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                              September 11, 2023

       Michael Jensen
       Chief Financial Officer
       Synlogic, Inc.
       301 Binney St., Suite 402
       Cambridge, MA 02142

                                                        Re: Synlogic, Inc.
                                                            Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
                                                            Filed March 29,
2023
                                                            File No. 001-37566

       Dear Michael Jensen:

               We have limited our review of your filing to the financial
statements and related
       disclosures and have the following comment. In our comment, we may ask
you to provide us
       with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to this comment within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to this comment, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022

       Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
       Financial Overview
       Research and Development Expense, page 83

   1.                                                   Please revise your
future filings to break out the amounts incurred for Internal research
                                                        and development
expenses by nature or type of expense (i.e. employee related
                                                        expenses) for each
period presented.
              In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
       accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
       absence of action by the staff.

              You may contact Vanessa Robertson at 202-551-3649 or Daniel
Gordon at 202-551-3486
       with any questions.
 Michael Jensen
Synlogic, Inc.
September 11, 2023
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