We aim to be a worldwide leader in the design, construction and development of cell factories, and thus be a driver for change towards a biosustainable society. Hence, our vision, mission and objectives are as follows:
VISIONThe development of sustainable lifestyles requires efficient big data generation and analysis of biological processes fundamental to all aspects of human life.MISSIONThe Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability will be a world leader in developing and perfecting big data generation and analytics for developing microbial genome-scale science, applying it to production strain design and addressing other fundamental issues of bio-sustainability. OBJECTIVESWe will continue to:- Use a strain design workflow as an organising paradigm;- Formulate and state quantitative performance indicators that will be used to guide the operations of the Centre;- Build on the positive experience with interlocking research and development strengths at the Centre to manage technology platform developments and to pursue stated application areas;- Focus on three major application areas: 1) sustainable chemicals 2) natural products 3) microbial foods- Foster leadership at the Centre, based on an outstanding junior faculty;- Hold a productive and synergistic role in the Danish biotechnology ecosystem.