This Zoom meeting on October 14 aimed to connect participants interested in sustainable materials and products, focusing on synthetic biological materials, or more specifically, recombinant protein-based, sequence-defined biopolymers.

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Present: Marcus Foston (WashU), Fuzhong  Zhang (WashU), Mary Ruppert-Stroescu (Wash U), Kelli Delfosse (WashU), Amy Meyers (Summersalt), Axel Gomez-Oritigoza (Polybion), Brendan McSheehy (Universal Fibers), Bret Schnitker (Stars Design Group), David Breslauer (Bolt Threads), Esteban Toro (Twist Bioscience), Gabi Asfour (threeASFOUR), Jeffrey Whitford (Millipore Sigma), Khdem Mahmud Yusuf (Bangladesh Petrochemical Company), Mark Hoppenjans (Sev-Rend Sustainable & High-Performance Packaging), Mayur Vansia (Victoria’s Secret), Melik Demirel (Penn State/Tandem Repeat), Roberto Velozzi (Mednik Riverbend), Sasha Kweskin (Bayer), Tom Drye (Orion Performance Compounds, Trenton Colbert (BioSTL)

Discussion topics included:

• Collaboration for Sustainable Materials Innovation
• Exploring Sustainable Innovations in the Fashion Industry
• Exploring Sustainable Materials and Biomanufacturing
• Exploring Textile Sustainability and Bio Prospecting
• Sustainability Focus and Potential Partnerships