WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX), announced today that the Company is changing its name to Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., effective January 9, 2017 to reflect the new mission and strategic direction of the business. Yield10 will focus on developing disruptive technologies for step-change improvements to crop yield to enhance global food security. In connection with the new name, the Company has unveiled a new corporate identity, NASDAQ ticker symbol and website, available at www.Yield10bio.com."We are excited to launch our new corporate identity reflecting a new strategic direction for our business in agricultural bioscience," said Oliver Peoples, Ph.D., president and CEO of Yield10 Bioscience. "We believe 2017 will be an exciting year for Yield10 as we make progress with our lead yield traits in major food crops and continue to leverage breakthrough science to discover and develop new traits for important feed and food crops to build value for our shareholders."Effective at market open on Monday, January 9, 2017, trading for Yield10 Bioscience will begin under the symbol "YTEN" (NASDAQ:YTEN). The Company's common stock will continue to trade under the ticker symbol "MBLX" on The NASDAQ Capital Market until market close on Friday, January 6, 2017. The name change does not affect the rights of the Company's stockholders. No action is required by stockholders with respect to the name change. The Company's common stock has been assigned a new CUSIP number of 98585K102 in connection with the name change. Outstanding stock certificates are not affected by the name change and will not need to be exchanged.About Yield10 Bioscience Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. is focused on developing disruptive technologies for producing step-change improvements in crop yield to enhance global food security. Yield10 is leveraging an extensive track record of innovation based around optimizing the flow of carbon intermediates in living systems. By working on new approaches to improve fundamental elements of plant photosynthetic efficiency and optimizing carbon metabolism to direct more carbon to seed production, Yield10 is advancing several yield traits it has developed in crops such as Camelina, canola, soybean and corn. Yield10 is based in Woburn, MA.For more information visit www.Yield10bio.com(MBLX-G)