Research

Plants have evolved highly diverse cell types, tissues, and organs, enabling plants to effectively utilize resources from the environment such as sunlight,CO₂, N₂,and soil nutrients for their growth, development and reproduction, as well as to adapt to the changing environmental conditions.By integrating various state-of-the-art technologies in AI, synthetic biology, multi-omics, etc., PCF is committed to elucidating the mechanisms underlying the development of key plant structures, to redesign, reconstruct and optimize them for crop improvement as well as for producing high-value small molecules and recombinant proteins. PCF strives to establish low-energy, high-density large-scale cultivation—integrating photobioreactor optimization and intelligent control to cut manufacturing energy use. Additionally, it aims to expand plant cell factory applications in biomedicine, high-value chemicals, and food additives.Ultimately, PCF aspires to build a "light energy-driven - carbon fixation - product synthesis" green manufacturing model, supporting the bioeconomy under carbon neutrality.