Updated on 8 September 2026
i-ALE microbial strain improvements
Commercial Champion - i-ALE project at i-ALE (part of Aalto University)
Helsinki, Finland
About
As part of Aalto Univeristy (Helsinki), the Intelligent ALE team obtained significant grant funding to push it’s technology to commercialization. The i-ALE project runs from June '26 to Feb '28 and will be improving 6 to 9 microbial strains throughout.
We are looking for commercial partners with real world use cases that can result in significant value creation.
An ideal use case has a context in which i-ALE's advantages can be leveraged:
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The genetic architecture is unknown, and/or
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The synthesis pathways are complex, and/or
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The interesting features are not (or inversely) linked to cell fitness, and/or
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Screening large numbers of outcomes is difficult and expensive, and/or
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A non-GMO label is desirable
Commercial partners don’t need to provide funding. Partners can purchase the improved strain (result) after the project but are in no obligation to do so.
Stage
- Execution
Type
- Research
- Technical
- Sales/Distribution
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Partnership
Contract R&D in industrial biotechnology: from strain development to pilot batch
Silvia Rapacioli
General Manager at BiCT srl
Lodi, Italy
Project cooperation
Transforming Fermentation Processes into Industrial Reality
- Early
- Planning
- Research
- Execution
- Technical
- Sales/Distribution
Alberto De Riccardis
R&D unit head - Biotech platform at Euroapi Italy s.r.l
Brindisi, Italy
Partnership
Beneficial microbes in agriculture: biocontrol & biostimulants
Antonio Del Casale
CEO & Business Development at Microbion - Microbiology Open Innvoation
Verona, Italy