Executive Q&A viewpoint

Bob Walsh, Senior Vice President, Intrexon Energy, San Francisco, California  The GTL market has seen new and smaller-scale technologies emerge over the past several years as production of liquid fuels from natural gas becomes more customized and localized. Some of these technologies have emerged from applications outside of oil and gas. Intrexon Corp., a synthetic biology technology company, is focused on collaborating with other companies to create biologically based products. The company applies engineering to biological systems to enable DNA-based control over the function and output of living cells. Intrexon seeks to develop applications in energy for the production of renewable fuels