OzoneBio is developing a more environmentally friendly form of nylon 66 from “zombie cells” in Sydney, where the company has become the latest to join the Verschuren Centre, the rapidly evolving hub for an emerging biotechnology sector.
The two Russian Co-Founders, Khorcheska Batyrova and Anna Khusnutdinova, have moved their venture from Toronto and will work with Cape Breton’s pulp and paper industry on testing their technology, which uses dead cells from waste products, instead of the live cells more commonly used.
The founders intend to use these zombie cells to upcycle toxic waste into