Every year, over 92 million tons of textile waste end up in our municipal landfills. Fabrics such as synthetic nylon can sometimes take around 200 years to decompose. Modern Synthesis is a biotech ...
La Jolla native Jen Keane now lives in one of the world’s most prominent fashion cities, but she’s working to create a textile unlike anything that has been seen on a runway. It even got a nod from ...
Founder Jen Keane talks about her journey from working in material design for Adidas to launching Modern Synthesis, a biotech company using bacteria to create sustainable fibres for the textile ...