Combining biology, lab automation, and machine learning to achieve a new scale of research and product development.
GIFS’ Engineering Biology platform is dedicated to supporting agriculture and agri-food research, making it the only one of its kind in Canada.
Our technology, expertise, and high-throughput, automated workflows also support public- and private-sector researchers and organizations across a range of disciplines—including health, natural sciences, and environmental sciences.
Services
GIFS provides researchers with a single-source, integrated solution for high-throughput measurements that enhance the entire design, build, test, and learn cycle.
Strain Engineering
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- DNA assembly: PCR fragments, plasmids, gene clusters, and synthetic chromosomes.
- Verifying successful assembly: Colony PCR, electrophoresis, and dye-based assays.
- Biochemical pathway domestication.
Cell Growth and Phenotyping
- Transformation, plating, colony picking (2,400 colonies/hour), culturing, passaging, growth-based analysis, and fluorescence-based analysis.
Coming soon:
- Precision fermentation: Microlitre to litre scale microbial growth with benchtop fermentation capacity (4x 0.4-1.8L parallel bioreactor systems and 2x 5-10L bioreactors).
Proteomics and Metabolomics
Quantification and analyses of metabolites and proteins at a scale of thousands per day.
- High-throughput sample prep and injection, HPLC, LC-MS (Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (QTOF), and Triple Quadrupole (TQ) systems).
- Extraction from plants, microbes, and environmental samples.
Applications
Our platform supports the development — and scaled production — of industrially relevant microbes, DNA, proteins, and peptides, as well as other innovations advancing research and sustainable food production.
Protein Engineering and Design
Natural Product Development
Precision Fermentation
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Serving as agriculture’s innovation catalyst, GIFS is connecting the agri-food ecosystem, advancing innovation, and bridging the gap to commercialization to deliver resilient and sustainable food security for all stakeholders.
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