ScreenSYS GmbH

ScreenSYS GmbH is a green biotechnology company headquartered in Freiburg, Germany, that specializes in modernizing plant breeding through a proprietary, AI-powered automated platform. The company utilizes a combination of robotics, microscopic phenotyping, machine learning, and patented single-plant cell handling expertise to industrialize in vitro plant tissue culture processes. By enabling the production of doubled-haploid (DH) plants from single cells across a wide variety of crop species, their technology aims to overcome the limitations of traditional, intuitive, and labor-intensive breeding methods. Their platform-based workflow allows for the rapid identification of developmental features essential for cellular reprogramming, effectively shortening breeding cycles and facilitating the efficient exploration of genetic diversity.

The technology serves plant breeders and agricultural biotechnology companies by providing tools to significantly reduce R&D timelines, minimize production costs, and improve annual yield gains. By accelerating the generation of novel plant traits, ScreenSYS helps stakeholders address global challenges such as climate change, shifting market demands, and the need for more sustainable food and feed production. The company has successfully developed and demonstrated proof-of-concept protocols for multiple important crops, including maize, sunflower, soybean, wheat, sugarbeet, and various non-domesticated species. Their work enables the large-scale production of plantlets from limited genetic material, supporting both academic research and commercial industrial breeding applications.