Harness the potential of the microbial universe.

Engineering Extraordinary Microbes

Our Services

Unlock the full potential of microbes with Cultivarium.

We specialize in developing genetic tools, protocols, and infrastructure for non-model organisms—accelerating your ability to engineer strains that traditional systems can't touch. Whether you're building a next-gen therapeutic strain, platform organism, or just trying to get DNA into a challenging microbe for the first time—we’re your partner to help you move faster, smarter, and with greater confidence.

Contact our services team to discuss how we work for Discovery and Selection, Organism Characterization, Strain Engineering and others.

our goal

The world is teeming with extraordinary microbes. We build tools to study and engineer them in a way.

How do I grow 
this
organism in the lab?

Get recipes to culture cells

How do I deliver DNA
into this organism?

Get parameters to penetrate cell walls

How do I engineer this
particular genome?

Get methods for genome engineering

What is currently known
about this  organism?

Get organism data in one place

About Us

Cultivarium is a bioengineering firm that helps pioneering labs harness the extraordinary power of the microbial universe in record time.

our leadership

  • Henry Lee, PhD

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Nili Ostrov, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer

  • Prof. George Church

    Scientific Advisory Board
    Harvard Medical School

  • Prof. Bogumil Karas

    Scientific Advisory Board
    University of Western Ontario

  • Prof. Scott Lenaghan

    Scientific Advisory Board
    University of Tennessee