From sericulture to biomanufacturing
Cellagra is building toward diet-based automated rearing of genetically engineered silkworms, through a three-stage development pathway.
Three-stage production architecture
Each stage adds capability while building on the platform below.
Development pathway
Each stage builds on the automation, observation, and rearing discipline established before it. The animations below are conceptual representations of that progression.
Fresh leaf input
Traditional sericulture is highly labour-intensive, especially during the short periods when growing silkworms must be fed and managed around the clock. Cellagra's first stage brings automation and observation into conventional fresh-leaf rearing, helping farmers and commercial rearers reduce repetitive work, improve consistency, and manage larger batches more reliably.
Formulated diet input
Leaf-based rearing requires the rearer to manage both a mulberry plantation and the silkworm crop. Cellagra is developing a low-cost, next-generation diet that is nutritionally adequate for silkworms and designed for automated handling. Replacing fresh leaves can free production from dependence on a nearby farm and help sericulture move from cottage-scale rearing toward reliable, industrial-scale production.
Engineered silkworms + formulated diet
The automated, diet-based platform provides a controlled way to rear genetically engineered silkworms at scale. Building directly on the first two stages, it could enable production of novel silks, technical fibres and selected recombinant proteins.
The integrated system
Feed, handling, monitoring, and biological performance managed as one controlled rearing platform.
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