Biomanufacturing sounds complicated, but in a simple explanation, it is using biology and biological systems to perform certain operations in the manufacturing process. The goal is to produce goods and products that can be sold in the marketplace. Listen in this episode as Blake Simmons, Division Director of Biological Systems and Engineering in the Biosciences Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, describes how biomanufacturing supports the U.S. goal of increased domestic production. 

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