Gnyawali, George Church, Don Ingber, Alba Tull, Kent Wakeford, and Ben Lamm.

We are biologists, engineers, and data scientists who are passionate about transforming agriculture for a more productive, resilient future.

Plant engineering for a better world

Breaking is a plastic degradation company gestated at Colossal Biosciences that uses synthetic biology. Its flagship product, X-32 was discovered in 2022 at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Co-founded by Sukanya Punthambaker, Vaskar Gnyawali, George Church, Don Ingber, Alba Tull, Kent Wakeford, and Ben Lamm.

We are biologists, engineers, and data scientists who are passionate about transforming agriculture for a more productive, resilient future.

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Plant engineering for a better world

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