Cambridge, UK, 14 August 2025 – Camena Bioscience (Camena), an innovator in enzymatic DNA synthesis, and Constructive Bio (Constructive), a pioneer in whole genome writing, today announced they have joined a collaborative project led by the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI-MP), Germany, for a research initiative to develop synthetic chloroplast genomes.

Until now, constructing synthetic chloroplast genomes has been extremely challenging due to their structural complexity and very large size. Camena and Constructive will overcome these critical technical barriers through application of their DNA synthesis technology and large-scale DNA assembly toolkit, respectively, to deliver highly complex constructs at scale, enabling high-fidelity DNA synthesis and full-genome assembly. Synthetic chloroplast genomes hold enormous potential, from optimising crop performance in response to climate change, to developing plants as sustainable biofactories for biofuels and pharmaceuticals. 

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