The Insulibre project aims to develop open source tools and biological resources used for insulin production. The yeast Pichia Pastoris is one of the organisms used for the production of biologic drugs including insulin. To provide a strain over open license (openMTA), we isolated a new strain of Pichia Pastoris. We are looking to get a whole genome sequencing to confirm its identity, characterize its metabolism and to allow for genetic modifications.
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