Therapeutic area
Research tools/Enabling technologies
Background info
Indication
Advantages
Intellectual property
Owner/lead
What the technology does
In vitro compartmentalisation for selection and evolution of phenotype
Advantage
Water-in-oil emulsion links genotype to phenotype, allowing for high throughput screening of phenotype, e.g. screening for enzymes with desired characteristics.
Main application field
Directed evolution of enzymes with desired characteristics
Usage
R&D tool
Status
Established technique, ready to be used
Intellectual Property
This portfolio includes granted patents arising from WO/1999/02671, WO/2000/40712, WO/2003/044187, WO/2002/22869 and WO/2005/045072.
Offering
Non-exclusive licence for protein evolution.