Good Fibes Inc.

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?? Exciting milestone alert for our startup! ?? ???? ?? The success of our early-stage startup is dependent on bold partnerships, collaboration, and non-dilutive funding as we develop our bio-based textiles and go-to-market strategy. We are pleased to share that Good Fibes has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) BioEnergy Technologies Office SBIR Phase I grant. Our award, entitled “Additive Manufacturing of recombinant elastic proteins for sustainable non-woven textiles” will enable us to scale our bioprocess and explore the feasibility of developing a non-woven process. At Good Fibes we are developing high-performance biodegradable, protein-based raw materials for the textile industry to enable true textile circularity. We are excited to explore non-woven applications of our technology. Non-wovens can be advantageous for several reasons including reducing textile supply chain complexities and support the scalability of competitive alternatives to synthetic petroleum-derived materials. We are thankful to our researchers and collaborators, including sub-awardees at Tufts University and Argonne National Laboratory. The SBIR Phase I formalizes Good Fibes’ collaboration with Tufts and strengthens our collaborations at Argonne National Lab. Our cross-disciplinary team for the Phase I work includes co-founders Alexis N. Pe?a, Ph.D. and Lauren Blake, PhD and as well as Gyorgy Babnigg at Argonne and David Kaplan at Tufts. Critical to this work is understanding how next-generation material technology integrates into existing workflows. Annelise Payne, our material design consultant will support the project by offering industry insights in sustainable material design and development. This is a fantastic launch pad for us to continue advancing our high performance bio-based textile solutions. We are thrilled to be backed by DOE as we build towards a vital bioeconomy and reduce our reliance on petrochemicals. #sustainablefashion #textiles #materialinnovation #bioenergy #biopolymer #circularity

Happy National Intern Day! As an early-stage startup, our interns have been invaluable support and more than a modicum of curiosity. This week, Co-Founder Lauren Blake, PhD visited Good Fibes' lab space at Argonne National Laboratory through Chain Reaction Innovations, where we are derisking our bio-based sustainable materials. Ellie Schneider, our Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) researcher has been exploring candidate elastic proteins and performing crosslinking feasibility studies this summer.

Learn about CRI innovator Alexis N. Pe?a, Ph.D., and Lauren Blake, PhD, co-founders of Good Fibes Inc. and their vision for an alternative to synthetic fibers. Great explainer of the technology and the need for it. https://bit.ly/3u1SMnm Argonne National Laboratory, Syracuse University, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), U.S. Department of Energy