Homeworld Collective

Homeworld Collective is dedicated to nurturing the growth of climate biotech by fostering community, building knowledge, and directly supporting early stage research. Together we can work toward a healthy biosphere and thriving human society.

Projects

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Generalizable Computational Pipeline for Engineering Ultrastable Variants of Carbonic Anhydrase

AI-driven protein design is undergoing a transformation, driven by recent breakthroughs such as AlphaFold...

Immobilisation of carbonic anhydrase for more efficient direct air capture

Direct air capture (DAC) is a promising pathway for atmospheric CO2 removal. Biocatalysts like carbonic...

Designing ultrastable carbonic anhydrase with deep generative models and high-throughput assays

To minimize the impact of CO2 emissions on life on earth, we need technologies for carbon capture exceeding...

Engineered nutritional yeasts as versatile and delicious cell-based meals

Towards reducing manufacturing costs for meat alternatives while increasing their palatability, we aim to...

Efficient biological upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into high-value compounds

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) can be efficiently hydrolyzed by enzymes only at high temperatures (~70...

Generative AI-Based Design of Novel Silicase Enzymes for Carbon-Sequestering Agriculture

Enhanced weathering is a scalable strategy for sequestering atmospheric CO2 and increasing crop productivity...

Engineering Carbonic Anhydrase for Efficient Immobilization and Mass Transfer for CO2 Removal

Technologies that remove carbon dioxide from emissions and air are urgently needed to mitigate the effects...

CALORIE-DAC. Carbonic Anhydrase For LOw RegeneratIon Energy Direct Air Capture

We investigate technoeconomics and aspirational CA targets for CA-enhanced KOH/K2CO2 DAC processes with...

De novo protein design for photochemical water oxidation and renewable solar fuels

Photosynthesis sustains the biosphere, but it operates with low overall efficiency. By designing brand new...

Improving the CO2 Capture Efficiency of Plants Through Enzyme Engineering

Plants capture CO2 from air to build sugars, which allows them to grow through a process called photosynthesis...

Filtration Systems from Renewable Silk Materials

The goal of this project is to design filtration technologies using sustainability, energy costs and environmental...

Improve the CO2 Uptake and H2O Retention under High Light and Temperature Conditions.

Plants need efficient CO2 uptake to enhance photosynthesis (PS). However, high temperatures prompt stomatal...

Designing new enzymes for sustainable fertilizer

Agriculture relies on phosphorous (P) fertilizer, which generates algae blooms and significant GHG emissions...

Generative Design of Programmable Metal-Binding Proteins for Bioremediation

The mining of heavy metals accounts for about 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, exposure...