The Ezhil Subbian-led biotech startup uses a microbe to turn methane, a greenhouse gas, into tailor-made proteins that has multiple applications, including in animal feed, human nutrition, agriculture, and sustainable, non-toxic cosmetics
Multiple startups are applying innovation to address various aspects of sustainability and pollution, and creating new-age products with multiple use cases. Read about some key companies here
From a young age, Ezhil Subbian was interested in the intersection of biological sciences and engineering, when her parents took her to meet experts. She came across professor Kunthala Jayaraman, who was offering a new industrial biotech course in Anna University, Chennai. Years later, a startup that came out of a professor’s lab in California, helped crystallise Subbian’s interest into an ambition for her own biotech venture.