About CutisBio
CutisBio — synthetic biology for everyday life.
CutisBio is a synthetic biology and advanced biomanufacturing company. We develop bio-based materials and products for health, beauty and fashion on the SAC platform, and pursue commercialisation with manufacturing and sales partners.
Mission & vision
We design living cells to make everyday life healthier and more beautiful.
Synthetic biology lets us design microbes that make useful molecules from renewable biomass instead of from petrochemicals or scarce natural extracts. CutisBio applies it to three markets where such materials are missing or hard to produce at scale: health, beauty and fashion.
Our platform, the Synbio Agile Commercialization (SAC) platform, is built to move quickly from a target molecule to an original strain, a patentable process and a manufacturable material, with evidence gathered at every step and manufacturing planned from the first experiment.
Vision
Our vision is to become a global pioneer in innovative specialty biomaterials that make people’s lives more beautiful and healthier.
- 01Cell
- 02Culture
- 03Fermentation
- 04Material
Products and services
Materials, boosters and microbiome analysis.
Explore the purpose, composition and research context of each product or service.
Blugene
Bio-based indigo dye for textiles and fashion. Explore application examples and discuss samples or technical information.
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VSTER lab
CeraXosome, CocoFILL, Melage and R&D pipeline. Discover product composition, research and development directions.
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CutisBiome
Skin microbiome analysis. Understand the sampling workflow, report and scope of interpretation.
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Business model
A technology company without a factory.
CutisBio develops original technology on the SAC platform: strains, processes and patents. Large-scale manufacturing and sales are carried out with external partners, so capital goes into the science rather than into plants.
Manufacturing partners produce materials and finished products from agreed processes. Sales partners handle distribution; the roles and supply scope are defined for each programme.
Partners
The companies that manufacture, ferment and sell what CutisBio develops.
Manufacturing partners · pharmaceutical materials
Manufacturing and CDMO partners · bio specialty materials
Manufacturing partners · finished skin boosters
Sales partners
Milestones
Key events since 2020.
Selected milestones from our founding in 2020 to today.
2020/06
CutisBio founded in Seoul
Incorporated on 30 June 2020 as a biofoundry-based synthetic biology start-up developing bio-based molecules and materials for health, beauty and fashion.
2024
Skin-barrier booster ingredient licensed for exclusive supply
A dependent patent assigned to a Korean skin-booster company together with an exclusive supply agreement for the ingredient; the partner’s product launched in April 2025.
2025
CeraXosome hair booster launched
First product of the booster line: developed on the SAC platform, produced by fermentation and evaluated in investigator-initiated clinical assessments before launch.
Leadership
Scientists, physicians and industry veterans.
A leadership team combining medicine, synthetic biology and biomanufacturing.
Wonwoo Choi, MD, PhD
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Graduate of Seoul National University College of Medicine PhD in Medicine, Seoul National University Board Certified Dermatologist
Ji-Sook Hahn, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Professor of chemical and biological engineering, Seoul National University PhD in microbiology, Seoul National University Postdoctoral research at Michigan and Duke
Jaewoo Jang, MS
Chief Technology Officer
Former research-lab and business-development head at a leading industrial fermentation company MS in biological sciences, KAIST PhD coursework in microbiology, Seoul National University
The team
Synthetic biologists, microbiologists and physician-scientists, working alongside veterans of industrial strain development and mass production.
Synthetic biology
Host, pathway and enzyme engineering for material development.
Microbiology and skin science
Microbial resources and application-oriented research.
Process development
Industrial fermentation, quality methods and manufacturing transfer.
Where we are going
A beauty and longevity synthetic biology company.
On the SAC platform we are expanding the portfolio of beauty and longevity biomaterials: new materials and original patents for hair ageing and hair loss, skin ageing, the lipid barrier and brightening, where current aesthetic treatments reach their limits.
Future product formats, including injectable boosters, remain development directions. We assess the evidence and requirements for each programme before defining its application and supply scope.
Next
See how the platform works, or start a conversation.
The SAC platform turns a target molecule into a strain, a process and a material. Explore it, or tell us about the material you need.