Amyris, inc.

5885 Hollis Street, Suite 100

Emeryville, CA 94608

December 13, 2019

United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Joseph McCann and Celeste Murphy

Re:	Amyris, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed November 13, 2019
	File No. 333-234661

Via EDGAR - Acceleration Request

Requested Date: December 17, 2019

Requested Time: 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Amyris, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby requests pursuant to Rule 461(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that the Securities and Exchange Commission take appropriate action to make the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-1 effective at the “Requested Date” and “Requested Time” set forth above or as soon thereafter as practicable.

The Registrant requests that it be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to David Michaels of Fenwick & West LLP at (650) 335-7258, or, in his absence, to Stephen Dobson, Senior Corporate Counsel of the Registrant, at (510) 601-4674.

Sincerely,
AMYRIS, INC.
By:	/s/ Jonathan Wolter
	Jonathan Wolter
	Interim Chief Financial Officer