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MerMADE

Entered program in 2025

Unlocking the deep sea treasure chest

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Dany Liu University of Copenhagen (KU)
Metabolic Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Fermentation

The deep sea harbors over 30,000 natural compounds, yet accessing them remains highly challenging. Current production methods often depend on inefficient, costly, and labor-intensive algae extraction processes. MerMADE is pioneering a fermentation-based production platform to address these limitations. Our goal is to create a scalable, sustainable, cost-effective solution for producing natural marine compounds, unlocking their potential for applications across the nutraceutical, cosmetic, and food industries.

Dany Liu

Dany is a Postdoc at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. With a background in chemical engineering and synthetic biology, her research centers on yeast metabolic engineering to enable the biomanufacturing of marine natural products with unique and valuable properties.

This project is supported by Spin-outs Denmark, a unique program that invests in researchers who create more impact by starting research-based companies.