Liberum Bio

Biology moves faster when you can build, test and learn without waiting on cells.

Liberum develops advanced cell-free systems and experimental platforms for protein discovery, directed evolution and vaccine manufacturing, compressing the distance between a biological idea and the data needed to act on it.

From sequence to experiment. From experiment to better biology.Cell-free systems engineered for speed without losing sight of the biology they are meant to reproduce.
The platform

We build the experimental layer between sequence and biological decision.

Sequence generation is becoming abundant. The harder problem is converting those sequences into physical molecules and meaningful measurements quickly enough to keep pace. Our cell-free systems are built to shorten that path while remaining grounded in the biology of their cell-based counterparts.

Cell-free across biological systemsBacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian platforms let us choose the expression environment that fits the protein and the question.
Comparability mattersWe continually validate our cell-free systems against corresponding cell-based expression, using differences in expression, processing and function to guide system development.
Experiment before scaleGenerate the material needed to answer the next question, then invest in conventional production when the biology earns it.
Data that compoundsStandardized expression, binding, stability and functional measurements turn individual experiments into better design rules.
The future of protein engineering is not just better prediction. It is tighter coupling between design and experiment.

Liberum builds the tools that make those loops faster, from cell-free reagents researchers can use themselves to integrated discovery and rapid manufacturing programs.

What we build

Cell-free systems built for the experiments that matter.

Our work is concentrated in three areas where faster expression and better experimental feedback can materially change what scientists are able to do.

Affinity maturation & data generation

We combine directed evolution, targeted sequence diversity, rapid expression and screening to improve affinity and generate standardized sequence-to-phenotype data across iterative rounds. The aim is not simply more variants, it is more informative experiments and better evidence for where to search next.

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Directed evolution

Rapid vaccine antigen manufacturing

We develop cell-free approaches for producing vaccine antigens and virus-like particles on compressed timelines, with an emphasis on systems that can be reconfigured rapidly as the biological target changes. That flexibility is particularly relevant to personalized medicine, emerging pathogens and pandemic response.

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Rapid biomanufacturing
Products & programs

Different ways to access the same core capabilities.

Cell-free.com

Our reagent storefront for researchers working with cell-free protein expression, including binder-focused workflows for VHs, VHHs and scFvs.

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Why Liberum

Cell-free performance is only useful if the biology remains meaningful.

Our systems are developed with their cell-based counterparts in view. We use comparability to identify what is lost, altered or preserved outside the intact cell, then use that evidence to guide the next generation of the platform.

Multi-system expertiseBacterial, yeast, insect and mammalian cell-free platforms let us choose the biological context that fits the question.
Built against biological referencesCell-based expression provides an important reference for evaluating expression, processing and function as our cell-free systems evolve.
Built around iterationOur systems are designed for repeated design, build and test cycles, not one-off protein production.

Bring us the biological bottleneck you keep accepting as inevitable.

If protein expression, screening throughput, variant generation or manufacturing is slowing the program down, we want to understand where the constraint really is.

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