The Concordia Genome Foundry is a biofoundry—a specialized laboratory custom-built with automation and analytics infrastructure to achieve high-throughput prototyping and testing of biological systems. The Foundry engages with researchers in academia and industry, in collaborative or service-based agreements, with the aim of accelerating innovation in synthetic biology and biomanufacturing. In so doing, it strives to be a driver of growth in the Canadian and global bioeconomies. Here we pr...