Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Reinach Fernando de Castro	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/27/2010	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMYRIS, INC. [AMRS]
(Last)        (First)        (Middle) C/O AMYRIS, INC., 5885 HOLLIS STREET, SUITE 100	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __ X __ Director                            _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
(Street) EMERYVILLE, CA 94608        (City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks: No securities are beneficially owned. Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

No securities are beneficially owned.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Reinach Fernando de Castro C/O AMYRIS, INC. 5885 HOLLIS STREET, SUITE 100 EMERYVILLE, CA 94608	X

Signatures
/s/ Fernando de Castro Reinach by Tamara Tompkins, Attorney-in-Fact		9/27/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Jeryl Hilleman and Tamara Tompkins, each with power to act without the
other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                undersigned's capacity as a representative of Amyris, Inc. (the
                "Company"), any and all Forms 3, 4 and 5 reports required to be
                filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
                Securities Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder
                with respect to transactions in Company securities;

        (2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
                undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
                execute any such Forms 3, 4 and 5 and timely file such forms
                with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
                any stock exchange or similar authority; and

        (3)     take any other action which, in the opinion of such
                attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
                or legally required by, the undersigned in connection with the
                foregoing powers.

        The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that any such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each such attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in Company securities, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to any of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 16th day of September, 2010.

                                    By:   /s/ Fernando Reinach
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                                          (signature)

                                    Name: Fernando Reinach
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                                          (print name)