The Berkeley Lab Technoeconomic Analysis Workshop took place on August 14, 2026. Hosted by technoeconomic analysis (TEA) experts at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and the Advanced BioProcess Development Unit (ABPDU), the event featured presentations and demonstrations on TEA tools developed at Berkeley Lab, including Project PISCES and many more available here.
“We are thrilled with the turnout for this workshop and the level of engagement. Engaging with groups like this helps us prioritize new features and datasets for release, build partnerships, and contribute to skills-building in the current and next generation of the biotech workforce,” said Corinne Scown, a senior scientist at Berkeley Lab and Vice President of JBEI’s Life-cycle, Economics, and Agronomy Division. “Everybody can benefit from learning more about TEA and integrating that systems-level thinking into their work.”
The event had 120 attendees from 17 countries, with 85 organizations represented. Watch a recording of the workshop.
“TEA is critical for an early-stage biomanufacturing company. This industry is brutal and companies usually fail for economic, not technical reasons. TEA is also not exactly common knowledge. The PISCES tool makes it accessible,” said attendee Mitchell Craft, founder and CEO of Craft BioSolutions, a bioprocess startup. “Thanks to the tool and the workshop, we’ve been able to identify the key economic variables in the platform we’re developing and narrowed our customer targets to those producing products that would perform well and be profitable on our system.”
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